Families Vs. DHR

A teenager’s outburst. A rushed investigation. A family torn apart. This article explores how child welfare systems like DHR are increasingly responding to adolescent rebellion with state intervention—believing emotion over evidence, and leaving families fractured in the process.

What the prison system is to adults, CPS has become to children a network of control, removal, and profit. This Spotlight exposes the truth behind America’s other incarceration crisis.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month but for families caught in the child welfare system, it’s not a hashtag. It’s a wound. This article explores the hidden emotional toll of state-sponsored separation and calls for trauma-informed care rooted in truth, not compliance.

Families are speaking up and naming the DHR workers, officers, and court officials who helped tear their homes apart. This campaign is about truth, accountability, and protecting others from the same fate. Know their names. Know your power.

Black Mothers Are Done Being Silent On Mother’s Day 2025, while much of the country celebrated with flowers and brunch, a group of Black mothers gathered in front of the White House to expose a...

When They Lie on Paper to Destroy Your Life in Real Time It starts with one report. One sentence. One story written by someone who doesn’t know your truth but has the power to erase...

Title IV-E was written to protect children but it’s now the engine behind a state-run system that profits from tearing families apart. This article exposes how federal funding and adoption incentives created a child welfare industry fueled by removal, not reunification. This is not just injustice it’s trafficking by the state.

Silent Mother's Weekend is over and our voices are back, louder and clearer than ever. In Alabama's child welfare system, families often find themselves navigating a complex web of requirements set forth by the Department...