Alabama foster care
Know Your Rights
High Foster Care Rates in Alabama’s Black Belt Raise Hard Questions About Poverty and Policy
Recent data published by AL.com shows that several counties in Alabama’s Black Belt region have the highest per capita rates of children in foster care in the state. Nearly 6,000 children were reported in...
The Machine
The False Face of Protection: Why Alabama DHR Cannot Escape Reform
The Alabama Department of Human Resources defines its mission in reassuring terms: “To provide for the protection, well-being and self-sufficiency of children and adults.” Yet across the state, stories continue to surface that show an agency...