an overview georgia program improvement plan - Department of ...
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state <strong>of</strong>fice on the number <strong>of</strong> assessments <strong>an</strong>d wraparounds requested, completed <strong>an</strong>d paid. At the same time the budget <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
prepared monthly expenditure reports, which captured essentially the same information. It became apparent that the budget <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
report provided the information needed, <strong>an</strong>d thus the monthly county reports were discontinued. Attached is the FY 05 UAS 518<br />
report, which details by county the expenditures, used in wraparound services <strong>an</strong>d the number <strong>of</strong> clients served. Based upon the UAS<br />
518 Monthly Expenditures by Service/Treatment, In-Home Case M<strong>an</strong>agement is the most widely used service under Wrap-Around<br />
followed by In-Home Intensive Treatment. In-Home Case M<strong>an</strong>agement provides case m<strong>an</strong>agement assist<strong>an</strong>ce to families in<br />
completing the defined goals <strong>an</strong>d steps <strong>of</strong> the Case Pl<strong>an</strong>. In-Home Intensive Treatment provides therapeutic <strong>an</strong>d/or clinical services for<br />
a family in preparation for the safe return <strong>of</strong> a child <strong>an</strong>d/or to maintain <strong>an</strong>d stabilize a child’s current placement. Aggregate data is<br />
used to determine the use <strong>of</strong> First Placement Best Placement Wrap Around services.<br />
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: (1) UAS 518 Monthly Expenditures by Service/Treatment Graph, <strong>an</strong>d (2) SFY 2004 UAS 518<br />
First Placement/Best Placement WrapAround report.<br />
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:<br />
2nd Quarter Report: Funds must be identified for a contractor.<br />
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: How will this impact implementation?<br />
Georgia's Reply 3 rd Quarter: We believe alternative in-house methods for measuring the benchmark c<strong>an</strong> be successful.<br />
I15 ACTION STEPS:<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
Nov. 2003<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
June 2004 <strong>an</strong>d ongoing<br />
Recommend additional training <strong>an</strong>d policy ch<strong>an</strong>ges.<br />
3 rd Quarter: ACF Approval requests same as above to delete this Action Step.<br />
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: Refer to above statement.<br />
5 th Quarter Report: Per Annual Evaluation / Renegotiation Report Action Step is ch<strong>an</strong>ged to:<br />
Recommend additional training <strong>an</strong>d policy ch<strong>an</strong>ges as a result <strong>of</strong> QCRs in action step I-6.<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
Joe Wassell, Betty Wrights, Gloria<br />
Patterson, Millicent Houston, Linda Ladd,<br />
Linda Doster, Alice Marie Hutchison,<br />
Di<strong>an</strong>ne Yearby, Leslie C<strong>of</strong>ield<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Within 60 days <strong>of</strong> completing additional on-site case<br />
reviews, provide a written report, if appropriate.<br />
5th Quarter: Per Annual Evaluation / Renegotiation<br />
Report, requested to ch<strong>an</strong>ge Measurable Benchmark to:<br />
Safe Futures – A Pl<strong>an</strong> for Program Improvement<br />
Georgia <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hum<strong>an</strong> Resources<br />
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Pl<strong>an</strong> I Page 14
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