“We Were Forced to Send Babies Home to Drug Use” | Foster Mom Speaks Out

In this powerful and heartbreaking episode of Chicks on the Right, we sit down with Jamie Williams, a Washington State foster mom and former labor & delivery nurse, who is sounding the alarm on a child welfare system in crisis.

Jamie shares firsthand accounts from inside Washington’s foster care system, exposing how the “Keeping Families Together Act” has made it nearly impossible to remove children from dangerous homes—even when drugs, neglect, and extreme risk are present. Since the law’s passage, child fatalities and near-fatalities have surged, while state officials deflect, downplay, and silence concerned foster parents.

We also discuss:
- Why babies exposed to drugs are now sent home instead of placed in protective custody
- The devastating consequences of prioritizing ideology over child safety
- How foster parents are being pressured to affirm gender ideology
- Why lawmakers refuse to engage with data
- How Washington’s crisis could be a warning sign for other progressive states