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5 th Quarter Report: CPRS will be available for inclusion of the required information by December 2003 (data fields will be
available). Reports will then be automatically generated. Quarterly reports will be established. Some refinements in reporting
requirements are still necessary. However, reporting should begin in January 2004.
6 th Quarter Report: CPRS does have the necessary fields added to address this action step. However, training to the county staff
must be implemented so that the fields will be utilized. Currently, county staff are not using the fields and thus, no reports are
available. Additionally, CPRS planning meetings have been held to ensure that permanency planning for non-reunification and
adoption goals and planning for aftercare are updated in CPRS.
6 th Quarter Federal Response: I7: Subsequent to the provision of training, the State will have to allow time for usage and then build
a report. Is the renegotiated goal date reasonable? Given extensive delays in beginning the work for I6 and I7, it is possible that these
steps will not be completed prior to the close of the PIP implementation period.
7 th Quarter Report: Dekalb County DFCS and Troop County DFCS were selected to participate in the pilot of the Child and Family
Comprehensive Assessment (First Placement/Best Placement) CPRS enhancements. In June, Georgia’s Court Improvement Project
(CIP) provided pilot training to seventeen (17) approved provider agencies on entering the assessment information into the CPRS
system. After this training, fourteen (14) provider agencies agreed to partake in the execution of the pilot, which will extend through
August 30, 2004.
Implementation of the pilot will provide an opportunity to determine if the MDTs are occurring and if the post substance abuse
counseling, monitoring and support are being identified in CPRS. The quality of service provision remains with the QCR reporting.
The pilot will also examine the effect if any on the judicial process once the Juvenile Court Judge reviews the assessment information
from the CPRS system.
Technical Assistance will be provided to staff and approved FP/BP providers participating in the pilot. At the conclusion of the pilot,
reports will be developed and generated from CPRS and an evaluation of the service needs of children and families will begin to
determine the TA needed by county staff and private providers. Also, the QCR reviews will assist in monitoring the coordination of
services for children and families as recommended in the FP/BP Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment.
Once the pilot is complete, the state will assess from the reports the recommended placements for children and the permanency
recommendations. The gaps in services will be determined by examining the recommended placement to the actual placement of the
child after the assessment is complete.
It is unlikely that this action step will be completed prior to the close of the PIP implementation period. The State will not abandon
the efforts of the action step should completion not occur.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan I Page 11