Purchase 50 emergency beds per year for children entering foster care. Purchase emergency inhome services for 350 foster parents per year when a placement is in imminent danger of disruption. Increase foster care per diem for children in state custody. Provide additional support to foster children, based on the age of the child. Provide respite care for 1,600 foster families.
Respite care is essential in preventing foster parent burnout.
Funds for technical assistance for community operations of Family Connection programs. Expand crisis services and mobile crisis services to 6 regions. Provide substance abuse treatment to 90 school age consumers per month through outpatient services. Provide funding for childcare for working parents of children with special needs so parents may work and be assured their child is cared for in affordable, accessible, and appropriate situation. Provide funding for family support services for Georgia families that have a family member with autism living with them.