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April 2002 Aug. 2002<br />
5th Quarter: Per<br />
Evaluation/Renegotiatio<br />
n Report, the State<br />
requested <strong>an</strong> extension<br />
to July 2004 to allow for<br />
monitoring via a survey<br />
sampling <strong>of</strong> SAAGs<br />
Vivi<strong>an</strong> Eg<strong>an</strong>, TA: Michelle Barclay<br />
Annual training will include session on the federal<br />
review.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Achieved. SAAG's received training regarding the findings <strong>of</strong> the Federal Review.<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The State articulates that this has been achieved, but provides no information. When was the training<br />
done? How m<strong>an</strong>y SAAGs were trained? We need more clarification on the evaluation piece.<br />
5 th Quarter Report: It was decided that a measure <strong>of</strong> just basic SAAG perform<strong>an</strong>ce should be done first <strong>an</strong>d that the local DFCS<br />
<strong>of</strong>fices would be a better source <strong>of</strong> information th<strong>an</strong> the judges. After getting 100% response rate from the DFCS counties, it was<br />
discovered that just a small core <strong>of</strong> SAAGS were not meeting with their own clients. The results are posted on the website:<br />
http://www.gachildadvocate.org/gasurveyresults.html<br />
6 th Quarter Report: Achieved. The evaluation process was modified to yield more useful results. See results posted at the above<br />
website.<br />
6 th Quarter Federal Response: J3: Information reported in Q5 <strong>an</strong>d Q6 is inconsistent between the two <strong>an</strong>d with the benchmark.<br />
Furthermore, the survey which the State cites was developed to assess DFCS' satisfaction with SAAG representation on behalf <strong>of</strong> the<br />
agency. It has nothing to do with child <strong>an</strong>d family involvement in case pl<strong>an</strong>ning.<br />
7 th Quarter Report: The State has Achieved this action by the following me<strong>an</strong>s:<br />
(1) SAAG training has been conducted to review the findings <strong>of</strong> the federal review, including this item on family involvement in case<br />
pl<strong>an</strong>ning. The pl<strong>an</strong>s for <strong>an</strong>nual SAAG training could not be met due to budgetary constraints. The next training event is pl<strong>an</strong>ned for<br />
July 26, 29, <strong>an</strong>d 30, 2004. Documentation <strong>of</strong> the States Legal….is attached<br />
(2) A sample <strong>of</strong> judges has been surveyed to measure compli<strong>an</strong>ce. The Court Improvement Project staff conducted the most recent<br />
survey <strong>of</strong> judges. Of the ten judges interviewed, most were aware that families <strong>an</strong>d children should be involved in the case p<strong>an</strong>ning.<br />
However, most said that they just assume that the SAAGs <strong>an</strong>d caseworkers are involving families <strong>an</strong>d children in their case pl<strong>an</strong>ning.<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> J Page 18