US: Child Welfare System Harms Families

(New York) – Child welfare systems in the United States too often treat poverty as the basis for charges of neglect and decisions to remove children from their parents, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a report released today. The system’s disproportionate impact on Black and Indigenous families and people living in poverty, and the sheer number of children removed unjustly, make this a national crisis warranting immediate attention and action. November 17, 2022 “If I Wasn’t Poor, I Wouldn’t Be Unfit” The Family Separation Crisis in the US Child…

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