Khaula Zafar believes that Franklin County Children Services broke the law when its employees didn't notify her and her husband that their son's brother had been placed into their care.

A system designed to protect children cannot function ethically when it resists transparency and shields itself from scrutiny, writes Valerie Frost.

Many institutions responsible for child sexual abuse have learned how to weaponize these legal tools to shield themselves from responsibility.

VICTIMS. THE STAFF WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO CARE FOR US AND GUIDE US, INSTEAD USED THEIR POWER TO GROOM AND ASSAULT US. JUST A CHILD. IN 2012, ALEXIS MASSEY SAYS SHE WAS SENT TO A STATE FACILITY WHERE SHE ...

It has never been so challenging to protect our children as it is in 2025. With the digital landscape changing daily, our kids are exposed to an online world parents could never have imagined at their ...

While state officials are bending over backward to protect themselves, rather than the children in their care, the former deputy secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources ...

Maryland foster children placed in hotels or left to linger in hospitals for days or weeks when no other options are available may soon see some relief. Legislation passed by the Maryland General ...

PHOENIX — Unemployed Arizonans who are behind in their child support payments are getting some help with a program from the Maricopa County Superior Court. They can be referred by a judicial officer ...

There are some headlines that should never feel routine. Yet across this country—from Baltimore to Chicago to Atlanta—we continue to read the same devastating words: Child injured in accidental ...