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eports were discontinued. The Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Family and Children Services, Administrative
Services Section provides monthly the Uniformed Accounting System (UAS) report detailing the expenditures in the First
Placement/Best Placement Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (UAS 511) and Wrap-Around (UAS 518) services.
Attached is the FY 05 UAS 518 report, which details by county the expenditures, used in wraparound services and the number of
clients served. Based upon the UAS 518 Monthly Expenditures by Service/Treatment, In-Home Case Management is the most widely
used service under Wrap-Around followed by In-Home Intensive Treatment. In-Home Case Management provides case management
assistance to families in completing the defined goals and steps of the Case Plan. In-Home Intensive Treatment provides therapeutic
and/or clinical services for a family in preparation for the safe return of a child and/or to maintain and stabilize a child’s current
placement.
Approximately sixteen million was expended in 2003 to provide Wrap-Around services to children and families in Georgia.
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
(1) UAS 518 Monthly Expenditures by Service/Treatment
(2) SFY 2004 UAS 518 First Placement/Best Placement WrapAround Report.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
N8 ACTION STEPS:
Georgia will complete an annual statewide review of the First Placement/Best Placement Program to include on
site case reviews of 50 randomly selected cases. This review will be similar to the federal on site review.
Children, caregivers/families and other stakeholders will be interviewed. Fulton will be included at each annual
review. 2 nd Quarter addition per ACF request: The qualitative review process will allow the team to
determine the following: the effectiveness of the First Placement, Best Placement assessment in reducing the
number of moves a child experiences while in foster care; the percent of children who re-enter foster care, the
length of time to achieve permanency; the percentage of children in foster care who are abused and neglected;
and the success of case managers implementing the service recommendations for children and families
indicated in the FP/BP assessment. Georgia will continue to assess the effectiveness and impact of the First
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan N Page 15