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5/2/2025

Trump Administration Guts Funding For Children’s Advocacy Centers in Western U.S.

Sara Tiano

Millions of dollars in federal funds will no longer be used to train professionals who conduct sensitive child abuse interviews, confounding proponents. By Sara Tiano

Under the Trump administration, the Department of Justice has hastily cancelled hundreds of grants, including $150 million in funding that specifically serves children, teens and young adults.

A new study estimated investigations into child abuse and neglect are more common than previously thought, especially for children of color.

7/30/2021

More Than A Third of Children Experience CPS Investigations For Abuse And Neglect Before 18, New Estimates For Large Counties Show

Michael Fitzgerald

A new study estimated investigations into child abuse and neglect are more common than previously thought, especially for children of color.

11/13/2019

EXCLUSIVE: New Details Reveal How Two Social Workers Fought, But Failed, to Save 4-Year-Old Noah Cuatro

Daniel Heimpel

This summer, a 4-year-old boy named Noah Cuatro was allegedly tortured and killed by his parents in Palmdale, a high desert exurb of Los Angeles County. The tragedy is still sending shockwaves through the county’s $2.9 billion child welfare agency and local government.

Youth Role in Violence, Carjackings Overstated, the Sentencing Project Says

10/22/2019

LAPD Pledges Immediate Audit of 4,000 Child Abuse Cases That Were Not Investigated

Jeremy Loudenback

Swiftly following The Imprint‘s story this week exposing that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had not investigated 4,000 allegations of serious child abuse in 2018-19, a top officer with the department said that it has launched a review of those practices.

1/5/2017

Enduring a Child Abuse Investigation is the New Normal for Black Children

Opinion

Richard Wexler

I’m scared when I hear a hard knock at the door. I think they are coming. I was scared to go to school because they will come to the school and remove me and put me in a foster home.

7/15/2014

Long Beach Backs Child Abuse Investigation Policies

Jeremy Loudenback

Long Beach police officials say a recent audit proves that its hesitance to send officers out on child abuse and neglect calls was based on preliminary investigations, not negligent or haphazard decision-making.

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