This is what happens when the hot line receives a report of alleged child maltreatment, according to interviews with Arkansas State Police and Arkansas Department of Human Services officials, state documents and state webpage.
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When a reporter delved into the “hidden foster care” system, she found more questions than answers.
"The stress of my own personal experiences led me to dig deeper into how immigrant women were faring through the pandemic."
Why are students turning to social media to report sexual harm rather than parents or school administrators?
A Wyoming treatment center where California had long sent troubled youth will shut down in March, following a Chronicle and Imprint investigation into violent abuse at its campus and others operated by Sequel Youth & Family Services.
It can be hard for people returning from a prison sentence to secure the housing they need to successfully reenter communities. And the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even harder.
The school district shares student data with the Sheriff’s Office, which uses it to identify potential future criminals.
It’s one thing to report about disparities in health outcomes. It’s another to hear DonnaMarie Woodson’s story.
Over the past five years, hundreds of California drinking water systems have suffered damage or destruction amid the state’s increasingly intense climate-driven wildfires.
How are school systems coping with large influxes of immigrant children? A reporter reflects on lessons learned.