Crittenton Centers in Peoria has been hosting their Pinwheel for Prevention of Abuse Ceremony for the past 18 years to raise ...

The U.S. House passed a sweeping bill Tuesday that aims to help states address the rise in child abuse and neglect. The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, or H.R.485, cleared the House ...

According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, nearly 2,000 Alaskan children were in out-of-home placement in January 2014. The vast majority of those cases were due to child abuse ...

A child abuse prevention event on April 1 will aim to educate the public on the crisis. (Stronger Together Family Fest) JAMES ...

ATLANTA — There were more than 126,000 reports of maltreatment against Georgia children during fiscal year 2023, according to child welfare data provided by the state's Department of Human Services.

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - Volunteers across the area went to work Thursday, creating visual displays for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention month. This comes at a time when, in Outagamie County, reports ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – All month long, organizations are bringing awareness to child abuse and neglect in Springfield. In honor of the month, organizations and businesses around Springfield are setting ...

Child neglect is less visible than child abuse. But it’s a similarly dangerous type of child maltreatment in that the resulting negative outcomes too often last a lifetime. About 70 percent of all ...

The number of children in Maine in state custody has dipped below 2,000 for the first time since 2019, continuing a downward ...