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DHS detailed large foster care deficit, DSNAP relief payout and new QRTP pilot
Summary
Georgia Department of Human Services Commissioner Candace Bross told the committee DFCS faces a $44 million FY25 state-funding deficit in out-of-home care, described a $126 million DSNAP payout to households after Hurricane Helene, and announced a pilot Qualified Residential Treatment Program to serve children with complex needs.
Commissioner Candace Bross, director of the Division of Family and Children Services at the Georgia Department of Human Services, presented a broad overview of agency results and amended FY25 requests, emphasizing foster care costs, disaster SNAP operations and a new pilot for complex behavioral-health placements.
On foster care funding, Bross told the committee the agency estimated a $44,000,000 shortfall in state funds for out-of-home care in FY25 after updated quarterly projections. "Our current a f y 25 deficit is 44,000,000 in state funds," she said, explaining that more children have entered care with complex…
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