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Child protective services (CPS) refers to government agencies in the United States that investigate allegations of child abuse or neglect, and if confirmed, intervene by providing services to the family through a safety plan, in-home monitoring, supervision, or if a safety plan is not feasible or in emergencies, removing the child from the custody of their parent or legal guardian.
Baseball team composed mostly of child workers from a glass factory. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1908. The timeline of young peoples' rights in the United States, including children and youth rights, includes a variety of events ranging from youth activism to mass demonstrations. There is no "golden age" in the American children's rights movement ...
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]
It is the world's first child protective agency. [1] It is sometimes called the Gerry Society [2] after one of its co-founders, Elbridge Thomas Gerry. It is commonly seen as having played a key role in the development of children's rights and child protective services in the English-speaking world.
Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History. Harvard UP. ISBN 9780674116139. 5 vol of primary sources; Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Children's Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood (Washington, DC: 2013) Gavin, Lettie (1997). American Women in World War I: They Also Served. University ...
State-level rollbacks to child labor protections show the need for a constitutional amendment introduced 100 years ago.
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.
Minnesota has a history of failing to protect children from repeated harm and of disproportionately separating families of color. Legislators hope this year they laid the groundwork for long-term ...