Families Vs. DHR

In a world where oversight is promised and protection is preached, families are left picking up the pieces after the very system meant to help them causes harm. We’re told that agencies like DHR...

By Families vs. DHR Editorial Team In courtrooms across America, there exists a belief that has been passed down through generations, codified into oaths, and echoed through marble halls. Judges are seen as the guardians...

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.

A child was taken just days before her birthday. No evidence. No warning. No goodbye. Just an accusation and a system that never looked back. Her story is one of thousands, and it marks the beginning of Stolen Children’s Month.

Across the nation, families are rising up to expose a hidden crisis. June is being declared Stolen Children’s Month, a bold call to confront the injustice of family separation through the child welfare system. This movement is not just a campaign. It is a reckoning. And it starts now.

Children are being warehoused in office buildings, sleeping on air mattresses under desks and in cubicle corners. This is not care. It is neglect, carried out by the very agencies meant to protect them. These images are not isolated. They are evidence of a systemic failure that demands accountability and reform.

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.

Harmony Montgomery’s tragic death and the $2.25 million settlement awarded to her mother expose deep failures within the child protection system. Despite red flags, the state placed Harmony with an abusive father. Now, her story stands as a warning of what happens when oversight fails and accountability is absent.