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4 th Quarter Report: A survey assessing judges' knowledge of the PIP is presently being created. It will be distributed to judges by the
end of November 2003.
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The completion date in the PIP is November 2003. Has the State now completed this? We need more
clarification on the evaluation piece.
5 th Quarter Report: Survey sampling was conducted which revealed that judges involvement in the PIP varies widely. A few judges
were very involved but most others were not very familiar with the PIP. Surveying has not been done to measure whether judges are
making sure that children and families are involved in their case planning. The last six months have been spent working on adoption
of the CPRS statewide by both judges and caseworkers. The first report from the CPRS, on this data point, shows that of 16,080 case
plans in the system, 11,690 documented that families participated in the development of the case plan.
5 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
Program Improvement Plan-Random Survey of 10 GA Juvenile Court Judges
PIP Results 2/18/2004 from the CPRS -- Child and Family Involvement in Case Planning
6 th Quarter Report: Achieved. The survey results were submitted last quarter. The judges were again presented with federal
findings and information regarding the PIP at their November 2003 Conference. Reinforcement training is a continuous need. The
survey results were extremely poor. (Only two of the judges surveyed were familiar with the PIP.) Other strategies employed have
been to send out information on the judge’s list serve. Since state efforts continue, the state requests an extension to July 2004.
6 th Quarter Federal Response: J2: State assesses as achieved, but also requests a new goal completion date of 7/04. Please clarify.
7 th Quarter Report: The State assesses that the item is Achieved. It was not necessary to request a new goal completion date of 7/04.
Please disregard. (The intent here had been to continue state efforts to improve understanding of the judges via various strategies,
including Internet postings and training events.)
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 7 th quarter requests for documentation: Attached in the Documentation Appendix are the
Agendas from the Annual Child Placement Conference, and the "Planning for Permanency Through Effective Case Plans" document
that was presented at the spring 2002 Council of Juvenile Court Judges (CJCJ) and subsequently presented at other CJCJ conferences.
Training has taken place for the judges on CFSR review findings relevant to courts and on PIP items, specifically on involving
families and children in case planning. At the 2002 Spring Council of Juvenile Court Judges Seminar, a session titled "Training on
DFCS Automated Forms" was held. However, the session's content exceeded the limited title. Michelle Barclay, CIP Director, Judge
Robin Nash and Judge Michael Key taught a class on how to review case plans, specifically addressing the inclusion of parents and
children in case planning. At the end of the session, there was an overview of how to review a case plan within the Case Plan
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan J Page 16