For years, watchdogs & advocates have sounded the alarm that Georgia’s Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS) is failing to protect children from abuse and neglect
NEW FINDING: A previously undisclosed DFCS 2023 statewide audit shows the agency fails in 84% of reviewed cases to make concerted efforts to assess and address risk & safety concerns to child(ren) in their own homes or in foster care
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Jon Ossoff is convening a hearing as part of his ongoing bipartisan investigation into the treatment of foster children in the United States.
Chairman Ossoff and Ranking Member Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) will today receive testimony from former foster kids, parents, and experts as part of the Subcommittee’s ongoing bipartisan investigation.
The Subcommittee has found that for years, watchdogs and advocates in Georgia have sounded the alarm that Georgia’s Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS) is failing to protect children from abuse and neglect.
“This is not ultimately an investigation about statistics and bureaucratic terminology,” Chairman Ossoff said in his opening statement. “This is…
