A state audit found a program that was intended to improve Georgia’s ranking on indicators of child “well-being” has produced mixed results.
Georgia lawmakers asked for an examination of the Georgia Family Connection Partnership, which received $30 million in funding in fiscal year 2024, more than a quarter of it from the state.
The special examination by the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts found evidence of positive impact on the high school graduation and teen birth rate measures.
The agency found no evidence of a positive impact on three others: child abuse and neglect, low birthweight babies, and children in poverty.
The partnership told auditors that the results should be characterized as “promising” instead of “mixed,” but the auditors disagreed, saying it would be “misleading” to do so.
