National coalition of impacted families & advocates working to end the devastating effects of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. #RepealCAPTA
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📣📣CALL TO ACTION 📣📣
Tell Congress to SUPPORT FAMILIES, NOT SYSTEMS!
@RepealCAPTA is demanding that policymakers reorient CAPTA to prioritize approaches that truly support the safety, stability, & well-being of children & families.
Sign on! RepealCAPTA.org/take-action
4. We must separate support from surveillance.
Financial and material supports must be accessible to families free from involvement in the family policing system.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) criminalizes pregnant and parenting people. 🧵
#RepealCAPTA
Family separation exposes newborns to health complications FAR more severe than those associated with exposure to a substance.
Black, Latine, Indigenous, and low-income pregnant and parenting people—as well as their newborns—are disproportionately harmed by these severe violations of bodily autonomy, family integrity, and medical ethics. #RepealCAPTA
“The system isn’t designed to support safety, stability, & well-being. The system as it is structured in CAPTA is designed as a system of surveillance, investigation, prosecution, & what’s called 'treatment.'” - Angela Burton (@SankofaRose), Co-Convener of Repeal CAPTA Coalition
This operational framework has facilitated a vast expansion of surveillance & criminalization of disproportionately Black, Latine, Indigenous, & low-income white families.
Watch the full recording of our congressional briefing! youtube.com/watch?v=M-HH0vzt…
“We are told by our supervisors & by our agencies that we must make a report—that our professional discretion, or our obligation to this family, or our relationship to this family doesn’t matter, because this law & this liability comes first.” - @Jasmine_MSW, Policy Consultant