DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

‘It was crazy’ | Fulton DFCS whistleblower reveals appalling living conditions for kids

State child welfare officials are very happy these days. Here’s why.

Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 6:44 PM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

Too many kids in Georgia's foster care system forced DFCS to house them in unsafe, dangerous conditions.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

A follow-up CBS46 Investigates report uncovers more disturbing details about the practice of...

Fewer foster kids living in county offices, state says

Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 6:31 PM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

Prior to the law, just on one night alone, there could be about 100 kids sleeping in offices.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

Federal probe into DFCS continuing despite new policy guidelines

Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 9:06 AM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

Atlanta News First Investigates uncovered the practice of housing teens in government offices for weeks or months without a bed or going to school.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

On Nov. 23, 2022, four-year-old Arielle Jackson died in an apartment fire that law enforcement...

Woman pleaded for DFCS help before child dies in fatal fire

Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

Georgia’s child welfare system is under scrutiny after several Atlanta News First investigations revealed what happens when the program is overburdened and understaffed.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

Georgia foster care reform bill passed by state House of Representatives

Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 7:05 AM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

Atlanta News First Investigates uncovered the practice of housing teens in government offices for weeks or even months.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

Senate passes bill reforming Georgia’s foster care custody

Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 11:04 AM EST

By Ciara Cummings

Atlanta News First Investigates uncovered the practice of office hoteling: housing teens in government offices without a bed or going to school.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

A follow-up Atlanta News First Investigates report uncovers more disturbing details about the...

Housing foster kids in county offices, hotels may soon end

Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 5:53 PM EST

By Ciara Cummings

A state Senate committee approved a bill regulating the practice after a series of Atlanta News First investigations.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

Jon Ossoff, Marsha Blackburn demanding answers from Georgia DFCS

Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 4:09 PM EST

By Tim Darnell and Ciara Cummings

A letter to Georgia's DFCS commissioner comes after a series of Atlanta News First Investigates’ reports.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

DFCS leader ‘hell bent’ on ending office housing for kids in state foster care

Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 11:31 AM EST

By Ciara Cummings

The practice of office hoteling in DFCS offices was exposed by an Atlanta News First Investigates report.

Investigates

He was in state custody sleeping in a DFCS office. Now he’s speaking out

Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 1:41 PM EST

By Ciara Cummings

An Atlanta News First investigation exposed a practice called ‘office hoteling,’ where children in DFCS care were housed in offices.

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DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

Kids in DFCS care running away, falling victim to sex trafficking

Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

Foster children living in local department of family and children services offices were doing drugs, stealing, fighting and even running away.

DFCS: Unhoused and Unsafe

Unfit for living: Why kids under DFCS care were housed in offices

Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 9:04 AM EDT

By Ciara Cummings

As Georgia’s foster care system remains overburdened, a three-month long CBS46 investigation uncovered children living in Fulton County offices for weeks to months at a time.