The US child welfare system punishes people for living in poverty and disproportionately impacts Black and Indigenous families, according to new research. The report’s author, Hina Naveed, speaks about the reams of data and research she sifted through, and the families she spoke with, along with her own personal history with the child welfare system.
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.