Sen. Jon Ossoff responds to recent Trump cuts
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SAVANNAH, Ga () — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and youth advocates have raised concerns following the Trump Administration’s decision to cut federal funding, which they described as ‘vital support for foster children in Georgia’ on Thursday.

joined Ossoff during an afternoon meeting.

“I believe that this is urgent,” he stated. “I believe that we are on the brink of a worsening foster care crisis in Georgia due to the Trump Administration’s bewildering decision to slash essential support services for the most vulnerable children in our state.”

In 2024, Ossoff unveiled a 64-page report stemming from his 13-month investigation into Georgia’s foster care system, revealing instances of neglect and abuse. He noted that federal budget cuts could exacerbate the crisis.

“Senior personnel suggested locking up foster children in detention centers because of a lack of adequate foster care placements,” he said. “We already face in Georgia a deep crisis and deep long-term mismanagement that has left Georgia’s foster children desperately vulnerable to harm, abuse and exploitation.”

Kate Blair, executive director of CASA also known as Brightside Child and Family Advocacy is feeling the impacts. With over 200 volunteers, they serve more than 300 children.  The non-profit relies heavily, nearly 80 percent on federal funding.

“Never would I have expected that I’d wake up and 24 hours later, $110,000 was cut from our budget,” Blair said. “This decision has created a 90,000 deficit in my budget and has forced us to eliminate a key staff position and shut down a pilot program both of which directly supported children in foster care, ensuring that they have that safe, consistent adult.”

She continued, “it has forced us to redirect unrestricted funds  that were being used to expand our Bright House program, which provides supervised visitation,  and our Brighter Futures program, which supports youth aging out of foster care,  which is so incredibly important because the outcomes for youth that age out of foster care are so poor in our community.”

Ossoff told that he will rally members of both parties in congress to oppose what he calls the gutting of support for vulnerable foster children.

“Here we have volunteers who want to be there for those kids, look out for those kids, provide support for those kids, advocate for those kids in court, and that is what we’re destroying,” he said. “It is inexplicable. It is indefensible.”

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