an overview georgia program improvement plan - Department of ...
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Work Pl<strong>an</strong> Detail O -- Item 23, Mental Health <strong>of</strong> the Child<br />
Goal: Identify or develop a uniform process to ensure that children have access to a statewide mental health assessment that is timely <strong>an</strong>d<br />
comprehensive.<br />
4TH QUARTER REPORT: IT IS EXPECTED THAT GEORGIA WILL RE-NEGOTIATE THE ENTIRETY OF ITEM 23<br />
5 th Quarter Report: The work pl<strong>an</strong>s below represent Georgia's requests for re-negotiations.<br />
O2 ACTION STEPS:<br />
1. Using the CPRS, develop a process to evaluate completion <strong>of</strong> assessments for all children entering foster<br />
care.<br />
2. Assess <strong>an</strong>d report current percentage <strong>of</strong> completed <strong>an</strong>d timely assessments <strong>of</strong> children entering care.<br />
8 th Quarter Report: Based on agreement with ACF, the State will use the QCR in both the Action Steps <strong>an</strong>d<br />
the Benchmarks. The State requests the Action Step to read: Using the QCR, develop a process to evaluate<br />
completion <strong>of</strong> assessments for all children entering foster care.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
Mar. 2002 Feb. 2004 Betty Wrights, Dawne Morg<strong>an</strong>, N<strong>an</strong>cy<br />
5th Quarter: The Bruce<br />
State requests <strong>an</strong><br />
extension to July<br />
2004. Reason: allow<br />
for accumulative<br />
QCR data <strong>an</strong>d more<br />
user utility <strong>of</strong> CPRS.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Utilizing the same reporting procedure, the percentage <strong>of</strong><br />
timely assessments completed will increase to at least 80%.<br />
5th Quarter: The State request to ch<strong>an</strong>ge to the following:<br />
Utilizing the QCR data, evaluate the completion <strong>of</strong> mental<br />
health assessments.<br />
Report completed <strong>an</strong>d timely assessments <strong>of</strong> children<br />
entering care via CPRS.<br />
Increased completed <strong>an</strong>d timely assessments to at least<br />
80%.<br />
8 th Quarter Report: Based on agreement with ACF, the<br />
State will use the QCR in both the Action Steps <strong>an</strong>d the<br />
Benchmarks. The State requests the Benchmark to read:<br />
Utilizing QCR data, evaluate the completion <strong>of</strong> mental<br />
health assessments. Increase completed <strong>an</strong>d timely<br />
assessments to at least 80%.<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> O Page 1
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