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Tag: child protective services

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Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

The adoption and foster care systems demonize poverty

Tina Vasquez headshot by Tina Vásquez December 6th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

While each adoption is different, the adoption and foster care systems reproduce white supremacy and classism by labeling poverty as neglect and using it to justify family separation

What happens to the children who are wards of the state?
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What happens to the children who are wards of the state?

Tamar by Tamar Sarai September 21st, 2022January 23rd, 2023
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For parents with substance use disorder, advocates call for resource and support instead of family separation

by Pamela Appea July 12th, 2022May 3rd, 2023
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Envisioning systems where families are supported, not policed

by Cynthia Gutierrez February 9th, 2022May 3rd, 2023
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Black parents are trapped between the pandemic and child protective services

by Ray Levy Uyeda October 25th, 2021October 26th, 2021

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