The state Senate passed a measure Thursday that would define opioid abuse as a type of child neglect, in what lawmakers called an attempt to protect children in the face of the heroin epidemic.Click ...

Child neglect is less visible than child abuse. But it’s a similarly dangerous type of child maltreatment in that the resulting negative outcomes too often last a lifetime. About 70 percent of all ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the definition of neglect in the foster care system to prevent children from being removed from homes solely due to poverty. Concerns ...

An MP will today launch a bid to make the emotional and psychological neglect of children a crime. A private member's bill being tabled by Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams seeks to extend the legal ...

Kansas lawmakers may change the definition of neglect in the foster care system. Their goal is to clarify that poverty shouldn’t be the reason kids are taken from their parents. But some fear the bill ...