Franklin County Children Services

March 15 was the deadline for Governor Mike DeWine to release his two-year budget. He’d already unveiled several proposals, but now more is known about…

An operator of group homes for teens and young adults is closing its facility in North Linden by March 3rd. Jim Letizia reports. Pennsylvania-based New…

Authorities are trying to identify a toddler found wandering in an East Side alley early this morning.The approximately 2-year old girl was found in an…

A Reynoldsburg woman accused of taping her 2-year-old son to a wall and streaming it live on social media is charged with abduction. The son of…

The Ohio Supreme Court has blocked a woman's efforts to inspect Franklin County Children Services records regarding an abuse investigation focusing on her…

Children's Hospital in Columbus is preparing a defense against a federal civil rights lawsuit. More than a half-dozen families are claiming they were…

A Franklin County Children Services report says child welfare workers should have known more about the violent background of a group home resident charged…

Sentencing is scheduled January 7th for a Columbus teen charged with assaulting a social worker and stealing her car last year. 17-year-old Chiann Morrow…

Franklin County Children Services says it will review all of its group home placements after a 16-year-old group home resident was charged with fatally…

Local, state, and national experts gathered in Columbus earlier week this to discuss ways to better serve victims of child abuse and neglect. Doctor…