Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill to change the definition of child neglect failed to advance out of an Idaho House committee Thursday. (Courtesy of Pixabay) ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the definition of neglect in the foster care system to prevent children from being removed from homes solely due to poverty. Concerns ...

Rep. Annette Glenn, R-Midland, this week introduced a bill that eliminates an inconsistency in state law that sometimes undermines a court’s ability to step in and protect neglected children. The new ...

Child abuse and neglect is well established as an important societal concern with significant ramifications for the affected children, their families, and society at large (see Chapter 4). A critical ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1 in 10 people age 60 and older have experienced some sort of abuse, neglect or exploitation while living at home. Indiana is a mandatory ...

A bill to change the definition of child neglect failed to advance out of an Idaho House committee Thursday. (Courtesy of Pixabay) A bill that would more narrowly define “neglect” in Idaho’s child ...

Kansas lawmakers may change the definition of neglect in the foster care system. Their goal is to clarify that poverty shouldn’t be the reason kids are taken from their parents. But some fear the bill ...