Families Vs. DHR

What if families impacted by child welfare injustice stood up together, all across the country, and said enough? This article is a call to break the silence, confront the system, and ask whether a country that celebrates freedom is willing to face the families it has torn apart.

If you're dealing with CPS or DHR, the first thing people tell you is “Get a lawyer.” This is a part of our #GameOver series. You need resources, knowledge, and truth to fight this system....

The CPS Policy Library is now live. For the first time, families can access the actual rules DHR and CPS are supposed to follow in every state. This is not opinion. These are the official policies, available, readable, and finally within reach.

They come into the home without warning. They take the child without mercy. And then, in far too many cases, they drug the pain instead of treating the wound. This is what happens behind...

This is not just about paperwork. It is about power. Across Alabama, parents are being coerced into signing safety plans under the threat of losing their children, without evidence, without a warrant, and without due process. This is not protection. It is a system weaponized.

By Families vs. Houston County DHR In Alabama, a parent can lose custody of their child without ever stepping foot in a courtroom. No judge. No hearing. No lawyer. Just a knock at the door and...

Even though Juneteenth has passed, its meaning still echoes. Freedom was delayed then, and for many families today it is still being denied. The right to parent your own children is a fundamental liberty, and yet families across America are losing that right without cause, without fairness, and without justice.

*** Watch the full clip here *** Seventeen years after Nancy Schaefer’s warning, families are still fighting to be heard. The system hasn’t changed. It has simply gotten better at hiding. In 2007, State Senator Nancy...