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Work Plan Detail S -- Item 44, State has in place a process for ensuring the diligent recruitment of potential
foster and adoptive families that reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of children in the State for whom
foster and adoptive homes are needed.
Goal: Expand placement resource options.
S3 ACTION STEPS: C. Increase per diem payments to private agencies that provide family foster care for DFCS.
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COMPLETION
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PERSON(S)
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Oct. 2002 Sept. 2003 Juanita Blount-Clark, GAHSC (members Payments to private family foster care providers increased
and non-members), Foster Care Unit, DHR to $33.30 per day. Effect re-negotiation with private
Budget Office, DFCS Social Services agencies to increase daily rates by 9/2003.
Section Director, Treatment Unit
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st and 2 nd Quarter Reports: 1) Achieved: Regular foster care per diem payments increased to $33.30 per day for private providers in
Oct. 2001. Negotiations in effect to increase per diem to private providers for the emergency 30 day placement of children.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: HAS IT BEEN ACHIEVED?
3 rd Report/Reply: Achieved: Increased per diem for private agency foster homes to $33.30 achieved. To be re-negotiated in the fall
based on the new leveling system to be developed for all foster homes.
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 7 th quarter request to provide documentation of the rate increase: See attached
Memorandums regarding State Fiscal Year 2002 Approved Provider and Payment Rates.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan S Page 1