Hundreds of low-income parents in Georgia whose kids were sent to foster care have been billed years of child support they say they can’t afford, and one mother filed a civil rights lawsuit against the state this week seeking to end the practice completely.
Between fiscal years 2018 and 2022, Georgia removed children from 700 families because of “inadequate housing” — likely meaning they were either homeless or didn't have stable housing much of the time — the class action lawsuit says, citing reporting from WABE and ProPublica.
