§ 19-13-75.Performance reports
Chapter 13. Family Violence · Article 5. Family Justice Centers · Last amended 2026 · Last verified October 9, 2026
Full Text of § 19-13-75
Plain-English Summary
This section builds accountability into Georgia’s Family Justice Center Act, which took effect July 1, 2026. It works at two levels.
First, each center must submit performance reports as the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council designates. The council decides the form and timing, but the reports must at least cover four things: the services provided, the victims served, the outcomes achieved, and the center’s financial expenditures. The list is a floor — the reports “include, but are not limited to,” those items — so the council may ask for more.
Second, the council must compile the centers’ information and send an annual statewide report on Family Justice Center performance to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report summarizes the centers’ activities and their impact across Georgia, giving lawmakers a yearly look at whether the centers are working.
Reporting connects to other parts of the article. Section 19-13-74 notes that a center funded independently may fall outside the article’s reporting requirements if it receives no state funding, and § 19-13-78 preserves the council’s authority to require data reporting and compliance information from centers, even as it shields many center records from public disclosure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do Family Justice Centers have to report in Georgia?
Each center must submit performance reports, as designated by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, covering at least the services provided, the victims served, the outcomes achieved and its financial expenditures. Because the list is not exclusive, the council may require additional information beyond those four items.
Who receives the Family Justice Center annual report?
The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council compiles an annual statewide report on Family Justice Center performance and sends it to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report summarizes the activities and impact of the centers across Georgia.
How often do Family Justice Centers report?
The centers report as the council designates; this section doesn’t fix a schedule for them, so the timing comes from the council. The council’s own statewide report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives must be made annually.
Will Family Justice Center reports include information about victims?
The reports must cover victims served, but other sections limit what is shared. Section 19-13-76 bars disclosing information a victim shares at a center without the victim’s informed, written consent, except as required by law or court order, and requires every participating agency to follow state and federal confidentiality laws.
Can the public see how well Family Justice Centers are doing?
The council’s annual statewide report summarizes the centers’ activities and impact and goes to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House. This section doesn’t say whether that report is published to the public, and § 19-13-78 governs which center records are open under Georgia’s Open Records Act.
Amendment History
Laws 2026, Act 719, § 1, eff. July 1, 2026.