A former Hendricks County Department of Child Services employee is facing 16 felony charges, including falsifying child abuse or neglect information and official misconduct by a public servant. Brianna Spillman, who resigned her position in...

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...

This week, our spotlight turns back to a truth too many have been forced to live with: DHR knows when it has done wrong and still refuses to make it right. It is not...

A five year old is hospitalized with life threatening brain trauma. A woman from Dothan is behind bars. And Alabama’s child welfare agency is once again facing questions about why it failed to act despite reported warnings.

They didn’t just take my children. They shattered my life. They say you never forget the day your children are born.I’ll never forget the day mine were taken. One knock.One accusation.One cold voice telling me what...

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.