One of Georgia’s Democratic U.S. senators, Jon Ossoff, is pushing for more oversight of a practice frequently called “hidden foster care.”
These are cases where states allege a child is neglected or abused and offer the parents the option to voluntarily give up custody, usually to a relative.
The practice is pitched as a way to avoid traditional foster care and keep children within their extended families. Child welfare courts never get involved.
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