Division of Family and Children Services

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The Division of Family and Children Services is the Georgia state agency responsible for child welfare, foster care, adoption services, and public assistance programs such as food stamps and Medicaid eligibility.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Division of Family and Children Services canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf child welfare agency ⓘ
state government agency ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fundingSource State of Georgia budget ⓘ
United States federal government funds ⓘ
governmentLevel state ⓘ
hasAbbreviation DFCS ⓘ
linked to: DCS
jurisdiction State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalMandate Georgia state law on child welfare ⓘ
federal child welfare legislation of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Georgia ⓘ
mission to protect children and strengthen families in Georgia ⓘ
parentOrganization Georgia Department of Human Services ⓘ
program Georgia Medicaid eligibility program ⓘ
Georgia Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administration ⓘ
Georgia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program ⓘ
Georgia adoption assistance program ⓘ
Georgia child protective services program ⓘ
Georgia foster care program ⓘ
providesService adoption placement services ⓘ
case management for children in foster care ⓘ
economic support services for low-income families ⓘ
family preservation services ⓘ
investigation of child abuse and neglect reports ⓘ
placement of children in foster homes ⓘ
responsibleFor Medicaid eligibility determination in Georgia ⓘ
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility in Georgia ⓘ
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families eligibility in Georgia ⓘ
adoption services in Georgia ⓘ
child protective services in Georgia ⓘ
child welfare services in Georgia ⓘ
foster care services in Georgia ⓘ
public assistance eligibility determination in Georgia ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
serviceArea children in Georgia ⓘ
families in Georgia ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
website https://dfcs.georgia.gov/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia Department of Human Services → hasDivision → Division of Family and Children Services ⓘ