Neglect definitions in most states still fold poverty conditions — housing instability, empty cupboards, missed appointments — into removal grounds.
Conflicts with charterUnited States (state-level) · Article 1
What it costs a family: Children removed for being poor, not for being harmed.
The fix we're asking for
Poverty-exclusion language in every neglect statute, plus a funded material-needs response that must be tried before any petition.