If I wasn't poor, I wouldn't be unfit. —Bobbie Butts, advocate, California, April 15, 2022 It has been more than two years since Adaline Stephens' six children were removed from her care and placed in the foster system. Her nightmare began on a night like any other. Her 9-year-old son, Elijah, was dancing in the kitchen and slipped on some water, injuring his hip. 'I rushed him to the emergency room when he got hurt,' Adaline said. 'The doctors asked me questions, and I told them everything. I trusted them to help him.

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