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Olivia Hampton

'Deluged' child welfare systems struggle to protect kids amid calls for reform

It took two years for Joyce McMillan to be reunited with her children after they were removed from her care nearly 25 years ago. The experience propelled her advocacy for child welfare system reforms. (Catie Dull/NPR)

Nearly 25 years ago, Joyce McMillan's two children were taken away from her. One was eight. The other was just an infant. A neighbor had called a child welfare hotline. And the case worker sent out to investigate demanded a drug test that came back positive during a search of McMillan's home. It took two years for McMillan to get her kids back.

"A drug test is not a parenting test," McMillan told Morning Edition.

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