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START<br />

DATE<br />

J<strong>an</strong>. 2003<br />

COMPLETION<br />

DATE<br />

June 2004 <strong>an</strong>d on-going<br />

5th Quarter: Per<br />

Annual<br />

Evaluation/Renegotiatio<br />

n Report the State<br />

requested to extend to<br />

July 2004.<br />

being met while in foster care.<br />

RESPONSIBLE<br />

PERSON(S)<br />

Joe Wassell, Betty Wrights, Millicent<br />

Houston, Linda Ladd, stakeholders, Leslie<br />

C<strong>of</strong>ield, Alice-Marie Hutchison, Di<strong>an</strong>ne<br />

Yearby, Patricia Nealy<br />

MEASURABLE<br />

BENCHMARKS<br />

Complete a report to the team.<br />

Evaluation: Please see Evaluation for Items 3 & 4 on page<br />

B-2.<br />

5th Quarter: Per Annual Evaluation/Renegotiation<br />

Report the State requested to ch<strong>an</strong>ge to read 'Reports<br />

from the first round <strong>of</strong> qualitative reviews will be made<br />

available in J<strong>an</strong>uary 2004 <strong>an</strong>d each quarter thereafter to<br />

the State <strong>an</strong>d Federal partners'.<br />

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />

Achieved: Same as above<br />

4 th Quarter Federal Response: Action step <strong>an</strong>d benchmarks needs further clarification regarding progress to date.<br />

5 th Quarter Report: In the <strong>an</strong>alysis <strong>of</strong> the QCR reports, 2 cases <strong>of</strong> the 24 read indicated areas <strong>of</strong> needing <strong>improvement</strong>. There may be<br />

identified health needs <strong>an</strong>d services <strong>of</strong> children that are not being met while in foster care.<br />

6 th Quarter Report: It appears from the Social Services Quarterly Report on Qualitative Case Reviews conducted in J<strong>an</strong>uary through<br />

March, that there were no identifiable factors that contributed to the needs <strong>an</strong>d services <strong>of</strong> children <strong>an</strong>d families not being met while in<br />

foster care. The report concluded from the sample <strong>of</strong> case reviewed in this report that parents were provided with <strong>an</strong> array <strong>of</strong> services<br />

to meet their case pl<strong>an</strong> goals <strong>an</strong>d children were referred for services <strong>an</strong>d appropriately follow-up occurred to assure service<br />

implementation when needed in all but seven cases rated as needing <strong>improvement</strong>s.<br />

6 th Quarter Federal Response: N15: State requested extension <strong>of</strong> completion date <strong>an</strong>d revision <strong>of</strong> the benchmark in its Annual<br />

Evaluation/Renegotiation Report. Did ACF approve?<br />

N15: Q6 reporting is inconsistent with the action step.<br />

7 th Quarter Report: ACF approved the extension <strong>of</strong> completion date <strong>an</strong>d revision <strong>of</strong> the benchmark in the Annual<br />

Evaluation/Renegotiation.<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> N Page 26

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