A story from Nashville illustrates why youth organizations need to have rules against private communications between adults and students....

A story from California illustrates a couple of important principles that youth organizations should follow when dealing with disclosures...

The Louisiana Attorney General recently issued an opinion that school rules requiring mandated reporters to come to supervisors first...

A prosecutor in Pennsylvania has made a rare turnabout in a mandated reporter case and dismissed charges against a Mormon clergy member....

Colorado was a early adopter of mandated reporter laws, and is now joining the push to reconsider those same laws. The head of the task...

One long-running question is whether school closures caused cases of child abuse and neglect to fall through the cracks. The concern was...

A story from Connecticut illustrates a principle we continually tell our clients – don't let the pressure of putting out a public...

Colorado in 2022 commissioned a task force to review the state’s mandated reporter law and recommend any needed changes. The task force...

A Pennsylvania federal district court opinion has some valuable lessons for youth-serving organizations. A teacher developed what turned...

Experts attribute a spike in child abuse cases in Pennsylvania in part to expanded mandated reporter laws without any expansion in...

An Arkansas jury has acquitted a school employee for failure to reports his brother’s sexual abuse of various children.  The brother pled...

I posted earlier about laws that allow children to be prosecuted for sending nude pictures of themselves to other people. The situation...