A dozen years after lawmakers mandated the Kansas Department for Children and Families produce annual statistics on child sex abuse reports from abortion providers, legislators will finally see what ...

Francisco Ortiz is charged with murder in the death of his 4-year-old daughter, A'zella, in October 2024. The state's ...

A review of the events leading up to a 2-year-old’s death by blunt force injury to the head found the state’s child protection agency and judicial staff didn’t follow proper procedures in handling the ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – An employee of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families has been arrested for helping a child sex trafficker avoid police. Hartford Police have charged Melisa ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Children and Families confirmed the death of a 5-year-old girl who was badly beaten in a Westside home. Action News Jax first told you Friday that ...

Stakeholders in family law and its impact on children raise concerns in the wake of a report criticizing DCF's role ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) was aware of a Polk County girl’s consistent weight loss two years before she died of long-term starvation, according ...

Maria Mossaides is leaving the Office of the Child Advocate in January, and a debate has flared over what degree of toughness ...

DCF has revoked the licenses for i.K.A.R.E. child care facilities in Jacksonville, according to documents obtained by Action News Jax. We told you in December when i.K.A.R.E.’s executive director, ...

HARTFORD – The state’s child-protection agency failed to respond to serious risks to a Terryville toddler posed by her mother’s lengthy history of drug abuse and erratic behavior, and rejected a ...