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CPS

10/14/2025

‘We Received a Report’: A Rare Ridealong with CPS in New York 

Imprint reporter Susanti Sarkar shadows a frontline New York City CPS worker to see what happens after a hotline call comes in.

7/18/2025

Top NY Child Welfare Official Expresses Concerns About Banning Anonymous CPS Reports, While Champions of Family Rights Insist It’s a Necessary Change

Despite broad support, child welfare commissioner expresses concerns about the bill, saying it could deter legitimate reports of child abuse. 

6/24/2025

Is It a Crime To Let Your Kid Walk Alone? In Georgia, Parents See New Legal Protections.

Brittany Patterson didn’t set out to inspire change in Georgia’s laws. She wanted to give her kids the same freedoms she enjoyed growing up.

2/7/2025

New York Appeals Court Halts CPS Supervision of Parents Whose Partners Have Been Abusive

Courts can no longer order CPS supervision of a parent just because they have an abusive partner, an appellate court in Brooklyn has ruled.

12/17/2024

Since Dobbs, Idaho mothers increasingly accused of child abuse while pregnant

Idaho officials are deploying Dobbs and policy protecting “preborn children” to allege that mothers abused or neglected children before birth. 

12/9/2024

After Reaching Tentative Labor Deal, Hennepin County CPS Workers Describe Their Jobs in Rare Interviews

Amid contract talks, CPS workers describe the challenges of their work and why they're asking for better benefits, pay, and more respect.

12/2/2024

Common Ground Is The Only Political Path for Child Welfare

Divided we have little chance of effecting change in Washington; together, anything and everything is possible, writes Celia Sims

10/16/2024

New Legal Help Offered to Minneapolis Parents Accused of Maltreatment — Before Their Children are Taken

A new Hennepin County program is part of growing efforts to provide legal assistance at the earliest possible stage of a child welfare case.

10/14/2024

The Pandemic’s Blueprint for a Better Child Welfare System

For a more preventive child welfare system, we must move away from the idea that it is solely the function of CPS to keep kids safe.