Child Protective Services (CPS)

Opinion: Family preservation is not the problem, but when services are piecemeal, under-resourced or lack timely oversight, children remain at risk.

When the foundation of a house is giving out, the foundation of community support must rise in its place, writes Sarah Winograd.

It's time to reimagine how we approach substance dependence within families, by supporting rather than dismantling them, writes Stacy Phillips.

Child abuse prevention policies frequently undermine family integrity by mischaracterizing parents struggling with poverty as neglectful, writes Dr. Ashley Cross.

When kids fail to attend school, Minnesota lawmakers want to avoid calling out parents for "educational neglect."

Programs to decrease child poverty could lead to far fewer families investigated by child welfare systems, a new study has concluded. 

In California and other states, many parents must pay for their children’s stay in foster care. Based on evidence, the law should be abandoned, writes Jill Duerr Berrick for CalMatters.

A month after Maine Gov. Janet Mills proposed a plan to improve child protective services, legislators endorsed bills this week with the same goal.

By Kelley Fong