Despite staffing changes, internal reviews, and a promised corrective action plan in Mecklenburg County, state lawmakers left ...

When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Investigators say she was found in a dog ...

The state’s commissioner for children and young people raised the alarm about cycles of ineffective referrals to voluntary services and closed reports in 35 cases of children who died after ...

Of the almost three dozen children who died between 2019 and 2025, all had been flagged with child protection services ...

A class-action lawsuit is challenging the emergency-removal practices of New York’s Administration for Children’s Services.

Pregnant women are routinely advised to take prenatal vitamins for their health and their baby’s development. Now, a new study published Monday in JAMA Network Open concluded that children whose ...

For decades, researchers have documented an achievement gap between children from higher- and lower-income families. On average, children with more resources perform better in school and on cognitive ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Wichita police have arrested a 29-year-old man accused of fleeing the scene of a crash with four young children on Thursday night. Officers responded at around 10:15 p.m. to a ...

The gaming platform lowered its annual revenue projections, saying new age-verification programs have caused engagement to drop Roblox CEO David Baszucki said that age verification is the "right thing ...

New research led by Kingston University has found that even very modest uplifts to family finances could reduce children's chances of entering the child protection system. The study, based on data ...

New York City and state’s child protective services failed to meet federal standards in outcomes for child safety, permanency and well-being, according to an annual report by the New York State ...

The first time I met Micah, a Black elementary school student, I was struck by his cherubic face, bright eyes, and nonstop knock-knock jokes that had me laughing out loud. He was warm and polite. His ...