Legislation designed to reduce mandatory training hours for experienced foster families has passed the Georgia Senate.
Currently, every family is required to undergo 15 hours of training per year if they want to foster a child. The bill would allow the Division of Family and Children Services to determine how much training experienced families would need.
Republican state Sen. Matt Brass, the bill’s sponsor, said it would allow for more short-term and long-term care for the approximately 12,000 children in the state’s foster care program.
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