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Sunday Spotlight
“Sunday Spotlight Begins: Exposing Corruption, One Story at a Time”
Welcome to Sunday Spotlight — a new space created to expose what too many systems have worked hard to keep hidden.
Every week, we will shine a light on the injustices faced by families across...
Know Your Rights
Take Action: Don’t Ignore That Letter — How to Respond to a CAN Hearing Notice from DHR
When DHR Sends a Letter — Pay Attention. Your Rights and Your Family May Be on the Line.
Families across Alabama are often blindsided by a letter in the mail marked from the Department of...
The Machine
When Judges Turn a Blind Eye: The Silent Power Behind Family Destruction in Alabama and Across America
The Role of Judges in the Crisis
Every day in courtrooms across **Alabama—and the United States—**parents walk in believing they will finally be heard.They assume that the courtroom is where facts matter, where both sides...
The Machine
When Workers Become the Weapon: The Silent Machinery Behind Family Separation
Behind every courtroom order, every removal notice, and every traumatic knock on a family’s door, there’s often a worker—an individual who has been given the authority to make life-altering decisions. But what happens when...
Know Your Rights
Know Your Rights #8: You Have the Right to Challenge Unsafe or Inappropriate Placements
When a child is removed from a parent’s custody, the trauma doesn’t end with the removal. It continues through every placement, every transition, and every unsafe or unfit environment they are forced to endure....
Testimonials
A Parent’s Journey Back to Their Child
“There is light, even after the darkest nights.”
There were nights I cried until I had nothing left. Mornings where I had to force myself to stand, to breathe, to keep going — even when...
Testimonials
When the System Breaks a Parent Before the Court Does
A Truth Telling Thursday Article
Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) is one of the most extreme actions the child welfare system can take. It’s supposed to be the “last resort,” a step taken only when...
The Machine
“Exposing the System That Was Never Meant to Help Us: Alabama’s Child Protective Services”
Over the last several months, I’ve poured hours — no, days — into researching and understanding where and how the Alabama child protective system, and systems like it across this nation, have gone so...