Public outrage against Kern County’s Child Protective Services has been growing after the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis ...

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

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

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

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

During the past year, 12 children who had been the subject of reports of abuse or neglect to the state’s child protective services died, according to a report released Wednesday.

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

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.