Across Alabama, good mothers are being targeted before they ever leave the hospital. This powerful testimony exposes how the child welfare system is punishing families based on fear, not facts, and why so many are now too afraid to grow their families.

*** Watch the full clip here *** Seventeen years after Nancy Schaefer’s warning, families are still fighting to be heard. The system hasn’t changed. It has simply gotten better at hiding. In 2007, State Senator Nancy...

When Alabama Deputy Commissioner Karen Smith was asked if everyone on the state’s abuse registry deserved to be there, she answered without hesitation: “I do.” With no requirement for trial, no guarantee of notice, and no clear path for removal, Alabama’s registry functions as punishment by accusation. This investigation explores the real cost of that system and the chilling indifference of the official defending it.

By Staff Writer | Families vs DHR In a small Alabama town, a grandmother stood by her phone, waiting for a call that never came. Her daughter had just been taken into custody, and she...

What if I told you the removal of children from loving homes is being incentivized by federal dollars? This video expose how the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, passed under the Clinton administration,...

By Families vs. DHR At this very moment, while our team sits and crafts this message, another family is being forced into turmoil. Another child is being removed without cause. Another parent is being handed a list...

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...