Atlanta Monitoring Foster Children More Carefully, But Still Failing to Provide Critical Services

Atlanta Monitoring Foster Children More Carefully, But Still Failing to Provide Critical Services

Three years after the state of Georgia undertook a major effort to reform the Atlanta child welfare system under a federal court order secured by Children’s Rights, the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) has improved its oversight of abused and neglected children in state custody, says a new report issued today. But the report also shows that DFCS is still falling short in its implementation of court-ordered reforms in several key areas — and must heighten its efforts to comply with the court order regardless of budgetary concerns, Children’s Rights officials say.