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projected for April 2004 after which the capability will be introduced statewide. The reporting mechanism for CPRS is expected to be
available in April 2004 with the projected reports the system will be able to provide with the addition of the enhancements to capture
specific data from the comprehensive child and family assessment.
6 th Quarter Report: The introduction to the field and pilot of the features added to CPRS to capture the recommendations from the MDT
meeting and the service recommendations for children in foster care has been delayed. It is anticipated that training for select county staff
will occur in May followed by statewide training and employability in June.
6 th Quarter Federal Response: N6: N2: State requested extension of completion date and revision of the benchmark in its Annual
Evaluation/Renegotiation Report.
N5: See comments for N5. Additionally, in the Q5 revision request the reason given was 'the source reports are designed to be
generated on a quarterly basis.' Can't the programming code parameters be simply modified to generate monthly reports? The State
may want request TA to explore this issue.
7 th Quarter Report: ACF approved the extension of the completion date and revision of the Action Step in the Annual
Evaluation/Renegotiation. The benchmark was not changed.
The State will explore the feasibility of reports being generated monthly. However, the pilot discussed in Action Step N5 will help the
State to determine the feasibility of monthly vs. quarterly reporting.
Once the pilot is complete, the state will assess from the reports the recommended placements for children and the permanency
recommendations. The gaps in services will be determined by examining the recommended placement to the actual placement of the
child after the assessment is complete.
8 th Quarter Report: Partially Achieved: The First Placement Best Placement data enhancements have been added to CPRS.
However, there are no reports available from the pilot. As the counties continue to utilize the system, the state will work with the
Court Improvement Project in developing reports and data to assist in the support of identifying health care services available and the
health care needs of the child via CPRS. The Child and Family Comprehensive Assessment (First Placement Best Placement) require
extensive identification of health background and current health needs. The cumulative QCR results (10/2003 - 11/2004) indicate
compliance in 86.27% of the cases read. With the exception of the 2 nd QCR (78.38%), the Child Physical Health indicator was
stable/consistent (91.67%, 88.89%, and 90.24%).
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: (1) Georgia PIP Qualitative Review Summary Table, and (2) First Placement Best Placement
Medical Standards, pages 64-73 First Placement Best Placement Manual.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan N Page 12