Advocacy group targets GA child services division

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Advocacy group targets GA child services division

Story Published: Aug 19, 2008 at 8:33 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 19, 2008 at 8:47 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) - An advocacy group wants a federal judge to find a
Georgia agency in contempt of meeting court-ordered requirements to
find permanent homes for abused and neglected children.

The motion filed Tuesday by Children's Rights asserts that the
Division of Family and Children Services has failed to meet key
requirements of a settlement reached in 2005. That case was brought
on behalf of 2,000 children in foster care in Atlanta.

The advocates contend the state has failed to provide permanent
homes for children in state custody for years. They also contend
the agency has failed to make even modest reductions in the
system's growing backlog of foster children.

State officials did not immediately return a phone call.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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