The United States relies on the Child Protective Service (CPS) system to protect children from abuse and neglect. The foundation of this system is reporting—reporting is supposed to bring maltreated children to the attention of CPS and CPS is supposed t
The article focuses on the use of software company Laserfiche's enterprise content management (ECM) system by Durham Country, North Carolina which helps the Department of Social Services' Child Protective Services (CPS) department in saving case files that contain sensitive information. Topics ...
Child maltreatment (CM) is a pervasive public health problem: an estimated 37% of all US children are investigated by Child Protective Services (CPS) for suspected abuse or neglect before their 18th birthday [1]. Maltreated children are at increased risk for lifelong adverse health, social, and...
The address for the Niagara County Child Protective Service Unit is, NCDSS, PO Box 865, 301 10th Street, Niagara Falls, NY, 14302-0865. Carbon Monoxide Detector Requirements – In order to comply with Amanda’s Law, a minimum of one carbon monoxide detector must be installed in every ...
Table 2. Relative validity of newborn discharge to Child Protective Service based on birth hospitalization records among all newborns and among all newborns stratified by First Nations status 1998–2019, Manitoba, Canada (n = 309,259). Empty CellDischarge toCPS based onCPS Case FilesNo disch...
Lacking the necessary education and training skills to conduct objective and competent child protective “investigations,” intake workers at social service agencies remove non-abused children from their homes frequently; and in doing so, leave truly abused children in jeopardy. Combine this equation ...
Child Protective Services can take your children too. CPS has come to believe they are above the law and the Constitution, that they do not need a search warrant to come into your home, label you as a child abuser for any reason and make you a criminal based upon their opinion alone, ...
The current study is part of a larger initiative using an international platform to examine child maltreatment (CM) reports and child protective service (CPS) responses in various countries. The first data collection, which included a comparison between eight countries after the pandemic's first wave...
Age at initial substance use and social engagement with school or work remained nonsignificant for associations with CSE; however, protective relationships within the family significantly reduced the likelihood of experiencing CSE in adolescence (OR, 0.84 [95% CI, 0.71-0.99]). Discussion Child sexual...
First the cour,e visits the Office of Protective Services, a local social service agency which as part of its function makes recoIllmendatiollS to the Court about neglected and abused children. In conjunuion with this, SCA:"I (Study of Chile! Abuse and Neglect), a local committee consis...