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2. New York State Office of Children and Family Services

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   OCFS has wide-ranging responsibilities for the provision of services to children, youth, families, and vulnerable adults. The agency is responsible for programs and services involving foster care, adoption, and adoption assistance; child protective services, including operating the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment; preventive services for children and families; child ...

3. Richard A. Gardner - Wikipedia

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   He developed child play therapy and test materials that he published through his company Creative Therapeutics. Gardner was an expert witness in child custody cases. [4] Gardner and his work have been criticized as a biased effort to justify the abuse of children, beginning with sexual abuse but now encompassing all forms of abuse. [5]

4. Child neglect - Wikipedia

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   A form of child abuse, [1] child neglect is an act of caregivers (e.g., parents) that results in depriving a child of their basic needs, such as the failure to provide adequate supervision, health care, clothing, or housing, as well as other physical, emotional, social, educational, and safety needs. [2]

5. New York City Administration for Children's Services - Wikipedia

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   The New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) is a New York City government agency that prosecutes parents, caregivers, and juveniles in child protective service and delinquency proceedings in New York City. ACS has been the subject of numerous civil rights lawsuits involving the wrongful removals and deaths of children as well ...

6. Mandatory reporting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Nationwide, there was a 2348% increase in hotline calls from 150,000 in 1963 to 3.3 million in 2009. [7] In 2011, there were 3.4 million calls. [8] From 1992 to 2009 in the US, substantiated cases of sexual abuse declined 62%, physical abuse decreased 56% and neglect 10%.

7. Mother Charged with Murder and Child Abuse After Infant ... - AOL

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   If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline ...

8. Child protective services - Wikipedia

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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.

9. New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

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   Headquarters of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded in 1874 (and incorporated in 1875). 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.