Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota has a history of failing to protect children from repeated harm and of disproportionately separating families of color.

"Tough questions need to be asked" about oversight, use of Family Assessment and funding for case workers. Gov. Tim Walz will propose extra funding to hire more child protection workers and state ...

When I took Leo to hospital, the paediatrician diagnosed him with a suspected unexplained bruise, and referred him to ...

Jessica Pryce stood on the small stage atop a red, circular carpet that gave the impression of an oversized pin cushion, with the familiar three letters “TED” posed behind her. Speaking in a neutral ...

Mickel Cherry, who entered a guilty plea to murdering Zoey Felix, 5, is scheduled to be sentenced next week in Shawnee County District Court. His attorney argues Cherry and Felix fell through the ...

Colorado’s child-welfare systems are broken, according to the National Coalition for Child Protection and Reform and the MJCF Coalition. The problem is twofold, the groups claim: According to a report ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Three York County family members are facing multiple felony charges in what investigators describe as disturbing child abuse allegations involving two children. Authorities say the ...

Nearly 25 years ago, Joyce McMillan's two children were taken away from her. One was eight. The other was just an infant. A neighbor had called a child welfare hotline. And the case worker sent out to ...

The state agency that oversees child protection in Minnesota has named a new top official to run that division, following a series of highly publicized breakdowns in the system for protecting children ...

CASA of Laramie County hosted its first Child Protection Recognition Breakfast & Awards on Monday in observance of Child ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pepper Mogle saw her granddaughter Missy for the last time at the Leon County Courthouse, where the 5-year-old's allegedly abusive ...