Child Protective Services

Law Enforcement Social Services Investigation Investigations Department of Children and Families Investigation Procedures Legal Framework Policy Changes State Intervention Welfare Checks

San Antonio Teen Arrested After Handing Infant to Stranger at Bus Stop

Her arrest followed her return to the bus stop with the infant now placed with relatives under CPS care pending an ongoing police investigation.

Virginia Mother Convicted and Placed on Abuse Registry After Letting 5-Year-Old Walk to Pond

Mesa Mother Charged After Toddler Found Alone in Hot Garage

Mother and Boyfriend Sentenced in Death of 1-Year-Old Henry Wheatley‑Brown

Defense Filing and Jail Footage Shift Public Record in Ohio ‘House of Horrors’ Case

Oklahoma Mother Convicted After 11-Year-Old Daughter Gives Birth to Stepfather’s Child

Pontiac Mother Pleads No Contest to Child Abuse in Squalor Case

Family Files Claim After Toddler Dies in Santa Clara Foster Home

16 Children Found Living in Filth in Hamden Home, Four Relatives Charged

Buttigieg Says Fabricated CPS Call Led to 24-Hour Separation From His Twins

Three Women Charged After 2-Month-Old Critically Injured by Older Children in Texas

Texas Mother Wanted on Felony Charge in 6-Week Child Abandonment

Universal City Band Teacher Arrested on Child Indecency, Grooming Charges

Missing North Carolina Teen Found in Florida Traffic Stop as Driver Faces Counterfeit, Drug, Custody Charges

DOJ Civil Rights Chief Says She’s Reviewing CPS Report Over TPUSA High School Event

Mother and Boyfriend Held on Murder Charges in Death of 8-Year-Old in Round Lake Beach

DCF Intervenes After Woman Found Unresponsive With Children at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Pontiac Mother Pleads No Contest to Welfare Fraud as Abuse Case Proceeds

Pontiac Mother Held Without Bond After Children Found Living in Squalor

Michigan Mother Pleads Guilty in 2018 Death of 3-Year-Old, Will Testify Against Ex-Boyfriend