Child Protective Services

Suffolk County officials have unveiled sweeping changes for child protective services, including removing identifying information about the parents during child removal evaluations.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney is calling for changes to the state’s confidentiality laws after a grand jury investigation into the child abuse death of eight-year-old Thomas Valva couldn't recommend criminal charges against child protective workers.

A review of events leading up to the 2-year-old’s homicide found that officials didn’t follow proper procedures or have complete information.

According to an analysis from Newsday, Suffolk County Child Protective Services workers took on too many cases.

Educators and other mandated reporters of child abuse attribute a decline in Child Protective Services reports in 2020 to fewer children being in schools…