When Families Un-Adopt a Child

Between 1 and 5 percent of U.S. adoptions get legally dissolved each year. Some children are put up for “second-chance adoptions.”

Town Judge charged with endangering welfare of a child

State Police say LeRoy Town Justice John Duyssen allegedly struck a 9-year-old child.

A Genesee County town judge finds himself on the wrong side of the bench after being charged with endangering the welfare of a child and harassment.

News Roundup: Hundreds File Complaints Against The Texas Foster Care System

Texas foster youth, their families, and providers filed hundreds of complaints about their care in fiscal year 2018. That’s according to a report the Ombudsman for Children and Youth in Foster Care released this month.

A grandmother's fight for her two grandsons in custody of Maine DHHS

A grandmother is desperately trying to get custody of her two grandsons who are wards of the state. Their mother's accused of having a meth lab in her house. The boys are now in their third foster home. Their grandmother, Laura Jones wants them to live with her in Florida, but for the last two months, she's hit one roadblock after another.

State investigating death of infant in foster care

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway after a newborn died in the care of a foster home.

Kerri White, a spokesperson for the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), said the death was reported Wednesday in a call to the agency's hotline.

The greatest civil rights crisis in NH history

The greatest civil rights crisis in NH history

Why hasn’t the state stepped up to address its massive child protection failures?

As you assess the public debate regarding New Hampshire’s failure to protect children in abuse and neglect settings, you should be aware of a series of facts that no news report has conveyed to you at this point in a systematic fashion.

This massive civil rights crisis involving children who are victims of state abuse and neglect is one of the most egregiously underreported and misunderstood public occurrences in recent times:

• RSA 169-C is a state law. It requires that “each child” subject to abuse and neglect “shall receive, preferably in his own home, the care, emotional security, guidance and control that will promote the child’s best interest.” This is a legal mandate. The law also provides that New Hampshire “take such action as may be necessary to prevent the abuse and neglect of children.” This too is a legal mandate.

Is Mandatory Reporting of Child Maltreatment in the Best Interests of the Child?

All 50 states in the United States, as well as all contiguous territories have statutes identifying persons who are required to report suspected child maltreatment to an appropriate agency (eg, child protective services [CPS], a law enforcement agency, or a state's toll-free child abuse reporting hotline).