CPS

Recently, a teenage girl told her school counselor that her older brother had been touching her inappropriately. She wanted it to stop and for someone to help. As a mandated reporter, the counselor called child protective services.

As the county grapples with the tragic death of another foster child, the law firm representing parents in child welfare courts is folding.

Our work is built around preventing family separation, so the last call we ever want to make is to the CPS hotline.

In some parts of the country, emergency removals account for 70% to 95% of all entries into foster care, data collected by The Imprint shows.

Allen was 13 when he dialed 911 for help. He found his mother, Rut, unconscious and shaking, and he immediately called for an ambulance.

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

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

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.

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