Department of Children and Families

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The Department of Children and Families' (also known as the Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Child Services, Child Protective Services or Department of Social Services) is the name generally given to various state government agencies responsible for the main purpose of investigating incidents of child abuse, domestic violence as well as reports of abuse inflicted against both disabled individuals (both mentally and physically handicapped) as well as the elderly. The agencies are also tasked with enforcing child labor laws in their respective states as well as supervising the treatment of minors in the welfare system, school system and the workplace.

The agency was created as a result of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, a federal law which ordered the creation of individual state agencies to enforce state statues concerning child and disability abuse crimes.Catageory:Liberalism

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