systemic failure
Know Your Rights
When Poverty Becomes a Punishment: Families Losing Children Instead of Getting Help
All across this country, families are being punished for struggling. Instead of being met with help, they’re being met with handcuffs, court dates, and case plans.
When the rent is behind, the refrigerator is empty,...
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
When Systems Pretend to Protect: Who’s Really Watching the Watchers?
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...