Los Angeles County agencies are beginning to train educators and other mandated reporters about a change in state law that has narrowed the definition of “general neglect.” Mandated reporters are ...

The Michigan Senate Housing and Human Services Committee considered a bipartisan set of bills that would specify the ...

A weedy garden, a broken sidewalk, a crumbling house. A rusty car, deforestation, air pollution. What do these things have in common? They are the result of neglect. Neglect of the earth and neglect ...

A bill that would more narrowly define “neglect” in Idaho’s child protection laws failed to advance Thursday amid concern it ...

In 2023, Maine had the second-highest rate of child maltreatment, behind only Massachusetts, according to federal data. But that statistic doesn’t necessarily mean that Maine parents are maltreating ...

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 ...

The Browntown trailer home of Randy Boeck, Brittany Boeck and Chad Olson has a fallen building structure and rubbish strewn about the property. All three were arrested on March 4 and face charges of ...

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Florida couple with four children ages two-months to three-years-old is facing child neglect charges. According to Port St. Lucie police, one child was found locked in a dark ...

You might think about leaving your child home alone momentarily. Is this illegal in Georgia? Here are tips to consider and ...

Is leaving your child home alone 'abandonment' in Georgia? Neglect? What age should kids reach before being allowed to stay home alone?