A case out of Massachusetts is moving forward that raises a question many families across the country have quietly asked for years. What happens when children are removed before the law is properly followed. In Waltham,...

For families navigating the child welfare system, one question continues to surface again and again. Who is watching the system that is supposed to be watching our children? Oversight is often discussed in policy language. It...

International Women’s Day is often marked by recognition of women’s leadership in politics, business, and public life. But across communities everywhere, there is another kind of leadership that rarely receives attention. It appears quietly in...

Recent data published by AL.com shows that several counties in Alabama’s Black Belt region have the highest per capita rates of children in foster care in the state. Nearly 6,000 children were reported in...

ENTERPRISE, Ala. — The search remains underway for 2-year-old Genesis Nova Reid as investigators continue working to determine the child’s whereabouts. What We Know So Far According to information released by the Enterprise Police Department, Genesis...

By a Ghostwriter In a quiet corner of southeast Alabama, a prolonged family court dispute is raising broader questions about how child welfare decisions are made and how families are included in those decisions. At the...

Alabama is being called to account. On January 22, families from across this state will arrive in Montgomery for two public events that expose a truth the system has long relied on silence to obscure....

Between 2018 and 2022, Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services (DFACS) lost track of 1,790 children in state custody. Not 17. Not 170. One thousand seven hundred ninety children. Gone. This is not just...