Connection Circles

Connection Circles help verified survey submitters find other families who named the same public court actor or shared the same pattern. The first step is private: no member directory, no public participant list, and no automatic identity sharing.

A family can send a request, but both sides have to consent before names or contact details are exchanged. The tool is for peer support, organizing, and documentation; it is not legal advice, case strategy, or emergency support.

Sponsors can fund access without seeing who receives it, what case they reported, or which actor they named. Hardship access exists so a parent is not blocked because they cannot pay.

The same privacy rules that protect the registry apply here: private submissions stay private, and public patterns are separated from individual family identities.

Login links are sent to the survey email so access can be checked without creating a broad social network. Requests, withdrawals, sponsorships, hardship access, and introductions are handled through narrow workflows to keep the organizing layer useful without turning it into an open directory.

The page also explains what sponsors are paying for: protected access to the organizing tools, not private case files or identities. Families can ask for help, withdraw requests, or stay anonymous while still seeing whether their reported actor appears in another family's submission.

Access is intentionally narrow because families may still have active cases, sealed filings, or safety concerns. The goal is shared pattern awareness, not public exposure of a parent's private timeline.