(The Center Square) – The husband of the head of Georgia’s child protective services agency has been arrested on DUI charges, including two counts of child endangerment, The Center Square has learned.
Jason Broce, 43, is the husband of Georgia Department of Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce, who was appointed to that post by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2021. The agency oversees the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, which handles child neglect and child abuse investigations throughout the state.
On Oct. 16, Georgia State Patrol booked Jason Broce into the Bartow County jail on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, hit and run, following too closely and failure to maintain lane, according to Bartow County Sheriff’s Office booking records. He also faces two counts of endangering a child under 14, indicating he had children in the vehicle while allegedly under the influence.
The Center Square has requested the incident reports from Georgia State Patrol, which made the arrest, but did not have them at the time the story was published.
Commissioner Broce told The Center Square on Friday that she and her husband have no comment, and she referred questions to a spokeswoman for her agency. The Georgia Human Services spokeswoman said in an email, “No comment on personnel matters.”
Carter Chapman, a press secretary for Gov. Kemp, said in an email, “Our office does not have a comment.”
Jason Broce has worked as a lobbyist at the Georgia Capitol and founded Terminus South government relations firm. His firm’s website says he formerly worked as a campaign policy advisor for Kemp.
Records of the State Ethics Commission show Broce has registered in the past to lobby on behalf of healthcare clients including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Georgia Healthcare Association and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia.
He was released from the Bartow County jail on Oct. 17 on a $3,800 bond, jail records show.
