Kern County Public Health released its annual Child Death Review earlier this week, revealing that child abuse and neglect ...

Typically, someone reports suspected abuse or neglect to ChildLine, a 24/7 state hotline ... s proposal might backfire and create more administrative burden for social service workers. He now ...

Canopy Child Advocacy Center Executive Director Jennifer Johnson says a proposed $500,000 cut in county funding would shrink ...

As a teen growing up in an abusive household, Morgan coped daily with physical and emotional harm from her mother. However, she felt safe and supported when she posted about her experiences on a fake ...

The abuse was reported to Jazrick Haggins, 42, the then-principal of Spoto High School in Riverview, in April, according to an Oct. 25 news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. It ...

The youth were reported as runaways and considered to be at high risk of abuse, exploitation, and/or trafficking, authorities ...

Humane agents with Animal Charity of Ohio have seen a sharp rise in animal abuse and neglect cases in recent weeks.

Early family dynamics can shape our understanding of what abuse looks like. These false beliefs explain why so many people ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging won't say how many older adults are left at risk of abuse or neglect after flawed county ...

A staff reorganization underway at the state’s child welfare agency will move employees from supervisory and desk jobs to ...

Clinical situations that child psychiatrists too frequently encounter in the inner cities resemble this composite case of a young school-aged child born to a drug-addicted mother and living with her ...

BENNINGTON — A Readsboro man paid by the state of Vermont to care for an adult with intellectual disabilities for over a decade pleaded guilty Wednesday as part of a plea deal with the Vermont ...