Clinton-Era Law Has Distorted Child Protective Services, Parents Say

Law passed by Trump seeks to reform a system in crisis

Then-President Bill Clinton (L) and First Lady Hillary Clinton listen to speakers at a Coalition for America's Children event at the White House in Washington on March 3, 1997. JOYCE NALTCHAYAN/AFP/Getty Images

Parents blame legislation signed by Bill Clinton for the rash of Child Protective Services (CPS) corruption and abuse claims cropping up all over the country.

On Oct. 1, President Donald Trump’s Family First Prevention Services Act—which he passed by attaching it to a February 2018 spending bill—goes into effect. Trump’s law seeks to reverse some of the damage caused by the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which President Clinton signed in 1997.