At least 10 children, ages 3 to 15, were hidden in an underground bunker in Brent, Alabama. A teacher reported neglect in 2023-24, again and again, and nothing changed. The question with no public answer yet: how long did DHR know?

Day 1, Sunday, October 25: An aunt who fought and fought and fought for her nieces. DHR gave her the oldest. They denied her the baby. She kept a binder full of complaints, court...

On Thursday morning, parents will walk back into a Montgomery boardroom and say the things they said last time. The only question is whether the Alabama Department of Human Resources will answer them this...

e federal government just made the largest investment in family preservation in the history of the home visiting program. More than $525 million is going out to states through the Maternal, Infant, and Early...

Alabama's new child sexual abuse commission has 16 seats. One belongs to the DHR director, the head of the agency the commission is supposed to examine. The report is due November 1, and then the commission dissolves.

A Texas family says the affidavit used to take their toddler cited an autopsy report that never existed. The case was dismissed, but both parents are still on the abuse registry. What every family should learn from the paper trail.

Every Alabama court case has an official chronological log called the case action summary. It records every filing, hearing, and order as it happens. For families in dependency court, it is the one timeline DHR does not control.

Starting October 25, we're publishing one true Alabama DHR horror story every day through Halloween. And we want your story too.