Georgia’s child welfare agency says it’s phasing out the use of hotels as a temporary placement for area foster kids.
The Division of Family and Children Services says it plans to stop using hotels in Fulton and DeKalb Counties by summer next year. Agency officials say they have no hard deadline to phase out so-called “hoteling” for the rest of the state, but the hope is to do so by the end of 2017.
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