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START DATE COMPLETION DATE RESPONSIBLE PERSON(S) MEASURABLE BENCHMARKS July 2002 Sept. 2002 Shirley Vassy Report to Team 1st Quarter Federal Response: (WHICH TEAM- CLARIFY) 3rd Quarter Georgia's Reply: Report to workgroup comprised of Georgia DFCS Social Services Unit Managers, Evaluation and Reporting Unit Manager and Human Resource and Development Director. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 st Quarter Report: This benchmark was achieved. Using information on the substantiated maltreatment to foster care children by foster parents or residential/facility staff for the period of January 2001 -- December 2001, a profile of the victims was produced. Completion Date: Work began with approval of the PIP, final completion of the report occurred December 2002 Next steps: The information gathered on the foster care victims will be used to guide policy and training changes. 1 st Quarter Federal Response: (THE UNDERLINED SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE ACTION STEPS SECTION-DETERMINE COMPLETION DATE FOR THIS ACTION) In January 2003, changes were made in the data collection system to improve the capacity of collecting more specific data of children abused in foster care. Information from the new enhanced system will be used in monitoring described in step 13. 3 rd Quarter Report: Georgia believes this action step to be achieved. We inadvertently put information under the barrier column during the first report quarter that should have been under the accomplishment column. 8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 7 th quarter request: between January and December 2001, a total of 22,202 cases and 39,493 incidents of substantiated maltreatment were reported in GA. [Of these, substantiated maltreatment of child welfare children accounted for 109 cases and 219 incidents of maltreatment.] The incidence of maltreatment in foster homes was 89 cases, or .4% of all substantiated cases during this period. The attached Report on the Maltreatment of Foster Children and its companion Summary Report, provides a profile of the foster care victim, compares the foster care victim to non-victim foster children, and gives a profile of foster families involved in maltreatment investigations. Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement Georgia Department of Human Resources November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan A Page 4
Neglect was determined to be the most prevalent type of substantiated maltreatment and accounted for 67% of the incidents in foster care. Lack of supervision was the most common type of neglect and accounted for 74% of substantiated neglect cases. Emotional and physical abuse each accounted for 12% of the substantiated incidents. Sexual abuse followed and accounted for 6% of the total incidents with other abuse, described as exposure to drugs, comprising the remaining 3%. A comparison of the foster care victims to non-victim foster care children produced very similar profiles. The mean age of the foster care victim was 8.5 years compared to 8.6 years in the non-foster care victim. The foster care victim is most likely female, (58%), compared to 51% female in non-victim foster children. The ethnicity of the foster care victim is reportedly Black, (72%). While nonvictim foster children are reportedly 54% Black. Georgia’s largest counties accounted for 52% of foster care victims and 46% of nonfoster care victims. Foster families involved in maltreatment investigations are 52% single parent and 48% two-parent families. The mean age of the single foster parent was 51 years and the majority of that group (92%) is female. Two-parent foster families have a mean age of 49 years for both foster mother and father. Sixty-two percent of foster mothers and 57% of foster fathers are identified as Black. Thirtyeight percent of foster mothers and 36% of foster fathers were identified as White. Single parent foster families were more likely to be associated with neglect investigations than two-parent families. Two-parent families were more likely to be associated with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse than single-parent families. See attachments 2-A3, A4, and A6 a and b for further details. 8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: Per ACF 7 th quarter request: (1) Profile Report on the Maltreatment of Children in Foster Care (Victim Data Profile), and (2) Profile Summary Report - The Maltreatment of Foster Children BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: 1 st Quarter Report: Currently the data collection instrument (Form 431) is completed for all assessments of abuse or neglect in foster homes or institutions. The children in the foster homes/institutions are not separated in groups of children in agency custody vs. children in parental custody. In producing the report a mechanism to monitor data collection of children included a paper copy of investigations to better identify and describe foster care victims. 1 st Quarter Federal Response: (DESCRIBE ACTION YOU WILL TAKE DURING THE NEXT PIP QUARTER TO MEET THE PROJECTED BENCHMARKS AND/OR GOALS). 3 rd Quarter Georgia Reply: This benchmark was achieved therefore there are no barriers. Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement Georgia Department of Human Resources November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan A Page 5
Page 1 and 2: AN OVERVIEW GEORGIA PROGRAM IMPROVE
Page 3 and 4: Georgia: Georgia’s Program Improv
Page 5 and 6: The AFCARS data for this indicator
Page 7 and 8: Developed standards of measurement
Page 9 and 10: These action steps were included as
Page 11 and 12: Used the results obtained from the
Page 13 and 14: Established more flexible hours and
Page 15 and 16: policy require that the case manage
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Page 27: What needs to be accomplished: Writ
Page 31 and 32: 1 st Quarter Federal Response: (PLE
Page 33 and 34: Safe Futures - A Plan for Program I
Page 35 and 36: ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Data from these co
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Page 45 and 46: START COMPLETION RESPONSIBLE MEASUR
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(2) Key Performance Indicators and
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DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3 RD Quarter
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adoptive families, there was an inc
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8 th Quarter Report: Achieved 5 th
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5 th Quarter DCOUMENTATION: Reporti
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statewide. Both panel and court rev
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child, because the worker was not a
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Question 1. Are you seeing the adop
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6 th Quarter Federal Response: 6 th
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for the barrier identified. These r
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eports. The AFCARS reporting and ma
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8 th Quarter Report: Prior to the b
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: E27 ACTION
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Work Plan Detail F -- Item 10, Perm
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Safe Futures - A Plan for Program I
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DOCUMENTATION: Please see attachmen
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together. Relative Care Subsidy (RC
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START DATE COMPLETION DATE RESPONSI
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continue to assess our data sources
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Length of time as a foster parent #
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Table 4 Disruptions and use of resp
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2. More respite care providers 3. E
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Work Plan Detail H -- Item 13, Visi
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Please refer to the following attac
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July 2002 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Dec. 200
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A pilot is being conducted in Dekal
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5 th Quarter Report: At least 100 c
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2004. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 st Quarter
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8 th Quarter Report: Partially Achi
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state office on the number of asses
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the Division. The review should be
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The report referred to in the Bench
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of that evaluation has been dissemi
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understanding of this content on a
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4 th Quarter Report: A survey asses
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April 2002 Aug. 2002 5th Quarter: P
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equested an extension to July 2004
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where the cases are no longer activ
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7 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: (Same a
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Safe Future - A Plan for Program Im
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Safe Futures - A Plan for Program I
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Work Plan Detail N -- Item 22, Phys
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Held within 30 - 60 days of a child
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS: enhancements of th
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6 th Quarter Report: The introducti
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Placement/Best Placement Providers
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this benchmark with county supervis
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: N7 ACTION
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eports were discontinued. The Georg
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to initiate the reviews. 5th Quarte
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March 2004 QCR 16 county offices (t
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A cumulative Qualitative Case Revie
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5 th Quarter Report: Since, the QCR
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6 th Quarter Report: A review of th
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There has been a steady increase in
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To date CPRS reports that 10,274 ca
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Goal: Case managers have the capaci
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esources as well as increased capac
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Review instruments address document
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A comprehensive effort to clean up
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Funding and Resource Allocation to
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conduct of the Comprehensive Child
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Seventy-five new workers were train
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Work Plan Detail R -- Item 42, The
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