Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota has a history of failing to protect children from repeated harm and of disproportionately separating families of color.

Gov. Tim Walz will propose extra funding to hire more child protection workers and state lawmakers will meet Dec. 4 to begin discussing potential reforms in the wake of a Star Tribune investigation ...

Jessica Pryce, a graduate of Auburndale High School and Florida Southern College, drew upon her experience as a child protection investigator for her new book, "Broken: Transforming Child Protective ...

Mickel Cherry, who entered a guilty plea to murdering Zoey Felix, 5, is scheduled to be sentenced next week in Shawnee County District Court. His attorney argues Cherry and Felix fell through the ...

Mississippi is the fifth state to join the Trump Administration's "A Home for Every Child" initiative.

Minnesota's child protection system needs comprehensive reforms that include more accountability to the public, better training for social workers and more investigations of reported abuse, a state ...

Colorado’s child-welfare systems are broken, according to the National Coalition for Child Protection and Reform and the MJCF Coalition. The problem is twofold, the groups claim: According to a report ...

The Nova Scotia government intends to broaden its publication ban on identifying children who have been in the child ...

Child advocacy organizations say cases like this highlight the multi-agency system that activates as soon as a report of suspected abuse is made.