Children’s Advocates Demand Swift Action as Abuse Rises in Atlanta Foster Care and Reforms Erode

Children’s Advocates Demand Swift Action as Abuse Rises in Atlanta Foster Care and Reforms Erode

Children in Atlanta foster care are suffering abuse and neglect in increasing numbers in their state-supervised foster homes and institutions, according to a new report issued today on the state-run Atlanta child welfare system — and advocates for the city’s vulnerable children are calling on state officials to act quickly to rectify this and other serious problems noted in the report.