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Jan. 2002 July 2002 Juanita Blount-Clark, Social Services
Section Director
A project manager will be assigned to both programs with
full support for implementation.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st Quarter Report: Achieved. Four Foster Care staff has been assigned to work with providers, county staff and other state office
consultants to manage, monitor and provide technical assistance to counties and providers on Family Team Meetings and FP/BP
services.
Completion date: December 2002.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: Were you able to obtain feedback in the last quarter from the project managers on progress and needs
for continued successful implementation.
3 rd Quarter Report/Georgia's Reply: Yes, the four foster care staff provides regular reporting regarding the progress and needs for
successful Family Group Conferencing and FP/BP activities.
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The State indicates that this step has been achieved. However, we need more information regarding
the evaluation piece of the action step.
5 th Quarter Report: The State is requesting to delete this action step. Reason: Limited resources do not allow the State to conduct the
family group conferencing. The overall goal is being met. The State believes that deleting this action step will not adversely impact
the goal.
6 th Quarter Report—Please see action Step J5.
6 th Quarter Federal Response: J6: State requests deletion of the action step 'due to limited resources' and also asserts that the 'overall
goal is being met.'
J6: Same as J5.
7 th Quarter Report: See J5 above for response. The State requested that this action step be deleted. Earlier in the PIP reporting, the
benchmark was met with the assignment of (4) project managers around the state to provide leadership and support. This strategy is
no longer possible due to staff resources being needed elsewhere. The State maintains that deleting this step for the reasons cited
earlier will not negatively impact the overall achievement of support for family group conferencing and the child and family
comprehensive assessment model (First Placement Best Placement) as evidenced by the results of the QCR concerning First
Placement Best Placement utility which includes MDT.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan J Page 25