The article stresses that universal mandatory reporting laws require all adults to report suspected child abuse, but many states lack proper training. Without clear guidance and education, these laws ...

Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services launched a new Mandated Reporter Online Training Program. It’s a comprehensive and ...

Mandated reporter training often tells clinicians to report first and ask questions later. But support—not surveillance—is what actually keeps families safe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sign over the entrance to the Maine Office of Child and Family Services in Augusta. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) With ...

A proposed Ohio House bill that would add elected officials to a long slate of professions that are legally required to report child abuse received its first hearing last week. Reps. Tom Young, ...

Pennsylvania law requires school employees to report suspected child abuse, but criminal charges for failing to do so are rare. Since 2010, only 14 Pennsylvania educators have lost their certification ...