A growing number of foster children in Georgia are being placed outside of their home communities as the state struggles to recruit and retain foster parents.
Data from the Georgia Department of Human Services shows that in Fulton County alone, 70% of children in foster care are placed outside of their home county. In DeKalb County, that number rises to 74%.
Allison Ashe, CEO of Wellroot Family Services, says keeping children close to their communities is the ideal situation…