The entire nation recognizes each April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month. Wayne County Children Services Board is encouraging in a news release all residents of Wayne County to join it in ...

The number of families and children involved in Midland County child maltreatment cases has remained stubbornly constant for the past two decades, averaging just under 41 cases per year In order to ...

The U.S. House passed a sweeping bill Tuesday that aims to help states address the rise in child abuse and neglect. The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, or H.R.485, cleared the House ...

ATLANTA — There were more than 126,000 reports of maltreatment against Georgia children during fiscal year 2023, according to child welfare data provided by the state's Department of Human Services.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – All month long, organizations are bringing awareness to child abuse and neglect in Springfield. In honor of the month, organizations and businesses around Springfield are setting ...

According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, nearly 2,000 Alaskan children were in out-of-home placement in January 2014. The vast majority of those cases were due to child abuse ...

As we look back on the just-completed Child Abuse Prevention Month, Iet’s talk about food. While that might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about child abuse and neglect, ...

Massachusetts has undergone a year of soul searching about its ability to keep children safe following the death of Jeremiah Oliver, a child in the caseload of our Department of Children and Families.

Child neglect is less visible than child abuse. But it’s a similarly dangerous type of child maltreatment in that the resulting negative outcomes too often last a lifetime. About 70 percent of all ...

Here are the psychological differences between dangerous minds and criminal minds, and why recognizing risk early matters ...