December 20, 2011
FRANKFORT, KY — A key lawmaker called for the resignation of Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Janie Miller on Monday, saying the agency has misled legislators regarding child abuse records and other key issues.

December 19, 2011
Hoping to avoid the same turmoil that enveloped Penn State University, Gov. Scott Walker signed an executive order Monday requiring all University of Wisconsin System employees to report any suspicions of child abuse and neglect.

December 18, 2011
At least 8 fatalities not in state report. Kentucky child welfare officials omitted the deaths of at least eight children in their annual report on abuse or neglect fatalities — even though some were high-profile cases that resulted in criminal charges, including murder, and one was documented in other state records.

December 20, 2011
A proposed settlement of a 3-year-old class-action lawsuit alleging abuses in the state's child welfare system will be considered Tuesday during a special meeting of the oversight commission for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

December 19, 2011
L.A. County should help young people leaving foster care make the transition to self-sufficiency.

December 13, 2011
As Jerry Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a Pennsylvania courtroom, Washington lawmakers Tuesday called for stronger child-abuse reporting laws. They made their demands at the first Capitol Hill hearing growing out of the Penn State scandal.

December 12, 2011
NEW YORK -- Fears that persisting economic woes would increase child abuse in the U.S. have proved unfounded, according to the latest federal data.

December 13, 2011
The state began releasing documents Monday about dozens of children who were killed or nearly killed from neglect and abuse in 2009 and 2010.

December 12, 2011
With the spotlight on child sexual abuse following the events at Penn State and Syracuse universities, we now have an opportunity to make a real difference and protect our children by changing the way we talk about an issue so abhorrent most would rather look away.

December 11, 2011
As the Penn State child sex abuse scandal began to wind its way through court on Monday, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski held a hearing on an underlying issue raised in the case: Whether federal child abuse laws are adequately protecting children from abuse.