With reporting by AL.com
A 3-year-old child in Alabama foster care has died after being left inside a parked vehicle for roughly five hours while under the supervision of a Department of Human Resources (DHR)...
They take the child out of class. They close the door.
They ask questions the child does not understand. Alone. No parent present. No legal counsel. No warning.
This is not a scene from a courtroom....
With reporting from AL.com
A 3-year-old boy in Alabama died Tuesday after being left in a hot car for nearly five hours while under state supervision.
Keterrious Starks Jr., a child in DHR custody, was found...
If DHR has wronged your family, you have the right to report it. This guide walks you through how to file a complaint in Alabama, starting with your county and moving all the way to the state and federal level.
A grandmother writes in heartbreak and disbelief after being denied the chance to care for her own grandchildren. Her letter, shared with permission, is a raw reminder of how DHR separates not just parents and children but entire generations.
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.
We were just parents until the system took everything. This is the beginning of our voice, our truth, and our refusal to be silent. We never meant to be here. But now that we are, we are not going anywhere.
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