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...
Children are being warehoused in office buildings, sleeping on air mattresses under desks and in cubicle corners. This is not care. It is neglect, carried out by the very agencies meant to protect them. These images are not isolated. They are evidence of a systemic failure that demands accountability and reform.
Taken at just 10 years old, Hunter Calhoun endured over 20 placements, forced separation, and a system that failed his family. Now 25, he’s reunited with his mother, raising his son with his wife, and using his story to expose the truth and bring light to others still trapped in the dark.
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.
On May 24, 2025, BriAuna Morgan received the kind of call no mother should ever get. Her one-year-old son, Kemari Morgan, was found dead while in the custody of Person County Child Protective Services...
Journalist Kim Richards shares a powerful personal story of how Alabama’s DHR system devastated her family after a teenage mistake turned into a full-blown crisis. A call for truth, reform, and accountability.