Custody-Alienated Parents Unite

Federal dollars are paying to keep families apart. Tell Congress to stop it.

Two programs in the Social Security Act — Title IV-D and Title IV-E — send states roughly $14 billion a year in open-ended federal reimbursements tied to child support caseloads and out-of-home placements. The more separation, the more federal money. We're asking Congress to repeal both.

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Follow the money
25 : 1
Within Title IV-E in FY2023, federal dollars favored adoption and guardianship payouts ($4.3B) over family-preservation services ($172M) by roughly 25 to 1.
~$14B
Annual federal spending under Title IV-D and Title IV-E — open-ended, with no cap.
21.9M
American children under 21 living with one parent while the other lives outside the household.
360,500
Children in foster care on the last day of FY2023 — each removal triggers federal IV-E reimbursement to the state.
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What we're asking Congress to do

The federal government cannot audit its way out of a funding structure that pays states to break families apart. The CAPS Movement asks Congress to end the perverse incentive at its source — and to make families whole. Our platform stands on four pillars:

1. Repeal Title IV-D and IV-E

Strike both programs from the Social Security Act — a clean repeal. Ending the open-ended federal reimbursement that rewards litigation, enforcement caseloads, and out-of-home placements shuts off the engine at its source.

2. Clean Break Divorce

The Clean Break model ends the war at dissolution: marital assets split fairly, shared parenting as the default, and — for an ex-spouse without a job — a short, limited courtesy maintenance to get back on their feet. No open-ended child support, no perpetual court supervision, no return trips to the courthouse.

3. Accountability & due process

End categorical immunity for family court judges, evaluators, and agency workers. When the people who run this system break the law and harm families, they should answer for it like anyone else.

4. Family Restoration & Reimbursement Act

Create a federal fund to compensate families with documented financial losses caused by unjustified or excessive family-court litigation and related government actions — restoring what the system took.

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Send your letter to Congress

Enter your ZIP code below. We'll show you your two U.S. senators and your U.S. representative — all three of the people who work for you in Congress — write your letter for you, and take you straight to their official contact pages. All you do is paste and send.

1 Find your three in Congress

Enter your ZIP code

2 Your letter

Personalize and copy your letter

Type your name and city, then press Copy letter. Want different wording? Press Give me another version — offices pay more attention when letters aren't all identical.

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Tip: If something happened to your own family, add one or two sentences about it in your own words. A personal story is the most powerful thing a congressional office reads.
3 Paste and send

Deliver it through their official websites

Each button opens an official contact page in a new tab. Fill in your name and address, paste your letter into the message box, and press send. Then come back and do the next one — three sends and you're done. For your House member, just change "Dear Senator" to "Dear Representative" at the top of the letter.

Enter your ZIP code in Step 1Your senators' contact pages will appear here.
Your U.S. RepresentativeEnter your ZIP in Step 1 and this button will look up your congressperson automatically.
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Put it in front of the fraud watchdogs

These seven officials don't depend on your ZIP code — anyone in America can write to them, and each one has a reason to care about federal fraud. Below is a shorter letter written in their language: fraud, false claims, and taxpayer dollars. Copy it, then work down the list.

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Vice President J.D. VanceUse the White House webform and address your message to the Vice President.
Open White House form
First Lady Melania TrumpSame White House webform — address it to the First Lady. Her Fostering the Future initiative focuses on foster youth, so this message lands close to home.
Open White House form
Acting Attorney General Todd BlancheThe DOJ form delivers messages to the Attorney General's office.
Open DOJ form
AAG Colin M. McDonald, National Fraud Enforcement DivisionSame DOJ form — the first line of the letter names his office so it gets routed there.
Open DOJ form
Andrew N. Ferguson, Chairman, Federal Trade CommissionThe FTC contact page lists the Office of Public Affairs and comment channels.
Open FTC contact page
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe Judiciary Committee no longer has an online contact form, and you don't have to live in Iowa to reach them. Two ways to be heard:

Call: (202) 224-5225 — feel free to call and make your voice heard.

Write: Senate Judiciary Committee, 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510. A mailed letter carries the most weight — send one, and include a copy of our legislative memo. Need the memo? Email us at HFCRights@proton.me and we'll send you a copy.
Call the Committee: (202) 224-5225
Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-4), House Oversight CommitteeOversight hears from citizens nationwide on government fraud — make sure he hears from you.
Open contact page
Tip: For the letter above, replace the first line's [Office] with whoever you're writing — for example, "To the Office of the Vice President" or "To Chairman Ferguson." Everything else stays the same.