When Jena Jones arrived in Muscogee County as the new interim director for the Department of Family and Children Services, she faced high employee-turnover, an overworked staff and a burgeoning foster care system with more than 500 children.

That was in October when Jones became the latest among several people to head the department in recent years. She replaced Marva Reed, who also served as interim county director before a promotion to regional director, according to Susan Boatwright, communications director for DFCS. Reed was one of about three interim directors/directors to head the department since 2012 when Deborah Cobb, a former acting director, and Phyllis Mitchell, an intake supervisor, were arrested for allegedly falsifying information.

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