Fulton County Children and Youth Services

Information on Services

The agency's mission is to protect children from abuse and neglect, to strengthen and maintain families by increasing the use of in-home services, to use community-based residential resources when possible; to reduce the use of institutional placement for dependent and delinquent children; and  to reduce the duration of out-of-home placements. The agency offers services in three distinctive categories with services

to dependents provided by FCSC and to delinquent provided by Fulton

JPO.

 In-Home Services - includes adoption services, adoption

assistance, counseling for dependent/ delinquents, day treatment, life

skills, intake & referral, protective services (for both abuse and neglect

reports) and service planning.

 Community-based placement - includes group homes, foster family

care, alternative treatment and supervised independent living. Children

entering into placement are found by the Court of Common Pleas to

be either dependent or delinquent.

 Institutional/residential placements - residential, juvenile detention,

secure facilities, YDC and YFC facilities. Children entering into

placement are found by the Court of Common Pleas to be either

dependent or delinquent.