At the root of child abandonment is a lack of services. It's not that they don't exist, it's that parents are often denied access to care for their child's needs.
An investigative series exposes the gaps in Georgia's mental health care system that cause thousands of children to be surrendered to state custody.
Trey bounced around from family to foster care and even a group home. Now, one program has turned his life around. Here's why it's not widely available.
The latest in a series investigating the challenges and systemic gaps that cause parents to abandon their children to state custody in Georgia.