By Families vs DHR Staff Published September 2025 For nearly three decades, Leslie Kelly has been embedded in the child welfare system. According to an article in the Dothan Eagle, she has held multiple positions within...

They took my child. And for a while, it felt like they took everything. My breath. My balance. My name. The way people looked at me. The way I looked at myself. I remember sitting in...

*** Watch the full clip here *** 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...

What if I told you the removal of children from loving homes is being incentivized by federal dollars? This video expose how the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, passed under the Clinton administration,...

By Families vs. DHR At this very moment, while our team sits and crafts this message, another family is being forced into turmoil. Another child is being removed without cause. Another parent is being handed a list...

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...

By Families vs. DHR Editorial Team In courtrooms across America, there exists a belief that has been passed down through generations, codified into oaths, and echoed through marble halls. Judges are seen as the guardians...

Journalist Kim Richards shares a powerful personal story of how Alabama’s DHR system devastated her family after a teenage mistake turned into a full-blown crisis. A call for truth, reform, and accountability.