Unheard Voices of the Child Welfare System
A Together with Families Blog
Meet Halle
Our blog’s editor and anchor. A storyteller who lived it, she helps our families tell their truth. Halle shapes each story with clarity and power — but the heart always comes straight from the families themselves.
Families impacted by the child welfare system are raising their voices here.
On our blog, parents, relatives, and children tell their stories—of love, struggle, and the fight to prevent foster care.
A Sister’s Story from Within the Child Welfare System
I never imagined I would have to fight so hard just to be a sister. Since day one, I have been there for my siblings. I have cared for them, protected them, loved them, and stood by their side through life’s ups and downs. But when the child welfare system stepped in, everything changed. What was supposed to be a system that helps families has instead pulled mine apart and left me with wounds that still haven’t healed.