Georgia’s Foster Care System Improves

10 years ago, the foster care system in Fulton and DeKalb Counties was so bad; it triggered a lawsuit from a national advocacy organization. Now, the same group, Children's Rights, says the system has substantially improved. The organization recently released its progress report.

If a child has been abused, he or she will likely end up in the state's foster care system. It was set up to keep those kids from further abuse. But Children's Rights attorney Lawrence Bolton says that was not happening in two of Metro Atlanta's main counties.

“The foster care system in Fulton and DeKalb counties were definitely failing child welfare systems,” said Bolton.