Nonprofit creates softer transition for Montgomery and Walker County children in CPS care
The nonprofit Isaiah 117 House, serving children awaiting foster care or placement with a relative, gives kids a softer space ...
Brickbat: Father of the Year?
In Texas, the Port Arthur Police Department and Child Protective Services are both investigating a TikTok video showing a man ...
West Virginia officials ordered to report as child case workers to address staffing shortage
A judge in West Virginia has ordered the new chief of a state agency and several of his subordinates to be assigned as Child Protective Services workers.
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Judge says agency secretary has to do child protective work because of staffing shortage
A West Virginia circuit judge has ordered state officials to serve as CPS workers due to severe understaffing in child protective services.
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Circuit Judge Sweeney orders DoHS officials to work as CPS
Citing ongoing issues with vacancies within Child Protective Services, a circuit court judge in West Virginia is ordering officials with the state Department of Human Services to report to work in his ...
Apex parents appear in court after being charged with intentional child abuse
An Apex mother and father charged with abusing their three-month-old son had their first day in court Wednesday afternoon.
Oklahoma child welfare worker wanted to protect 1-year-old girl, so she kidnapped her, police say
The girl was taken to a foster home in Shawnee three days after hotline worker picked her up from mother in Midwest City, ...
Judge mandates W.Va. DoHS officials to fill critical CPS roles amid staffing crisis
HARRISVILLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — A circuit court judge is ordering officials with the West Virginia Department of Human Services ...
Child sex abuse reported in Northern California leads investigators to Nevada and Minnesota
The investigation began when deputies received a report of suspected child abuse from Alpine County Child Protective Services. Sheriff’s officials said the report alleged sexual misconduct with two ...
Woman’s lawsuit claims Motel 6 and other chains allowed her to be raped nearly 1,000 times
A woman sues three hotel chains claiming she was a sex trafficking victim who was raped nearly 1,000 times in their establishments.
'We were the voices for those kids': Sissonville neighbors feel validated by verdict
When Donald Lantz, Jeanne Whitefeather and their five adopted kids moved to Sissonville in May 2023 from Washington state, ...
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North Star Child Advocacy Center releases statistics about their services
According to North Star’s website, child advocacy centers allow children to tell law enforcement, child protective services, ...