Climbing higher and higher, the number of Hall County children in foster care reached 250 in February, Division of Family and Children Services foster care administrator Lindsey Bray said. “Substance abuse has always been a huge issue in our community, and I feel like it continues to go on the rise,” she said. With 23 DFCS homes and another 10 in the works, Bray and DFCS are looking to the local church community and other faith-based groups to bolster recruitment efforts.