States are debating whether to add coaches and other professionals with access to children to mandated-reporter lists.

Across the United States, state laws designate licensed mental health professionals (MHPs) as mandated reporters when they have reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect (Ettinger, 2022). This ...

Wicomico County Public Schools said Friday that Ann Moncrief Schuchart has been placed on administrative leave and is not ...

New law requires police to investigate if schools, gyms and other facilities failed to report child abuse allegations against staff members and volunteers. The legislation initially included tougher ...

Two children were found with injuries consistent with physical abuse after briefly going missing Monday night, according to ...

Long before Tony Waller, an Assemblies of God pastor, was convicted of raping girls, children told church leaders about ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an inquiry into a new Washington law, signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson on May 2, that adds clergy to the list of professionals required to report child abuse or ...

SALT LAKE CITY — "I have seen firsthand that child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse and animal cruelty rarely occur in isolation," said Kristina Pulsipher, co-founder of Ruff Haven, a nonprofit ...

The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (“CANRA”), Penal Code Sections 11164 et seq., designates certain positions at Santa Clara University to be Mandated Reporters of known or suspected ...

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 22 May 2026 - Save the Children Hong Kong today released its research report, ...