The Foster Care System Isn't Broken-It's Working Exactly as Designed. And that's the problem.
At sixteen, Tommy Sigman went to war with the very system that was supposed to protect him. Threatened by state officials, silenced in courtrooms, and nearly erased from the public eye, he refused to back down. What followed was a years-long battle against a bureaucracy built to protect itself-not the children trapped inside it.
Broken By Design exposes the ugly truths behind foster care: how politics and policy destroy lives, why reunification too often puts kids back in danger, and how a lack of accountability ensures nothing changes.
But this isn't just a book about what's wrong—it's a blueprint for building something better. From recruiting foster parents through media campaigns, to overhauling social worker caseloads, to creating mentorship pipelines for youth, Tommy lays out a bold, unapologetic plan to rebuild the system from the groundup.
Whether you're a foster parent, a policymaker, a social worker, or simply someone who refuses to accept "that's just the way it is," this book will challenge you to see foster care in a way you never have before-and demand the change kids deserve.
Read it before the system tries to silence it.