Evaluating Texas’ “Active Efforts” Reform Using an Abolitionist Framework
Proposed Texas Senate Bill 620 would amend the Family Code by replacing all references to “reasonable efforts” with “active efforts…
Abolitionist Steps to Build a Better World
Reforms are ineffective at combating racism and harm in part because they do not intend to, but also because they begin with the wrong presumptions.
No Coincidence: Black Family Separations Then and Now
Black families faced an incomprehensible level of pain, anger, confusion, and powerlessness during enslavement. Sadly, when speaking with Black families who have had their children forcibly and involuntarily removed by the family policing system today, too little has changed.
We Know Investing In Families Works. Why Are We Still Investing in Harm?
The family policing system’s punitive approach does not – and cannot – ever authentically heal or prevent anything.
Protect the Indian Child Welfare Act
ICWA protects Indigenous kids by keeping them in the care of extended family or tribes whenever possible.
