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.

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.

Title IV-E was written to protect children but it’s now the engine behind a state-run system that profits from tearing families apart. This article exposes how federal funding and adoption incentives created a child welfare industry fueled by removal, not reunification. This is not just injustice it’s trafficking by the state.