Jordan Anderson

The new Georgia Foster Care Scholarship offers a maximum of $30,000 per year for college, starting as early as the coming fall semester.

Jordan Anderson, For The Imprint This story was originally published by The Imprint , a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice.

As Georgia students soon head back to the classroom, a new law requires schools to take no more than three business days to enroll new students living in foster care.

A new Georgia law mandates that schools enroll foster youth within three business days to improve academic stability.

The director of Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services, Candice Broce, testified for the defense hours before a teen was sentenced to life for a school shooting that killed four.

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The federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program has cancelled grants totaling $68 million, two years ahead of their scheduled end date.

This story was originally published by The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. Sign up for The Imprint’s free newsletters here.

Georgia child welfare officials and juvenile court judges testified before a committee evaluating the “escalating costs of foster care.”

Georgia lawmakers are probing an 85 million dollar foster care deficit that has led to critical service cuts.