They took my child. And for a while, it felt like they took everything.
My breath. My balance. My name. The way people looked at me. The way I looked at myself.
I remember sitting in...
As families across the country prepare for the first day of school, we’re sounding the alarm on one of the biggest entry points for DHR involvement: the classroom.
Public schools, places meant for learning and...
We were just parents until the system took everything. This is the beginning of our voice, our truth, and our refusal to be silent. We never meant to be here. But now that we are, we are not going anywhere.
Across Alabama, good mothers are being targeted before they ever leave the hospital. This powerful testimony exposes how the child welfare system is punishing families based on fear, not facts, and why so many are now too afraid to grow their families.
By Families vs. Houston County DHR
It started with a message from a grandmother. She didn’t write with rage. She wrote with heartbreak.
With trembling hands and the kind of fear only a caregiver truly...
Stolen Children’s Month is here, and families across the country are breaking the silence. This movement exposes the truth behind wrongful child removals, family court abuse, and the systems that profit from separation. We are not just remembering those already taken. We are fighting for the ones who are next.
Taken at just 10 years old, Hunter Calhoun endured over 20 placements, forced separation, and a system that failed his family. Now 25, he’s reunited with his mother, raising his son with his wife, and using his story to expose the truth and bring light to others still trapped in the dark.
Journalist Kim Richards shares a powerful personal story of how Alabama’s DHR system devastated her family after a teenage mistake turned into a full-blown crisis. A call for truth, reform, and accountability.