Families Vs. DHR

This is our second report concerning a beautiful little girl whose arm was broken while at a daycare in Dothan, Alabama. Three-year-old Xylah, a nonverbal autistic child whose well-being was entrusted to the staff at...

Across Alabama, parents are told the same thing by the Department of Human Resources: “Take these services, and you’ll get your children back.” It is said as if it is a guarantee, a roadmap...

In a country that claims to value freedom of the press, there’s a growing crisis the public hasn’t fully reckoned with: the silence and complicity of local and mainstream media in the destruction of...

Kela Stanford, the Alabama DHR contracted transport driver charged in the tragic death of 3-year-old Ketorrious “KJ” Starks Jr., failed to show up for her first scheduled court appearance on Monday. According to WBRC, Stanford...

Right now, our team sits in the office with heavy hearts. Not just because of the quiet rain sweeping across Alabama but because of a different kind of storm, the kind that comes when...

With reporting by AL.com A 3-year-old child in Alabama foster care has died after being left inside a parked vehicle for roughly five hours while under the supervision of a Department of Human Resources (DHR)...

They take the child out of class. They close the door. They ask questions the child does not understand. Alone. No parent present. No legal counsel. No warning. This is not a scene from a courtroom....

With reporting from AL.com A 3-year-old boy in Alabama died Tuesday after being left in a hot car for nearly five hours while under state supervision. Keterrious Starks Jr., a child in DHR custody, was found...