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Supreme Court Rejects Foster Couple’s ICWA Challenge, Keeping Red Lake Twins With Family
October 17, 2026
The justices declined to hear N.R. v. Ellison, leaving in place a Minnesota ruling that the Reyelts lacked standing and keeping the twins in kinship care with their grandmother.
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Killed at Six, Buried in the Backyard, Unnoticed for Four Years: The Failure That Let Kennedy Schroer Disappear
June 27, 2026
Six-year-old Kennedy Schroer, born Natalie Garcia, was tortured and killed by her adoptive mother in 2020 and buried in the backyard. No one knew for nearly four years. Inside the collapse of post-adoption oversight. (160 characters)
She Died in the State’s Care. Illinois Still Won’t Say What Happened to Mackenzi Felmlee.
June 27, 2026
Mackenzi Felmlee, 18, died in her Illinois foster home after four years in state care. One assigned caseworker had eight orders of protection against her — and DCFS hired her anyway.
Children Removed First. Due Process Later. NYC ACS Faces Federal Lawsuit Over Emergency Family Separations
June 3, 2026
A federal lawsuit alleges NYC ACS routinely removed children without prior court orders, bypassing due process and disproportionately impacting families of color.
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RESEARCH & DATAKids Taken ‘For Their Safety’ Face Higher Abuse Risk in Foster CareWhat the data actually shows about abuse inside the system.Read the research ›
POLICY & FUNDING$30 Billion a Year: Where Foster Care Money Actually GoesThe per-child cost breakdown and where taxpayer money ends up.Read the research ›
SYSTEMIC ISSUESMedical Kidnapping: When a Hospital Visit Ends With CPS Taking Your ChildThe pattern, the landmark cases, and how families protect themselves.Read the research ›
RESEARCH & DATA3 in 4 Foster Care Removals Are ‘Neglect,’ Not Abuse — and Poverty Is Driving ItFederal data shows how often being poor gets treated like being dangerous.Read the research ›
RESEARCH & DATAAre Kids in Foster Care Dying at Higher Rates? The Data No One Wants to ShowChild deaths in foster care vs. the general population, side by side.Read the research ›
SYSTEMIC CRISISWhen the System Loses Kids, Traffickers Find ThemAn estimated 60–70% of child trafficking victims came through child welfare.Read the research ›
ACCOUNTABILITYFalsified Records, Destroyed Evidence, Zero Accountability: CPS Workers ExposedCaseworkers in Colorado, Texas and Washington caught falsifying records.Read the research ›
SYSTEMIC CRISISDrug-Free Parents Are Failing State Drug Tests — and Losing Their KidsFrom Georgia’s lab scandals to a $1.3M DOJ settlement.Read the research ›
INSIDER ACCOUNTSFormer CPS Workers Speak Out: What They Saw Inside Will Shock YouInvestigators, caseworkers and whistleblowers on the incentives and bias inside.Read the research ›
FAMILY DESTRUCTIONHow CPS Turns Parents Against Each Other — and Who Gets HurtCoerced safety plans and divide-and-conquer tactics, explained.Read the research ›
JUSTICE DENIED‘Just Comply’: How Public Defenders Are Failing Parents in CPS CasesOverworked, underpaid, too often indifferent — and families pay the price.Read the research ›
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- Armed CPS Raid in Loudoun County: Family Claims Newborn Was Taken Without Charges or Due Process
- Federal Audit: Arkansas Botched 138 of 140 Child Abuse Investigations
- Riverside Foster Parent Who Fostered About 90 Children Charged With Sexual Abuse
- Exposing Systemic Failures in Foster Care: The Tragic Death of Ma’Koons
- Exposing the Dark Side of Foster Care: The Harrowing Case of Scott & Deanna Solie
- Maine Mother Ordered to Take Drug Tests to Get Kids Back Says Collector Assaulted Her
- Georgia Foster Care Costs Up 159% — and Auditors Can’t Explain $34 Million
- Third Circuit Revives NJ Family’s Claim Over CPS Worker’s Warrantless Home Entry
- Texas CPS Took Grieving Parents’ Toddler Using an Autopsy Report That Didn’t Exist: Suit
- Federal Judge Orders Georgia to Stop Billing Parents for Kids No Longer in Foster Care
- 20–30 Child Removals, Not One Warrant: The Monterey County Case That Cost $1.2 Million
- Sevier County, Utah CPS Under Fire After Children Removed Following Accidental House Fire
- Washington Pays $25M in Starvation Death of Adopted Teen Karreon Adams-Franks
- The Real Cost of Foster Care: Where the $41,000–$198,000 Per Child Per Year Comes From
- Ex-Indiana DCS Caseworker Forged Parents’ Signatures, Faked Visits. He Got 10 Days.
- Sedgwick County Detective Shawn McMahon Charged with Felonies in Child Abuse Case Misconduct
- St. Louis County, Minnesota CPS Under Fire After Parent With TBI Says Court Muted Him During Critical Hearing
- Tennessee DCS Under Fire: Report Finds Meth Use and Sex Trafficking in State Custody Facilities
- Louisiana Foster Child, 6, Dies of Meth Intoxication; Foster Mother Charged
- Saving Clayton — A True CPS Story of Alleged Corruption, Broken Process, and a Family’s Unbroken Fight for Justice
- Jennifer Thompson McComas, Bryan County DFCS, and the Georgia Child Welfare Case Raising Serious Questions About Reunification, Drug Testing, and Due Process
- 75% of Foster Care Removals Start as “Neglect,” Not Abuse — and the Data Shows Poverty Is Driving It
- Ellis County Texas CPS and Family Court Case Raises Due Process and Child Safety Concerns
- NPR: Children With Disabilities Are Dying in Foster Care the State Promised Would Help
- Miami-Dade Family Court Accused of Enforcing Inflated Child Support Against Disabled Father
- Killed at Six, Buried in the Backyard, Unnoticed for Four Years: The Failure That Let Kennedy Schroer Disappear
- Jones County, Mississippi Youth Court Under Fire After Judge Denies Kinship Placement Despite State Recommendations
- Ohio Child Welfare Worker Charged with Falsifying Records — What Happened & Why It Matters
- The Death of Kemari Morgan: How a Broken Foster Care System in Person County Failed a Family
- Cherokee County DFCS Sent a Severely Autistic Young Man 800 Miles Away — After the Court Found “No Reasonable Efforts” Were Made
- Georgia Child Abuse Case: Adopted Boy Found Starved to 36 Pounds Raises Serious Questions About System Oversight
- Supreme Court Rejects Foster Couple’s ICWA Challenge, Keeping Red Lake Twins With Family
- Florissant Foster Parents Charged With Sexually Abusing Foster Children in St. Louis County
- Gina Bloom v. Snohomish County CPS: Alleged GAL Misconduct & Judicial Bias
- Mountrail County CPS: Jamie and Raymond Johnson Charged in Stanley Foster Care Abuse Case
- Are Children in Foster Care Dying at the Same — or Higher — Rate Than Other Kids?
- 800+ Georgia DFCS Workers Disciplined for Violations:
- The Tragic Story of Beata Kowalski: Medical Kidnapping leads to suicide.
- Noah’s Story: A Father Who Did Everything Right—And Still Lost His Son
- Judge David Camilletti: Due Process Failures in a West Virginia Child Custody Case
- Oklahoma County DHS Under Fire After Newborn Removed Hours After Birth Over Disputed Drug Test
- Justina Pelletier: The Medical Kidnapping That Sparked a National Outrage
- A Mother’s Story of Loss: When the Child Welfare System Breaks Families Instead of Protecting Them
- Baby Cyrus: A Traumatic “Medical Kidnapping” in Idaho
- A Georgia DFCS Case Raises Serious Questions About Newborn Foster Placement, Due Process, and Family Separation
- Judge Jeff Hughes Exposes Systemic Corruption in Family Court: A Warning Parents Cannot Ignore
- Mississippi CPS Kept Kids in Hotels ‘Like Prisoners’; Harrison County Declares Emergency
- Washington County, Oklahoma DHS Case Raises Medical Kidnapping Concerns After Mother Sought Emergency Care for Infant
- A System That Failed Its Duty: The Complete Documentary Record of the Ronnie Earle Custody Case in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Breckdell’s Foster Care Story: 23 Homes, Repeated Abuse, Medication Harm Allegations—and Why the System Still Isn’t Safe
- Kentucky Foster Children Sleeping in Offices, Hotels, and Parks: The Real Question Is Why They Were Removed in the First Place
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