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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.
The DFCS/Department of Public Health (DPH)/Department of Community Health (DCH) collaboration continues regarding the
coordination of health care services for children in foster care. DCH encountered technical difficulties with their electronic systems
and therefore was delayed in providing the roster of Medicaid eligible children in foster care to DPH. Now that the roster is available,
efforts will begin to assure that there is appropriate follow-up and sharing of communication between DFCS and DPH. A training
session has been scheduled on 7/28/04 in Forsyth County with DPH staff to discuss the next steps for DPH and DFCS collaboration.
7 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
First Placement Best Placement Trainer's Guide (for the CPRS enhancement regarding assessment provider usage)
Agenda – Child Health/Health Check Workshop (July 28, 2004)
8 th Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. During the statewide training of First Placement Best Placement in 2002 and 2003,
instruction was given to county and regional staff in the application of information collected during the assessment process. This
same training is provided in Back to Basics Training for all FP/BP providers. The use of In-Home Intensive Treatment services
through Wrap-Around services to support the parent/and or child in the treatment of substance abuse is also examined.
Features were added in December 2003 to the Case Plan Reporting System (CPRS), which enabled First Placement/Best Placement
Providers to enter information from the Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment and the MDT meeting into the system. Dekalb
and Troop County were selected to participate in a pilot using approved providers and placement case managers to implement the
process. The First Placement/Best Placement Providers were trained on accessing the system and entering the information from the
assessment by the court improvement project. Staff from the state office trained DFCS placement workers in Troop and Dekalb
County. There are currently fifteen cases onwhich providers have entered information from the assessment into CPRS. The First
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan N Page 8