002 CPS: Helpful or Harmful?
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002 CPS: Helpful or Harmful?
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About this listen
When you're poor, being a parent means walking a tightrope with no net — and CPS is the one shaking the rope. In this episode, I dig into the child welfare system that claims to protect children but too often punishes the families who need help the most.
From “dirty shoes” and empty fridges to federal incentives for removals, I expose how poverty is criminalized, how surveillance hides behind the word “support,” and how fear keeps mothers silent. Because when the state profits from family separation, “help” becomes a threat — and protection becomes a privilege you have to afford.
Music- Alena Smirnova: Darkness is Coming
My Website: AliciaKay.co
Sources and Further Reading:
Dorothy Roberts – Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families
OR Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare
The Rise – and Cost – of Adoption Incentives(Google: “Title IV-E Adoption Incentives” or check Children’s Bureau site for breakdowns)
Family Integrity & Justice Works Website: https://www.fi-jw.org
The Marshall Project https://www.themarshallproject.org
"Child Welfare’s Parental Surveillance State" — NYT op-ed by Dorothy Roberts, 2021