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What needs to be accomplished:
Written memo will be shared with team members who were not present at the last committee meeting. This was completed February
2003.
1 st Quarter Federal Response: (THE UNDERLINED SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE ACTION STEPS SECTION)
3 rd Quarter Report: This benchmark was achieved, therefore there are no barriers to achievement. The action step of an inquiry to
ORS being made was accomplished and information gained regarding its data source.
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 7 th quarter request, the Office of Regulatory Services (ORS), the agency regulating the
licensure of child caring institutions, was contacted to determine if their data system had provisions for tracking abuse of non-child
welfare children in institutional settings. The attached email and summary report confirm that this data was not available in the ORS
system. (See attachments 2-A2a and 2-A2b.) The Protective Services Data System (PSDS) was enhanced in January 2003, to allow
GA to capture this information. Therefore, we now have access to this data.
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: Per ACF 7 th quarter request: (1) Email dialogue between DFCS and ORS confirming that this
data was not available through the ORS system. (2) PIP Quarterly Report - December 2002 (Report by one of the team members
working on PIP Item 2. The title may be misleading as the report should not be confused with official PIP reporting but rather a report
produced and by the Item 2 work group).
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
1 st Quarter Federal Response: (PARTIALY COMPLETED-BASED ON THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS SECTION). YOU MENTIONED THAT 'THIS DATA WOULD NOT AIDE THE AGENCY IN
DETERMINING NON-CHILD WELFARE CHILDREN INCLUDED IN MEASURES FOR MALTREATMENT IN FOSTER
CARE. DON'T YOU THINK THAT THIS MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR INTENDED EFFECTS OF ACTION STEPS?)
WHEN BENCHMARKS AND GOALS ARE NOT MET, YOU CAN PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANTATION IN THIS
COLUMN.
3 rd Quarter, Georgia's Reply: See 3 rd Quarter Report Accomplishment.
A3 ACTION STEPS:
Produce descriptive statistics on foster care victims
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan A Page 3