Child Welfare Reform
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Alabama’s Houston County DHR: Building on Broken Families
They say the walls are too old. The layout too outdated. Two stories no longer work. So now Houston County DHR wants a new building, a bigger, shinier one story fortress to house their...
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Former Indiana DCS Worker Charged with Falsifying Records
A former Hendricks County Department of Child Services employee is facing 16 felony charges, including falsifying child abuse or neglect information and official misconduct by a public servant.
Brianna Spillman, who resigned her position in...
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The False Face of Protection: Why Alabama DHR Cannot Escape Reform
The Alabama Department of Human Resources defines its mission in reassuring terms: “To provide for the protection, well-being and self-sufficiency of children and adults.” Yet across the state, stories continue to surface that show an agency...
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Placed to Be Protected, Left to Be Tortured: The Columbia County “House of Horrors”
Nine children were supposed to be safe. Instead, they were delivered straight into a nightmare.
Authorities in Columbia County, Florida, say nine children were rescued from what deputies described as a “house of horrors,” where...
Know Your Rights
The “Take These Services” Trap: How DHR Turns Promises Into Termination
Across Alabama, parents are told the same thing by the Department of Human Resources: “Take these services, and you’ll get your children back.” It is said as if it is a guarantee, a roadmap...
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Citizens Demand Arrest After 3-Year-Old Dies in Alabama DHR Custody
Right now, our team sits in the office with heavy hearts. Not just because of the quiet rain sweeping across Alabama but because of a different kind of storm, the kind that comes when...
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Mandated to Miss It: How Some Teachers Are Helping Destroy Families
They take the child out of class. They close the door.
They ask questions the child does not understand. Alone. No parent present. No legal counsel. No warning.
This is not a scene from a courtroom....
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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...