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The shelters, both in Phoenix, are operated by the nonprofit Southwest Key Programs. Allegations involve two former employees accused of sexually abusing children.

Each day, social workers must decide whether or not the children they visit should be removed from their parents’ homes. It’s a decision that changes the…

Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth are experimenting with data technology that could help predict neighborhoods where kids are most…

An often overlooked aspect of domestic violence is financial abuse. Victims are forced to co-sign loans, open new credit cards and make purchases they…

According to the Children’s Defense Fund, kids living in a family that makes $15,000 a year are 22 times more likely to be abused than children in a…

Governor Greg Abbott says the status quo at Child Protective Services is unacceptable. On Monday, he appointed new leaders for CPS and the agency that…

Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth are used to treating cases of abuse. But what they’d really like to do is prevent it. So they’re…

From Texas Standard: Each day in the United States, four to five children die due to child abuse and neglect. That number comes out to about 1,500...

With the start of school approaching, the Skyline High football team is tackling a tough subject that often grabs national headlines: domestic and dating…

The medical journal Pediatrics recently published study results on a new tool developed to help doctors identify children under two with abusive head…

It’s estimated that only about a third of all child abuse incidents are ever discovered. And for the kids who do get help, it can be tough to trust the…

Jimmy Carter is on a mission. The 89-year-old former president has issued a blunt manifesto in book form titled A Call to Action: Women, Religion,…