Happened to us as well, but only for 3 months, then they were returned to my custody. But it took a family court judge ordering them to do it - they had no intentions of ever doing it on their own.
The lead Supervisor was geniunely irritated and curt with me when they were ordered to return the children. They’re scum - and they’re on the prowl.
They are worse than scum, and be glad they did not keep checking up/fabricating stuff on you. Then they have a “pattern” and the next judge might not have been quick to return your kids.
I have seen DSS workers lie in court, falsify records, take things completely out of context on purpose...any and every thing they can do to keep a child in the system they will do. They are evil incarnate, and for money...
In North Carolina, as of 1999, they receive about $1100 from the federal government each month for each child in foster care. They only pay out about $400 to the foster family. They are profiting $700 per month per child! No wonder there is no incentive to keep families whole—there’s no money in it!!