Child endangerment
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo, Texas Gov Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference about migrant children detentions, in Dallas. Texas child welfare officials say they've received three reports of abuse and neglect at a San Antonio coliseum that is holding more than 1,600 immigrant teenagers who crossed the southern border. Child welfare officials would not reveal details about who made the allegations, but Abbott said his understanding was that they came from someone who had been inside the facility. One of the allegations include sexual abuse, but no further details were provided. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Texas investigating abuse allegations at migrant facility

By Paul J. Weber And Nomaan Merchant Apr. 07, 2021 09:24 PM EDT

Students play outside during recess at the Panther Valley Elementary School, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Nesquehoning, Pa. On May 26, 2020, former student, 9-year-old Ava Lerario; her mother, Ashley Belson, and Ava's father, Marc Lerario were found fatally shot inside their home. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Pandemic masks ongoing child abuse crisis as cases plummet

By Sally Ho And Camille Fassett Mar. 29, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

A cuddly toy is placed on the grave of a five-year boy from Afghanistan, at Iraion village, on the eastern Aegean island of Samos, Greece, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. On a hill above a small island village, the sparkling blue of the Aegean just visible through the pine trees, lies a boy’s grave. His first ever boat ride was to be his last - the sea claimed him before his sixth birthday. His 25-year-old father, like so many before him, had hoped for a better life in Europe, far from the violence of his native Afghanistan. But his dreams were dashed on the rocks of Samos, a picturesque Greek island almost touching the Turkish coast. Still devastated from losing his only child, the father has now found himself charged with a felony count of child endangerment. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
‘All my hopes were him’: A migrant father’s plight in Greece

By Elena Becatoros Mar. 18, 2021 03:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania prosecutors want a judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to begin serving a county jail sentence for endangering children by the way he responded to a complaint that Jerry Sandusky had attacked a boy on campus. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Prosecutors ask judge to order Graham Spanier report to jail

By Mark Scolforo Jan. 13, 2021 01:52 PM EST

New Hampshire expands voluntary services to prevent abuse

Nov. 30, 2020 03:25 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire is partnering with two social service agencies to prevent child abuse and neglect. The state in recent...

Experts: Neglect prevention key to better childhood outcomes

By Susan Montoya Bryan Nov. 12, 2020 04:06 PM EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Any efforts in New Mexico to build a successful early childhood education system will depend on the state’s ability to prevent child...

Third grade student Elena thinks while reciting multiplication tables, as her brother Wyatt reviews his kindergarten work on a tablet with their mom, Christi Brouder, in the living room of the family home, while remote learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Haverhill, Mass. The Brouder family has four children that are distance learning. Many families with multiple students, some with special needs, are dealing with the challenges of remote distance learning in their home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing

By Carolyn Thompson Oct. 23, 2020 02:41 PM EDT

Remote schooling forces child welfare agencies to adapt

By Cedar Attanasio Oct. 10, 2020 12:44 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Child welfare monitoring and enforcement have been challenged by the coronavirus pandemic as teachers — the backbone of the abuse and...

Citing COVID-19, attorney seeks release of man in abuse case

Sep. 12, 2020 06:00 PM EDT
YORK, Pa. (AP) — The attorney for a Pennsylvania man accused of severely beating five of his seven young children is seeking his client's release from prison,...

Marylou Ligier takes a to-go order to a patron at her family's restaurant and pastry shop Clafoutis on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An outdoor tent, seen in the reflection of a pastry case, was installed three weeks ago in the parking lot after indoor seating was banned due to COVID-19. Ligier says the tent rental costs thousands of dollars each month, nearly amounting to a second mortgage. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Abuse complaints decline sharply without school oversight

By Morgan Lee Aug. 25, 2020 12:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 7, 2020 file photo, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference in Urbandale, Iowa. Gov. Reynolds says she will override local school districts and require students to spend at least half of their education time in classrooms despite concerns the move could endanger children and teachers as the number of coronavirus cases increase in the state. Reynolds' decision Friday, July 17, 2020, will invalidate plans implemented by some districts to limit in-person classes to one day a week for most students with online learning on other days. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa governor overrides schools, requires in-person classes

By David Pitt Jul. 17, 2020 03:27 PM EDT

17 kids known to Montana child welfare system died in 2019

By Amy Beth Hanson Jul. 01, 2020 05:19 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — For the second straight year, the Montana child welfare system said it could help prevent the deaths of children with public campaigns...

FILE - In this March 13, 2020 file photo, children head home after the last day of school before spring break, and eventual closure due to the coronaviurs utbreak, outside Russell Elementary School in Moscow, Idaho. With schools closed and teachers unable to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect, child welfare agencies have lost some of their best eyes and ears during a highly stressful time for families who have lost jobs and are locked down together at home. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, but across the country, states are reporting fewer calls to child abuse hotlines, worrying child welfare officials that abuse is going unreported during the coronavirus pandemic.(Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP, File)
With no school, calls drop but child abuse hasn't amid virus

By Amy Beth Hanson Apr. 18, 2020 11:16 AM EDT