Recommend someone

Tell PTB who may
benefit from review.

Know a parent whose parental rights, custody, contact, or participation in their children’s life has been substantially restricted or removed? You can recommend them for PTB consideration. Recommendations receive human review before any outreach.

Send recommendation

Why recommend?

A second set of eyes
can make a difference.

Many people come to our attention through family members, friends, advocates, or community members who see a possible injustice. Your recommendation helps PTB understand circumstances that may benefit from careful record review.

What a referral does

Brings cases to our team

Your recommendation helps PTB identify circumstances that may benefit from careful record review.

Prompts an initial review

We look at the information you share to see if it may warrant a closer look.

May lead to next steps

If appropriate, we may reach out (with permission) to learn more. All decisions are made by our team.

Send a recommendation

Share the details you can.

You can recommend someone even when you don’t have all the information. Fields marked required are needed for review.

A referral is not an application.
It helps us learn about a case that may benefit from review.

Invitation-only BETA

PTB reviews requests and recommendations before deciding whether to invite an applicant. Sending this form does not create an account, issue an invitation or activate membership. Please do not include identification documents, face photos or recordings.

Your details

Let us know who you are. We may contact you if we need additional information.

Your name (required)

Your email (required)

Your relationship to the person (required)

Person you are recommending

Tell us about the person and their situation. Share what you know; avoid protected records and unnecessary sensitive information.

Their first name (required)

Their last name (optional)

State (optional)Select the state if you know it.

County (optional)

Why are you recommending this person? (required)Briefly explain why you believe their circumstances may be appropriate for Project Taken Back. Do not upload records or include unnecessary sensitive information in this public form.

0 / 10,000 characters maximum

Permission to share contact information

Do you have their permission to share their contact information?

Has this person agreed that you may share their contact information with PTB? (required)

YesNoI am not sureI did not provide their contact information

You can send a recommendation without their contact details. Explain in at least 40 characters how PTB can identify the person.

Acknowledge and send

By sending this recommendation, you confirm that the information you’re sharing is provided in good faith.

I understand that PTB will review this recommendation before deciding whether any outreach is appropriate and that a recommendation does not guarantee contact, invitation, membership, legal representation, or any particular outcome.

Still have questions?

What does a referral authorize?

A referral gives us permission to review the information you share. If you provide the person’s contact details and confirm you have their permission, we may reach out to them to learn more. A referral does not authorize us to publish their information or share it publicly.

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