Families Vs. DHR

Spray-painted on a public wall, the words hit harder than any headline: “Department of Children and Families illegally kidnapping and trafficking kids.” This is not just vandalism it’s a cry for help in a system that’s been allowed to run unchecked.

Former Alabama foster parent and minister Patrick Streeter has been convicted on multiple counts of sexually abusing a foster child in his care between 2018 and 2021. The charges include sodomy, sexual torture, and unlawful sex acts. He now awaits sentencing in Madison County Jail.

If you're watching families be destroyed and saying nothing... are you really good? Across courtrooms, case files, and foster homes, the phrase echoes: “There are good workers in the system.” It’s often said in defense of agencies...

If DHR has ever told you they were removing your child because of “imminent harm,” you are not alone. But many parents do not understand what this term really means or how the law...

An Indiana couple is facing charges after allegedly abusing 33 foster children over 13 years. This article explores the case—and the broader pattern of how the child welfare system often fails the very children it claims to protect.

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.

When DHR files a case involving your family, you have the constitutional and legal right to be notified of all court hearings and to be heard in each one. Whether it’s a shelter care...