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CPS Reform

Caged in Childhood: How CPS Became the New Prison

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.

Trafficked by the State: The Federal Law That Pays to Take Children

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.

We’ve Gone Silent for the Weekend

As Mother's Day approaches, we’ve chosen to pause. This weekend, our platform will go quiet. Not because there’s nothing to say, but because some moments are too sacred for noise. There are mothers across this nation...

When Turning 18 Feels Like Escaping CPS: A System No Family Should Fear

In a post shared by a parent in the Family Forward Project, a milestone birthday was met with something far heavier than joy it was met with relief. The post read: “My oldest child turned...

Florida Leads the Nation with New Office to Protect Parental Rights

In a groundbreaking move, Florida has become the first state in the nation to launch an official Office of Parental Rights. The initiative, led by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, is designed to safeguard...

“Exposing the System That Was Never Meant to Help Us: Alabama’s Child Protective Services”

Over the last several months, I’ve poured hours — no, days — into researching and understanding where and how the Alabama child protective system, and systems like it across this nation, have gone so...

We Are Here: When the System Punishes Parents for Parenting

Every time another tragic headline surfaces — another child lost to violence, another teenager arrested, another preventable crisis — the same question makes its way across newsfeeds, dinner tables, and talk shows: “Where were the...

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