Heart, Hustle and a Whole Lot of Wisdom: Welcome to the Peach State

Heart, Hustle and a Whole Lot of Wisdom: Welcome to the Peach State

Author: NCSEA July 30, 2025 Duration: 41:48

Today, Scott Eder (Courtland Consulting) heads downvirtually, to the Peach State, Georgia, where he sits down with Janet Jones, a frontline caseworker with the Georgia Division of Child Support Services.  Janet brings heart, hustle and a whole lot of wisdom to the child support program. They speak about what child support looks like on the ground in Georgia, the challenges, the successes, and the real human stories behind the numbers.  Learn a little bit more about and how: long she’s been working in child support, and the roles she has held.


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