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Work Plan Detail Q -- Items 35-37, State has in place an array of services that assess the strengths and
needs of children and families and determine other service needs, address the needs of families in addition
to individual children in order to create a safe environment, enable children to remain safely with their
parents when reasonable, and help children in foster and adoptive placements achieve permanency.
Q2 ACTION STEPS:
Collaborate with providers, stakeholders and consumers to address gaps in the service array and develop a
continuum of services accessible statewide.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
Jan. 2003 March 2003 Sarah Brownlee, Betty Wrights, Amy Hale,
3rd Quarter: David Hellwig, Ann Dennard Smith
Requesting a date
change to March
2004 to coincide with
the work in Action
Step 1.
3rd Quarter
Federal Response:
Progress will be
measured in the 4th.
Qtr.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Funding and resource allocation plan to address identified
gaps in service array and geographic accessibility.
1 st Quarter Report: The Division hosted the FFY 2003 PSSF Bidders Conference to provide information and technical assistance to
public and private non-profit entities and county departments interested in developing or enhancing community service resources for
children and families. More than 200 agency representatives in attendance were provided information on the PSSF Program and
funding process, federal and state funding objectives and desired outcomes for children and families served by the state of Georgia.
Relevant information was shared on the CFSR process, findings and recommendations for program improvement, with particular
emphasis on the current array of services and the development of supports and services in under resourced counties.
Targeted funding for the FFY 03 cycle has effectively increased the number, quality and array of services for children and families atrisk
and children confirmed as maltreated. PSSF Services are now accessible in 91% of the state with service delivery in 143 counties
statewide.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan Q Page 1