During an hour-plus of testimony to the Kern County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, more than a dozen residents painted a grim ...

Research shows that early childhood maltreatment is associated with significant delays in social and cognitive development.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For the first time since Genesis Mata’s death, allegedly at the hands of her parents, the 8-year ...

Calls for an investigation came after Mata’s family said they had called child protective services multiple times before Mata ...

Ruth Berends recently came to Pontotoc to be the Pontotoc Co. Child Protection Services [CPS] well being specialist (case ...

Kern County is moving to conduct an external investigation of its child protective services following the death of an ...

Arizona's child welfare system still isn't keeping children safe. By the time the Department of Child Services acts, it's often too late.

Police said three young kids were walking around a west Houston apartment complex in the heat looking for food. They told ...

The Houston Police Department is investigating the death of a man and a woman found in an apartment on Monday after three ...

An Irvine man described by authorities as a “prominent staff member” of an Orange County church was arrested last week following allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl ...

Doctors, investigators, and the Commonwealth's Attorney claim the Nelson Co. DSS is dropping the ball on sensitive cases involving child abuse and neglect.