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Child protective services (CPS) is the name of an agency in many U.S. states responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of child abuse or neglect. Some states use other names, often attempting to reflect more family-centered (as opposed to child-centered) practices, such as department of children and family ...
Mary Ellen Wilson (March 1864 – October 30, 1956), also called Mary Ellen McCormack, was an American victim of child abuse whose case led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. [1] At the age of eight, she was severely abused by her foster parents ...
Website. www .cwla .org. The Child Welfare League of America ( CWLA) is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization that coordinates efforts for child welfare in the United States, [1] and provides direct support to agencies that serve children and families. [2] The organization's vision is "that every child will grow up in a safe, loving, and stable ...
Agencies should coordinate activities to minimize impacts upon the (possible) victim. In the US in 1985 the Children Advocacy Center model was founded, including "Multi-Discipline Teams" (law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health) to interview, treat, manage and prosecute child abuse cases.
Studying a statewide maltreatment reporting system: County agencies run the child protection system here, with the state Department of Human Services' oversight. Minnesota is one of nine states ...
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( Public Law 93–247) of 1988 provides financial assistance for demonstration programs for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and to establish a National Center on Child Abuse. Additionally, it identifies the federal role in supporting research, evaluation ...
Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.
Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act is introduced by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein for the ninth time since the 106th Congress. The act would establish an Office of Children's Service at the United States Department of Justice. 2008 Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008