Nancy Schaefer
The Machine
The Cost Is Too Great: Alabama’s Silent Crisis Inside the DHR System
There is a quiet kind of breaking that happens when a child is taken from home. It does not make headlines or courtroom transcripts, but it leaves echoes in every room that family once...
Sunday Spotlight
Sunday Spotlight | After the Storm: What Alabama DHR Still Refuses to Learn
It has been months since Alabama DHR came under fire following the death of three-year-old KJ Starks, who died in a hot van while under the state’s care. Since then, there have been statements,...
The Machine
Nancy Schaefer’s Warning: The Corrupt Business of Child Protective Services
***The following article is reprinted in full from ParentalRights.org. It includes the research and findings of the late Senator Nancy Schaefer, whose bold voice continues to guide families today. We share it here to...
The Machine
They Called. Nothing Happened. A Dothan Woman Is in Jail. A Five Year Old Is Hospitalized
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.
The Machine
Opinion | Almost Twenty Years Later, Nothing Has Changed
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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...