Ms. Riley is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “No Way to Treat a Child.” In February 2023, Phoenix Castro was born in San Jose, Calif., suffering from neonatal ...

More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state's requirement that certain professionals tell officials ...

The host of Serial Productions’ new series shares a brief history of the early days of child protection. By Dyan Neary Hi, I’m Dyan Neary, host of “The Preventionist,” which is out now. I’ve been ...

For years, some of the most seriously abused or neglected children in Minnesota couldn't get help from a social worker for days. Across the state, child protection agencies would shut down on holidays ...

Gov. Tim Walz will propose extra funding to hire more child protection workers and state lawmakers will meet Dec. 4 to begin discussing potential reforms in the wake of a Star Tribune investigation ...