Add Your Voices to the Call for Change

Here’s what Voices is doing to advocate for the Safety of children in Georgia:

• High quality intervention services must be made available to all families with newborn children.  Parental support that includes education, resource and referral services, and healthy child development assessment is crucial to preventing abuse and neglect.  Georgia could drastically reduce the number of abuse/neglect cases by confronting the abuse of our youngest children, ages 0-5.  We support the adoption of comprehensive parenting support and early intervention programs that can be made available to all families across the state.

• DHR’s recent settlement of the Kenny A. lawsuit has led to the creation of guiding policies which will ensure timely and appropriate care for children involved with child protective services and the foster care system in Fulton and DeKalb counties.  State officials have voiced their intention to adopt Fulton and DeKalb guidelines in Department of Family and Children Services programs in every county of Georgia.  This will require community collaboration, public and private sector investments, and timely evaluation.  We support statewide implementation of Kenny A. standards and adequate funding to ensure Georgia’s children receive the services they need.