Ann Vandersteel began her career as an investigative journalist on social media in 2015, quickly becoming a sought-after voice on critical issues affecting American families. Her journey into investigating Child Protective Services began when she encountered numerous cases of state-sanctioned family separations that appeared to violate constitutional rights. This led her to study broader trafficking networks, including operations at the U.S. border and the intersection of guns, drugs, and human trafficking. As co-founder of both American Made Action (a C4 organization) and American Made Foundation (a C3 organization), she has dedicated herself to exposing systemic abuses within the child welfare and family court complex. Her work includes producing media that gives affected families a voice, including the documentary ‘State Sanctioned Kidnapping’ and a forthcoming book ‘CPS Pipeline: State Sanctioned Kidnapping’ with a foreword by General Michael Flynn. Her investigative work has revealed the financial mechanisms that incentivize family separation over reunification, and she has become a passionate advocate for restoring parental rights and family sovereignty.
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Summary
Ann Vandersteel presents comprehensive evidence demonstrating how Child Protective Services functions as a state-sanctioned kidnapping operation driven by federal financial incentives. She explains that the system operates under the doctrine of ‘parens patriae,’ assuming the state has ultimate guardianship over all children. Through detailed analysis of Title IV-E funding mechanisms, she reveals how states receive $5,000-$10,000 per child adoption, with higher amounts for special needs and older children. She cites that in Massachusetts, 94% of the 11,000 children in custody don’t meet legal thresholds for removal. Vandersteel presents three case studies: the Deagle family falsely accused of Munchausen by proxy, the Rivera family who lost custody for refusing a vitamin K shot on religious grounds, and the Boyce family investigated because their child was ‘too healthy’ during cancer treatment. She explains how the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 created a $81 billion annual industry that rewards maintaining caseloads over family reunification. She advocates for abolishing CPS and returning to community-based solutions through churches, neighborhoods, and local organizations, emphasizing that parental rights are God-given, not state-granted privileges.
Credentials
Ann Vandersteel is an investigative journalist and co-founder of American Made Action and American Made Foundation, dedicated to exposing systemic abuses within child welfare systems. She has been investigating child protective services and family court corruption since 2015. In her testimony, she reveals how Child Protective Services operates as a state-sanctioned kidnapping system driven by federal financial incentives, presenting evidence that 94% of children removed in Massachusetts don’t meet legal thresholds for removal.
Ann Vandersteel began her career as an investigative journalist on social media in 2015, quickly becoming a sought-after voice on critical issues affecting American families. Her journey into investigating Child Protective Services began when she encountered numerous cases of state-sanctioned family separations that appeared to violate constitutional rights. This led her to study broader trafficking networks, including operations at the U.S. border and the intersection of guns, drugs, and human trafficking. As co-founder of both American Made Action (a C4 organization) and American Made Foundation (a C3 organization), she has dedicated herself to exposing systemic abuses within the child welfare and family court complex. Her work includes producing media that gives affected families a voice, including the documentary ‘State Sanctioned Kidnapping’ and a forthcoming book with a foreword by General Michael Flynn.
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