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Advocate alleges systemic child removals tied to federal funding during public comment
Summary
A civil-rights advocate told commissioners she had presented evidence alleging wrongful removals of children in family courts and said federal Title IV-D/IV-E funding creates financial incentives; she asked the board to act and served notice under federal rules.
Mariah Cranny identified herself as a civil-rights advocate and used her three-minute public-comment slot to assert that children are being removed from parents nationwide and locally for reasons tied to federal funding incentives.
Cranny alleged that federal Title IV-D and Title IV-E funding "turns our children into financial commodities" and told commissioners she had presented evidence to a county staffer. "You are complicit in crimes against humanity," she said, urging the commission to take action. Commissioners thanked her for appearing and moved on to the day's planning items.
The commission did not take further public action during the meeting on the claims raised; staff noted receipt of evidence earlier in the process but did not announce any formal follow-up at the dais during this session.
