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Georgia child welfare leader denies she asked judges to illegally detain children in juvenile jails
1 year, 1 month ago

Georgia child welfare leader denies she asked judges to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s human services commissioner is firing back at an inquiry into the state’s foster care system, saying U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s efforts “leave the unfortunate impression that the goals of this investigation are political.” Lawyers hired by the state wrote a letter Tuesday to the Georgia Democrat and Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, disputing testimony Monday …

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Judges say Georgia’s child welfare leader asked them to illegally detain children in juvenile jails
1 year, 1 month ago

Judges say Georgia’s child welfare leader asked them to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Two Georgia juvenile court judges on Monday told U.S. Sen Jon Ossoff that the head of the state’s child welfare agency asked judges to violate state law by keeping some children inappropriately locked in juvenile detention centers. The judges said during a hearing in Atlanta that Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce asked judges to order children with mental …

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Georgia Medicaid insurer denied psychotherapy for thousands
1 year, 8 months ago

Georgia Medicaid insurer denied psychotherapy for thousands

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A newspaper finds that the insurance company that manages medical care for many Georgia children has denied or partially denied more than 6,500 requests for psychotherapy between 2019 and mid-2022. In a January report to state lawmakers, the department said fewer than 100 psychotherapy requests were denied in calendar year 2019 and the 2021 and 2022 budget years …

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Georgia child welfare agency wants fewer sent to foster care
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia child welfare agency wants fewer sent to foster care

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers say they plan to rewrite a bill that would slow the flow of children into foster care, after juvenile court judges and children’s advocates raised concerns that the measure helps the state’s child welfare agency at the expense of children. Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce told the committee the changes “will have a direct and immediate …

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Georgia faces hurdles to get foster children out of hotels
1 year, 10 months ago

Georgia faces hurdles to get foster children out of hotels

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Dozens of Georgia’s most troubled foster children are housed in hotels or state offices each night, because the state can’t find a better place for them to stay. That goal may require more money, new treatment models, better oversight of health insurers and limits on parents and juvenile judges placing children into foster care. Foster parents, group homes, …

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Kemp aide Broce named to lead Department of Human Services
3 years, 3 months ago

Kemp aide Broce named to lead Department of Human Services

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A longtime aide to Gov. The state Board of Human Services voted unanimously on Monday to appoint Candice Broce as commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services. She was named as the interim director of the department’s Division of Family and Children Services in July after director Tom Rawlings resigned. “I’m ready to work with everybody and …

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