NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and in recognition of the essential work to protect children in the region, the Northwestern District Attorney’s office has renamed ...

Like their colleagues in social services police officers who work in child protection know all about low status and understaffing. But the need for them to work more effectively has never been greater ...

In a small, makeshift room in a refugee camp in Erbil, home to more than 8,500 refugees, 12-year-old Dîlan* sits quietly, lost in thought. He often keeps to himself, still carrying the pain of being ...

Another veteran Macomb County assistant prosecutor is leaving the office, this time for a position with a different county office. Molly Zappitell, chief of the Child Protection Unit, is leaving the ...

Vermont's Child Protection Registry has come under fire from the Vermont Parent Representation Center in a 49-page report detailing the results of a three-year test where it found systemic failures.

A Minnesota family’s chances of being reported for child maltreatment vary dramatically depending on their race. So does the likelihood a kid will be removed from their family, or reunited with them ...