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