Brown County Human Services Director Anne Broskoff presented the 2025 child protection annual report to commissioners Tuesday with some good news. “This is like a report card for the work we do,” said ...

A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student ...

Frontline workers warn vulnerable children will continue to suffer serious harm, including death, with reports of starving children, drug-exposed babies and other cases of severe neglect as chronic ...

As a father, my top priority is protecting my kids. When a child is placed in foster care, their safety and wellbeing become the state’s responsibility. Tragically, the state failed to protect Sabrina ...

With six weeks of the legislative session completed, members of the Missouri House have passed approximately a dozen bills ...

Senate Bill 1570 would formally create the Department of Child Safety and Wellbeing and hand it “all applicable powers and duties” of DHS’s Child Welfare Services Division along with the Office of ...

Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Twp.) will announce Kei’Mani’s Law on Tuesday afternoon.

The Missouri House passed major legislation strengthening laws related to child exploitation, human trafficking, and sexual crimes involving minors and vulnerable individuals by a vote of 148–2. The ...

A child safety reform expert has delivered a chilling warning to the Queensland Commission of Inquiry into Child Safety, revealing the true number of children in state care is currently concealed.

The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection called for a stronger role of community-based child protection groups to prevent and support the ...