Georgia

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights is launching an investigation into Georgia’s foster care system.

A new study found the monthly payments made to families in 2021 resulted in fewer children visiting the ER with abuse-related injuries.

Embark Georgia, an organization that improves college access and retention for students who have been in foster care or homeless, got $1.5 million.

In Georgia, child advocates are suing the state’s child welfare agency in federal court because it refuses to pay for the specialized legal services that some undocumented youth and young adults would need to fully protect their foster care benefits.

Trauma and mental illness seem to go hand in hand with foster care, writes Michael Fulcher.

A Georgia circuit judge ruled that federal law entitles students with disabilities to education services when in adult jails.

The director of Georgia’s family and children’s services resigned after he demeaned a Black sheriff’s deputy on state property.

Georgia has a new leader to advocate for the rights of children and youth in the child welfare system and the services they are entitled to.