Mississippi sets new record for adoptions
More Mississippi children in foster care have been adopted during the state fiscal year 2019 than ever before. The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services...
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CPS professionals train to protect Mississippi kids
by Alex Paton
Teams of child protection professionals will gather for training in Oxford, Madison, and Gulfport to help child protection workers, Youth Court judges and referees, Youth...
MDCPS to add caseworkers after budget increase from legislature
by Alex Paton
Mississippi’s child and family welfare agency are seeking to add dozens of soon-to-be graduates with degrees in human service-related fields to their growing team of...
Mississippi has 700 fewer foster care kids
by Alex Paton
Mississippi currently cares for 700 fewer children and teenagers in foster care than it did 14 months ago. The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services...
Featured MS Dept. of Child Protection Services launches app to report child abuse/neglect
by Alex Paton
Reporting suspected child abuse/neglect concerns is now faster and easier thanks to a new mobile reporting app offered by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection...
The MDCPS makes recommendations for FY2019 budget
by Sarah Ulmer
State departments have already begun making their budget requests for FY2019. That includes the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services who are asking for a...
Mass adoption ceremony in Hinds County
by Sarah Ulmer
A mass adoption ceremony was held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at the Hinds County Courthouse as dozens of children previously in state custody and...
Dickinson to take over as MDCPS commissioner
by Alex Paton
Dr. David A. Chandler will retire as commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services on Sept. 15. Chandler, a former state Supreme...
Social workers, Gov. Bryant honored for dedication to CPS
Governor Phil Bryant honored two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services social workers on Friday for their dedication to a case that led the life...
Addicted parents top reason for kids in CPS care
Nearly 6,000 children are in the care of the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services. Officials with MDCPS said drug use among parents is the...