The Pa. Family Support Alliance and Pa. Department of Human services hosted its outdoor flag painting and annual Blue Ribbon Champions for Safe Kids awards ceremony. From Fox 43, April 1, 2026

News we’re reading 1. Child abuse awareness alliance plants blue flags at State Capitol (abc27.com) — Blue flags now line State Street and the Capitol grounds in Harrisburg, each representing a substantiated child abuse case in Pennsylvania over the past year. The Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance hopes the display sparks conversation during National Child Abuse […]

The Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance marked the beginning of National Child Abuse Awareness Month on Wednesday. The alliance planted thousands of flags on State Street in Harrisburg. They symbolize the number of substantiated child abuse cases in the state in the past year. According to the Department of Child Protective Services, there were more than […]

State leaders and advocates recognized the start of Child Abuse Prevention Month with outdoor flag painting and an awards ceremony in Harrisburg. The events were hosted by the Pa. Family Support Alliance (PFSA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. The flag-painting took place along State Street Wednesday morning. Each blue-ribbon flag painted symbolized the […]

MOUNT UNION, Pa. (WTAJ) — Across our region, Remarkable Women are shaping and influencing countless lives. Kristen Streightiff is an educator turned school administrator working to influence the lives of students going through hardships. Streightiff is the Director of Student Services and Special Education at the Mount Union Area School District. Her office sits in […]

No child should be collateral damage in the ongoing race to develop artificial intelligence programs and services. Yet that is the risk we face as the federal government has moved to weaken state-level protection to expedite the growth of a powerful industry that is largely unregulated. President Trump recently signed an executive order that undermines […]

Pennsylvania law requires school employees to report suspected child abuse, but criminal charges for failing to do so are rare. Central Bucks School District officials cited failure to report child abuse in discipline proceedings earlier this year against three administrators terminated over the handling of allegations that nonverbal students in an autism support classroom were […]

Pennsylvania law requires anyone who works in a school to report suspected child abuse. But employees who ignore this duty don’t always face criminal charges. Central Bucks School District officials cited failure to report child abuse in discipline proceedings earlier this year against three administrators terminated over the handling of allegations that nonverbal students in […]

The notorious 2024 case involving the use of artificial intelligence software to create nude images of Lancaster Country Day students was cited during a Nov. 10 state Senate Committee hearing on legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s mandatory reporting law. Over the course of a two-hour hearing in a Montgomery County firehouse, experts in law, child welfare […]

The notorious 2024 case involving the use of artificial intelligence software to create nude images of Lancaster Country Day students was cited during a Nov. 10 state Senate Committee hearing on legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s mandatory reporting law. Over the course of a two-hour hearing in a Montgomery County firehouse, experts in law, child welfare […]