More child deaths possibly linked to abuse and neglect in Louisiana have been investigated so far this year than in all of 2025, and the number of proven fatal incidents is on pace to surpass last year’s count according to the state’s child welfare agency. 

For 10 years, I was a certified foster parent in Kentucky. I recently closed my home, but one lesson still defies common sense: Kentucky has somehow made adopting one of its own waiting children harder than adopting a waiting child from another state.  The Kentucky Adoption Profile Exchange, or KAPE, is supposed to find permanent […]

Actor charged with 24 felony counts in alleged child sexual abuse case  Fox NewsLompoc Filmmaker Charged with 24 Sexual Crimes Against Teen Girls Remains in Jail  NoozhawkHollywood star faces 24 child sex abuse charges after 'using cast calls as bait'  the-sun.comVile Hollywood actor accused of luring teen victims with casting calls charged with 24 counts of child sex abuse  New York Post

MONTANA — A new telehealth effort in Montana aimed to help health care providers get faster guidance when they needed help deciding whether a child’s injury pointed to abuse, an accident or a medical condition.

Child advocates in Ohio and nationally have said proposed changes to the federal early childhood education program Head Start would be “devastating” and eliminate important health and safety standards for children. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule to reduce the “federal burden” for Head Start programs. […]