(The Center Square) — The Georgia Division of Family & Children Services should “deepen its cooperation” with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children “to fully understand the scope of potential sex trafficking of youth in the state’s care.”
That’s among the nine recommendations in a 64-page report U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, released following a 13-month investigation into the safety of foster children by the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights. The report also called on state officials to “strengthen independent oversight of the child welfare system.”
However, the state agency responsible for foster children is rebutting the report, questioning Ossoff’s staff’s “expertise” and saying the finding omits or ignores key details.
“The most vulnerable children in our state and in our nation must be protected from physical abuse, from sexual abuse, and from human trafficking,” Ossoff said in a statement. “We cannot and must not look
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