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2022 Disproportionality Report
Our 2022 Disproportionality Report is Now Available Download the Report Here The Parental Rights Foundation has released a new report on the disproportionality of minority children in child welfare investigations. You can view the report as a PDF or download it at the link above. You can also view and download our previous 2018 Disproportionality…
Read MoreParental Rights & Appreciation Month, with Jackie Rosario and Patti Sullivan
This week, we talk with Jackie Rosario, board member at the Indian River Public School Board in Florida, and Patti Sullivan, Parental Rights Foundation State Coordinator in Florida. The Indian River Public School Board recently passed a proclamation declaring October “Parental Rights and Appreciation Month.” Jackie and Patti tell us about how they passed the…
Read MoreWorking Toward Systemic Child Welfare Reform, with Chris Gottlieb
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! We’re kicking off season 9 with returning guest Christine Gottlieb. Chris has been newly appointed the Director of the New York University School of Law’s Family Defense Clinic. Today she tells us about the work the Clinic does to defend individual families in child welfare cases and to advocate for…
Read MoreNew California Law Violates Constitution, Parental Rights
On Monday, July 15, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1955, ironically titled the Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act, to prohibit schools from informing parents when their minor children seek to change their pronouns and gender identities at school. Apparently, constitutional law is not the governor’s forte.…
Read MoreLetter: US Senate Urged to Track “Hidden Foster Care”
A coalition statement submitted to the United States Senate Finance Committee urges members of the committee and the Senate at large to call for data tracking regarding families divided by the practice of “hidden foster care.” The letter was submitted on June 4 by the Parental Rights Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),…
Read MoreListening to Lived Experience with Sixto Cancel
This week, we’re joined by Sixto Cancel. Sixto is the founder and CEO of Think of Us, a non-profit advocacy organization that seeks to reform and transform the child welfare system, led and guided by people who have been directly impacted by this system. Sixto tells us about the work that Think of Us is doing,…
Read MoreRecapping the National Conference on Parent Representation with Kathleen Creamer
This week, Kathleen Creamer is returning to the EPPiC Broadcast. Kathleen is the managing attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. This week, Kathleen gives us an overview of many topics under discussions at the ABA Center on Children and the Law’s recent National Conference on Parent Representation, which featured…
Read MoreProgress for Parental Rights in Texas with Andrew Brown
What effects would legislation proposed in various states have on families and the states’ child welfare systems? To answer that, we looked to Texas, where the same measures have already become law. This week, we talked with Andrew Brown, vice president of Policy with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, about some of the laws Texas…
Read MoreNew Parental Rights Legislation, with Patti Sullivan
This week, we’re talking with Patti Sullivan, the Parental Rights Foundation’s Florida State Coordinator. Patti and Michael were in DC to bring attention to two national bills aimed at protecting parental rights: the Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act and the Parental Rights Amendment. They discuss those bills and their efforts in this episode. The EPPiC Broadcast is…
Read MoreThe Child Welfare System and Homeschooling with James Mason
This week, we’re talking with James Mason, president and senior counsel at the Homeschool Legal Defense Association. Previously, James has served as the president of the Parental Rights Foundation and the host of the EPPiC Broadcast. This week, James tells us about a case in Texas that HSLDA has recently litigated on behalf of a homeschooling…
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