Collateral Damage: The DCF Chronicles

DCF Chronicles, Child Welfare, Investigations, Poverty and Inequality, Civil Rights, Government Accountability Paul Brown DCF Chronicles, Child Welfare, Investigations, Poverty and Inequality, Civil Rights, Government Accountability Paul Brown

Counting Coins for Love: When Poverty Is Treated as Neglect

A case file can turn a missed visit into a moral verdict with two words: “noncompliance.” But behind that label is often a ledger of poverty, fees, travel, lost wages, and paywalled “services” that parents must buy just to prove they deserve their children back.

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DCF Chronicles, When Case Notes Lie, Investigations, Child Welfare Misconduct, Records and Accountability, Family Separation Paul Brown DCF Chronicles, When Case Notes Lie, Investigations, Child Welfare Misconduct, Records and Accountability, Family Separation Paul Brown

When Case Notes Lie: Courts Found Child Welfare Workers Falsified Evidence, and Families Paid the Price

A child welfare case can be decided by what gets typed into a file. This “When Case Notes Lie” installment uses documented court findings to show how falsified reports and distorted records can fuel removals and rip families apart.

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