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The Foster Care System, Built to Protect Vulnerable Children, has Routinely Ignored Cases of Child Abuse and Trafficking: Part 2

"These disturbing statements shocked the senators and those watching the hearing in the room. Heatherington called for quality legal representation for children, trauma-responsive training, implementation, and care, and youth empowerment and choice. She reminded the senators these statements and issues about sexually abused and trafficked children in the foster care system is not just a problem in Georgia, but across the United States."

Sydney.Johnson2023-11-29T09:39:12-05:00November 28th, 2023|Blog, Children's Rights, Foster Care System|

Capitol Beat: U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care System

U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care SystemThis article features Government Accountability Project clients and was originally published here. ATLANTA – The mother of a murdered two-year-old girl and a young woman neglected and abused in Georgia’s foster-care system described their tragic experiences Wednesday to a U.S. Senate subcommittee.The Senate’s Human Rights Subcommittee, [...]

Sydney.Johnson2023-11-22T11:17:39-05:00November 21st, 2023|Foster Care System, In The News|

The Foster Care System, Built to Protect Vulnerable Children, has Routinely Ignored Cases of Child Abuse and Trafficking

The Foster Care System, Built to Protect Vulnerable Children, has Routinely Ignored Cases of Child Abuse and Trafficking By Sydney Johnson Sensitive Content Warning: This post discusses the death of a child due to child abuse. On October 25, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held the first hearing [...]

Sydney.Johnson2023-11-29T09:51:55-05:00November 20th, 2023|Activism, Blog, Foster Care System|

Senate Hold Hearing on Tragic Instances of Harm to Children in Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2023 Senate Hold Hearing on Tragic Instances of Harm to Children in Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law hold the first in a series of hearings on “The Human Rights of Foster Care.” WASHINGTON – At yesterday’s hearing [...]

Sydney.Johnson2023-10-27T13:52:53-04:00October 26th, 2023|Children's Rights, Foster Care System, Press release|

Press Release: Government Accountability Project Praises D.C. City Council for Unanimous Passage of the Ombudsperson for Children Establishment Amendment Act of 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2020 Government Accountability Project Praises D.C. City Council for Unanimous Passage of the Ombudsperson for Children Establishment Amendment Act of 2020 New Act Models Recommendations of the U.S. Ombudsman Association to Keep Children Safe WASHINGTON – Today, Government Accountability Project praised the D.C. City Council for its December 15, 2020 unanimous [...]

Whistle-Blower2020-12-22T16:45:21-05:00December 22nd, 2020|Foster Care System, National Security & Human Rights, Press release, Public Health|