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Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Independent reporting on CPS, foster care, adoption and family court — the cases the system would rather keep quiet.

Tennessee Parents Rally for DCS Reform, Citing Removals Without Court Orders
October 19, 2026
At a Sept. 26 Nashville forum, Tennessee parents shared stories of DCS removals as Rep. Aftyn Behn’s 14 federal civil rights complaints accuse the agency of falsified records and retaliation.

Tennessee DCS Foster Teen, 15, Missing Since Dickson County Fair; Sheriff Fears Trafficking
October 19, 2026
A 15-year-old in Tennessee DCS custody has been missing since leaving the Dickson County Fair with an unidentified man on Sept. 6, and the sheriff’s office suspects trafficking.















