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Goal: Determine if court delays are impacting length of time to achieve adoption.
E23 ACTION STEPS: Enhance existing Adoptions A-file system to evaluate and identify whether delays are occurring between filing
for adoption and finalization.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
March 2002
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
June 2003 Requesting
approval to change
this completion date
to October 2003
If extension is
granted, is it sure to
be done by October?
Georgia's Reply: We
are on target for
completion in Oct.
2003.
5 th Quarter: The
State request to
Renegotiate
Completion Date to
February 2004
Office of Adoptions, IT Section, Contractor
(would require funding)
2 nd Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. Project on track for October completion.
Addition of needed data elements.
Evaluate data to determine significance of court delays in
finalization.
3rd Quarter Report/Status: The Adoptions Documentation and Analysis project is 64% complete. The project was projected to be
finished on September 26, 2003. However, the project has fallen behind due to the gathering of business rules taking longer than
expected, key personnel working on AFCARS reporting, and key personnel working on management reports. The business rules were
due to be complete on 12/19/2002, but due to the unavailability of staff (vacations, meetings, etc.), this task was not complete until
February. Also, some processes had to be re-evaluated two or three times. We also fell behind during the documentation of the base
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan E Page 17