According to the Children's Defense Fund, every two minutes a child is removed from his or her home. There are now more than 400,000 children in foster care.
In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to take her eyes off a child; it happens all the time. But a bystander's call to police resulted in child abuse charges that have upended her life.
"When the officer had slammed me down on the floor, I looked my son dead in his face, and it was just the look of pain," Peoples said."I was treated like an animal. I wasn't treated like a human being." Colorado child welfare officials say they cannot discuss the case, but that the violence that Peoples experienced is unusual. Still, what happened next is not. Peoples was required to follow a strict service plan, much at her own expense, and allow twice-weekly inspections by caseworkers."I had to pay for a drug test," she said."I had to pay for parenting classes. I also had to pay to be on probation.
Roberts said,"Neglect is usually confused with poverty. Neglect is defined by most states as parents failing to provide the resources that children need, like clothing or food or secure housing. And those are usually caused because parents simply can't afford them.". There are now more than 400,000 children in foster care.
Mungai, who danced at a club at night, says she couldn't find a babysitter, and left her daughter in the apartment alone. Mungai agreed to follow a plan to get her back. She was only allowed to see her daughter once a week. Although records show her daughter struggled to adjust to foster care, Mungai was never allowed to spend time alone with her, or to bring her home.
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