OPINION: By broadly defining abuse and neglect, CAPTA enabled the creation of a punitive child welfare system that conflated the circumstances of poverty with parental neglect, disproportionally ...

“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse or neglect, but because they could not afford to pay a bill or new clothes for their kids.” That was House Ways ...

A mother in Jackson, Mississippi, was recently arrested and charged with child neglect after taking a toddler wearing only a diaper to Walmart in freezing temperatures. Other shoppers confronted ...

North Carolina children experience more than twice as much neglect as physical and sexual abuse, and poverty is a big risk factor, child welfare advocates say. But the solutions are not simple. In ...

Using data from around the country, researchers found that rates of child neglect abuse dropped around the same time that families received federal tax credits aimed at the working poor. Credit: ...

A group of low-income black mothers living in Washington DC who have been accused of child neglect will receive cash as part of a study to determine whether providing needy moms with extra income ...

A new center in Allentown is giving hope to young children who are living in poverty and neglect. A new center in Allentown is giving hope to young children who are living in poverty and neglect.

MINOT, N.D. -- A child neglect charge will be dismissed against a 23-year-old Minot woman who was accused of leaving her 3-year-old son alone last December because she couldn't afford child care and ...

A mother in Jackson, Mississippi, was recently arrested and charged with child neglect after taking a toddler wearing only a diaper to Walmart in freezing temperatures. Other shoppers confronted ...

“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse or neglect, but because they could not afford to pay a bill or new clothes for their kids.” This idea that ...

The number of known cases of abuse and neglect among children in North Carolina have declined over 30 years. But the official count of children dying from abuse or neglect has increased since 2018.