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 ...

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, ...

Across the United States, state laws designate licensed mental health professionals (MHPs) as mandated reporters when they have reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect (Ettinger, 2022). This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Cheray testified Monday in favor of a bill that would make clergy mandated reporters when they suspect a child is being abused ...