April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month, Dakota News Now is taking a closer look at the foster care system in South Dakota, highlighting the families and caseworkers on the front ...

Falling behind on child support payments does not automatically mean someone will be arrested, but failing to show up to ...

Estimates of the cost have varied widely, to almost $300 million annually. At least one lawmaker, Rep. John Gannon, D-Boise, ...

The U.S. Marshals Service Central District of California and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force ...

Children who experience violence, the loss of a parent or other serious challenges at home can face lasting effects that ...

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) visited Cañon City on Wednesday and made a special stop to Kindred Kids Child Advocacy ...

Established in 1983 following the first federal child protection legislation, Child Abuse Prevention Month raises awareness ...

In aiming to stop anyone who is convicted of dangerous crimes against children from ever being able to terminate or modify ...

SPEAKING ahead of Sexual Assault Awareness Month on the sidelines of an event on Monday, Minister of Human Services and ...

Advocates, law enforcement officers, and families gathered in Tulsa on Tuesday to plant blue pinwheels in honor of victims of ...

Human trafficking remains one of the most complex criminal threats facing modern law enforcement and homeland security ...

Arizona created the Turquoise Alert to help in missing persons cases, but the system hasn't always worked, police officials ...