B AKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For the first time since Genesis Mata’s death, allegedly at the hands of her parents, the ...

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

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

The Kern County Board of Supervisors convened on Tuesday to address a pressing issue within the county: the oversight of ...

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

During the past year, 12 children who had been the subject of reports of abuse or neglect to the state’s child protective services died, according to a report released Wednesday.

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.

When investigated by the police, hospital staff, and child protective services (CPS), each entity may view the same events differently, but the sole and final decisionmaker is CPS.

Child Protective Services was already teetering under the weight of thousands of cases of child neglect and abuse, deep budget cuts and the discovery of more than 6,000 reports to the child-abuse ...

Amanda Neal, a child protective services investigator in Michigan, has noticed calls slow down during the coronavirus pandemic. She doesn’t take it as a good sign.

Because child protective services law, policy and practice are complex, supervisors play key roles regarding the way in which the department responds. This content has been archived.