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Mary Margaret Oliver

3/29/2019

Relative Caregivers Get a Small But Significant Raise in Georgia Budget

Guest Writer

Seeking to increase the state’s support for a rapidly growing faction of its foster care system, Georgia’s House and Senate included a $1 per day raise in its payments to relatives.

3/1/2019

Georgia House Approves Pay Raise for Relative Caregivers

John Kelly

The Georgia House of Representatives approved a budget package this week that includes a $1 per day pay raise for relatives caring for youth who have been removed from the homes of their parents.

1/26/2019

Short-Changed Relative Caregivers Find Champion in Georgia Lawmaker

Guest Writer

Georgia State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D) plans to push for increased payments to relatives who care for foster children during a budget hearing Monday. Oliver will ask her colleagues on the House appropriations subcommittee for human services to commit roughly $2.68 million annually for unlicensed relative caregivers who receive significantly less from the state than licensed foster parents.

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