Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis
A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.
The General Assembly is considering legislation that will put foster care largely in the hands of private agencies, even with regard to case management. Today we hear from child-law experts who say our state's outcomes for abused children are already better than Florida's, which has the model Georgia is looking to replicate. A former Obama Administration official familiar with Florida's law says privatization is the way to go.
Today's columnists:
- Privatizing is not a proven reform plan by Melissa Dorris Carter and Andrew Barclay
- Florida's model can work in Georgia, too by George Sheldon
- Pro & Con: More foster care views from Wayne Drummond and Tarren Bragdon & Benita M. Dodd
