More than 650,000 children are victims of abuse and neglect in the U.S. every year. Some of these youngest victims are lucky enough to find safe, permanent homes. Some are lost forever. Care & Custody tells the story of three of these children. When her teacher becomes concerned that 6-year-old Hope is hungry and lethargic in class, the principal calls the Child Abuse Hotline, leading to the authorities removing the first grader and her siblings, 8-year-old Alysha and 13-year-old Tyrone, from their mother’s care. Care & Custody is narrated by Miriam Fine, a retired corporate executive, and one of over 76,000 volunteers with CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) who represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in the Family Court system. The trauma these children experience is revealed through emails, Court documents, school essays, case files, and police reports. As Miriam grows to care for Hope, Alysha, and Tyrone and their desperate desires for a stable life, readers will cheer her efforts to help them find safety and happiness inside a terribly broken system.