From The Imprint 1/16/2026
In a rare and urgent appeal, a group of former Georgia child welfare leaders have called on Gov. Brian Kemp to rectify what they describe as an “accelerating” crisis in child welfare funding.
A Tuesday letter signed by four previous heads of the state’s Division of Family and Children Services describes the agency’s $85 million budget shortfall as a threat to thousands of families’ stability by actively eroding the network of providers contracted to serve them.
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