A parent can lose a child faster than a defendant can lose their freedom.
Family and child advocacy for parents caught in family court, CPS proceedings, and medical custody disputes — where the stakes are as high as any criminal case and almost none of the protections apply.
In a criminal case you get appointed counsel, a jury, an open courtroom, and a record anyone can read. In a proceeding that can permanently sever your relationship with your own child, you may get none of those things.
Hearings happen quickly and often behind closed doors. Records are sealed. There is frequently no right to appointed counsel, so a parent without money argues against a state agency with a full legal department and an expert on retainer. Decisions made in an afternoon take years to undo, if they can be undone at all.
The pattern is the one this Foundation was built on: an ordinary family against the full weight of the state, with nobody standing beside them. Bring My Baby Home exists to be the somebody.
This initiative is coming soon. If you are living this right now, tell us. We're logging cases now so we can reach out as soon as it opens.
Funded counsel and a trained advocate who goes to the hearing with you, so no parent walks into that room alone or unrepresented.
The housing, transportation, and services a reunification plan demands. Too many parents lose custody permanently over requirements they could not afford to satisfy.
Rapid help for families who lose a child following a disputed medical report, when the window to respond is measured in days.
A former nurse and law enforcement officer, Cindy walks beside parents in family court and CPS cases, where visits shrink, hearings are closed, and months of delay can cost a parent their child. She leads Bring My Baby Home and is the first call for any parent coming to us with a case.
“In family court, the clock is a weapon.”
This initiative is coming soon. If you are living this right now, tell us. We're logging cases now so we can reach out as soon as it opens.
Use the Get Help form and pick this initiative. A person will read what you wrote, review your case, and explain how we can help or connect you with someone who can.
Your gift helps us open this initiative and be ready for the families who need it.
Your gift helps us open this initiative and be ready for the families who need it.
SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVEAn initiative of Operation Restore™ · Stand in the Gap Foundation®
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