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Georgia Lawmakers Want To Spend More Tax Dollars on Foster Care

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceNovember 27, 2023November 27, 2023

ATLANTA – A combination of legislation and spending increases are needed to improve Georgia’s foster care system, according to a report a legislative study committee adopted Monday. The state Senate Study Committee on Foster Care and Adoption unanimously recommended legislation to shorten the time it takes children entering the foster care system to reach a […]

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff ATLANTA – Georgia youths in the custody of the state’s foster care system are disproportionately likely to become victims of child sex trafficking, several experts in the subject testified Monday. Between 2018 and last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received more than 2,400 reports of children missing

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Experts Say Georgia’s Foster Care Failures Often Lead to Child Sex Trafficking

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceNovember 6, 2023

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff ATLANTA – Nearly 1,800 children in the custody of the state of Georgia were reported missing between 2018 and last year, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff revealed Friday. Ossoff, D-Ga., obtained those numbers from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as part of an investigation a Senate subcommittee he chairs

Foster Care Failure: 1,800 Georgia Foster Children Missing Since 2018

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceOctober 27, 2023October 27, 2023

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U.S. Senate Hears Tragic Stories From Georgia’s Foster Care System

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceOctober 25, 2023October 25, 2023

Candice Broce ATLANTA – The state’s foster care system was “hoteling” only seven children as of Tuesday night, the head of the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) said Wednesday. “Our providers stepped up because they want us to get to zero,” DHS Commissioner Candice Broce told members of a state Senate study committee looking

Hoteling of Georgia foster children is at a record low

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 9, 2023

ATLANTA – A new nonprofit has launched to help Georgians contribute to a state tax credit program aimed at helping young adults aging out of the foster care system. Fostering Success Act Inc., named after legislation the General Assembly passed last year, will help taxpayers submit applications to the Georgia Department of Revenue to qualify

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New nonprofit springs up to help process Georgia’s new foster care tax credits

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 24, 2023July 24, 2023

A juvenile court must reevaluate the sincerity of parents’ objections to their children’s vaccinations, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. At issue is whether children in temporary state custody can be immunized with routine childhood vaccines over their parents’ religious objections – and how to decide if those objections are sincere or not.

Georgia Supreme Court orders lower court to reconsider foster care vaccination case

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022

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Georgia is recruiting foster parents

by Thom ChandlerAugust 3, 2022August 3, 2022

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