The central aim of any child protection system is in the name: protect children. But over the years, inquiries and media ...

The tragic deaths of two small children in an overheated car in Queensland in 2019 highlight just how flawed our child protection system has become. Darcey and Chloe Conley were known to the child ...

The legacy of racial injustice is evident in all aspects of our society, including rates of child abuse and neglect. As communities seek to remedy disparities, activists are demanding that we “abolish ...

In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to ...

"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 ...