What is Child Protective Services Law?
Related Areas of Law: CPS Lawyers – Family Rights – Abuse – Accusations – Foster Care – Adoptive Homes Protective Services are services providing responses to reports of child abuse and neglect. They include receipt and assessment of reports and support to children and families when children are determined to be unsafe. The Division of Child Protection Services and law enforcement agencies are required by law to investigate reports of child abuse or neglect. Any person who knows or suspects a child has been physically or emotionally injured, neglected or sexually abused should report it immediately. Support and home-based services are available to families in which children are determined to be unsafe because of abuse or neglect. Support services include training for families in parenting skills and home management and referrals for counseling and other assistance. Excerpted from www.dss.sd.gov Click here to contribute your own article.
