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DHS outlines foster‑care cost pressures: $44M state shortfall, QRTP pilot and D‑SNAP totals
Summary
DHS Commissioner Candace Bross told the committee the department faces a $44 million FY25 deficit in state funds for out‑of‑home foster care driven by more children with complex needs and federal funding limits; she also summarized Hurricane Helene D‑SNAP benefits and a new qualified residential treatment program pilot.
Candace Bross, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services and director of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), gave a lengthy overview of agency accomplishments and FY25 amended requests, highlighting a $44 million state‑funding deficit for out‑of‑home foster care and several program responses.
Bross said a combination of more children entering custody with complex behavioral and mental health needs, limits in federal funding (including Title IV‑E formula quirks and recent federal changes),…
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