Public outrage against Kern County’s Child Protective Services has been growing as the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata continues to shake the community, ...

Department of Human Resources employee Kela Stanford, 54, was charged last Friday over Ke’Torrius Starks Jr.’s tragic July 22 ...

Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything ...

The April report showed CPS is underfunded, understaffed and has a high turnover rate. These factors, the report says, ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

Family and community members gathered outside Kern County Human Services early Friday morning, demanding an investigation ...

When investigated by the police, hospital staff, and child protective services (CPS), each entity may view the same events differently, but the sole and final decisionmaker is CPS.

Child Protective Services staff in Caroline County is under investigation by its parent agency after staff failed to respond ...