Families Vs DHR
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Sunday Spotlight: The Great Deception
How Child Protective Services Masks Power as Protection
Across the United States, Child Protective Services agencies operate under the banner of child safety. Their mission statements speak of protection, healing, and justice.
Yet beneath the...
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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...
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Take Action: When They Work Together to Destroy You There’s a Law for That
They want you to feel isolated.They want you to believe it’s just a misunderstanding.Just a mistake.Just a bad break.
But what if it wasn’t?What if what happened to your family wasn’t a random failure, but...
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Sunday Spotlight: Compliance Without Closure The Hidden Pain of Parents Who Did Everything Right
Moment by Moment, Day by Day
Families across Alabama from Houston County to Baldwin, from Limestone to Lowndes are being quietly drained of everything they have, just to keep the hope of reunification alive.
This system...
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Feeding the Machine (How Innocent Families Become Its Fuel)
It Was Never About Justice
It was never about truth.It was never about safety.It was never about protecting children.
It was about feeding the machine.
The Machine Needs Bodies
Every day, the system looks for new families to...
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Protected by Immunity: CPS Worker Caught on Camera Telling 14-Year-Old to Become a Prostitute
When you think of CPS, you think of protection. Safety. Somebody looking out for kids when no one else will.
But sometimes, the people we trust to protect our children are the very ones leading...
Sunday Spotlight
Sunday Spotlight: When Police Become Partners in Family Destruction — The Quiet Collusion Between Law Enforcement and DHR
They Didn’t Knock Like They Were There to Help
They didn’t ask any questions.They showed up with power not answers.
Blue lights.A clipboard.And a lie or maybe a half-truth that was never fully examined.
There was no...
Sunday Spotlight
“Sunday Spotlight Begins: Exposing Corruption, One Story at a Time”
Welcome to Sunday Spotlight — a new space created to expose what too many systems have worked hard to keep hidden.
Every week, we will shine a light on the injustices faced by families across...