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Reclaiming Safety for For Children Who Experience Physical Violence
October 14, 2026
The final essay in our Reclaiming Safety series answers our most frequently asked question. In a world without the family policing system, what should happen when kids experience physical violence?
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We Say “Abolition”–In Solidarity With Those Who Are Harmed by the Child Welfare System
They said we were misguided to use the word “abolition” in our work. We wrote a response.
June is Stolen Children’s Month
Stolen Children’s Month calls for the abolition of all systems that steal children and separate families.
Reclaiming Safety for Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Kids
Survivors have been clear about what they need to build safety for themselves and their kids: housing, childcare, mental health care, financial stability, community support, and people who will listen without judgment.
Nobody Should Believe Me Podcast: Who America Considers A Family
As the media weaves a narrative about evil doctors kidnapping children: the real harms caused by the child welfare system go unnoticed.
Reclaiming Safety for Children Whose Parents Use Substances
The authors challenge the family policing system’s assumptions that parental drug use automatically equals harm to a child. They propose concrete steps that hold families together and meet material needs.
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Confronting the Racist Legacy of the Child Welfare System with Alan Dettlaff
Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast
News Archive
Fostering tragedy: Experts say system designed to protect children can break up families, CBS Sunday Morning, December 4, 2022
No More Carseats, How Is That Legal? Podcast, July 6, 2022
“It’s Like A Leech On Me”: Child Abuse Registries Punish Unsuspecting Parents Of Color, Buzzfeed News, April 27, 2022
What Did Child Welfare Learn From 2020?, Child Information Gateway Podcast, January 15, 2021,
New upEND Publication Calls for Fundamental Transformation of Family Policing, July 27, 2021
CPS disproportionately takes custody of Black children, report says, July 26, 2021
Being with Family Is a Human Right: We Can’t and Won’t Deny It, A Second Chance, Inc., December 14, 2020
What It Means to Abolish Child Welfare As We Know It, the Imprint, October 24, 2020
Reimagining Child Welfare Services: A Call to UpEND Child Welfare as We Know It, Children’s Bureau Express, August/September 2020
University of Houston Launches upEND Movement (VIDEO), Fox 26 Houston, July 15, 2020
Now Is the Time for Abolition, the Imprint, June 22, 2020