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ecently begun to work with family assessments and family team meetings in their hub communities, there is no database for
measuring the effectiveness of FTM. A measure for outcomes, planning and evaluation is nearing implementation. Because
progress is based on number of families coming back into the system after case closure, it will probably be two to three years
before there is a good database to work from.
The first quarterly reporting by the nine hub counties was due in April 2003. This is the first of data collection on families served
through this initiative and will provide data for comparison of how many of these families later come into the CPS system as
compared with non-hub families with new reports of CPS within a year of closure. Data will also include data on families living
outside the hub community who had a family assessment and family team meeting.
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3 RD Quarter:
(See attachment: CPPC -- Outcomes, Planning and Evaluation).
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: (The underlined statement appears to belong in the Barriers to Achievement column.
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: (WHICH ITEM ARE YOU REFERRING TO IN THE ATTACHMENT)?
4 th Quarter Georgia Reply: Underlined statements added to Barrier to Achievement per ACF response.
4th Quarter Federal Response: The State indicates that funding to expand this project to additional counties is unlikely. However,
the PIP goal is 9 counties. How many counties implemented so far? If it is 9 counties, then it appears that the State has met their goal.
5th Quarter Report: Achieved. The action for "strategy development, resource development, partnership building and outcome
planning" in the 9 counties has been accomplished. State office and the hub counties are working on ways to identify local support to
help maintain CPPC activities in the current hub counties.
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 7 th quarter request: attached is the "Highlight of Findings" regarding Georgia's 9 CPPC
counties. Georgia's Department of Human Resources retained Metis Associates, Inc, an independent research and evaluation
consulting firm, to conduct an evaluation of the CPPC initiative in State Fiscal Year 2003. CPPC is continued in the nine pilot sites
(see B4, 7 th report). Data from the Metis report, which was derived from stakeholder surveys included:
• 62% of respondents agreed that CPPC is well coordinated with Child Protective Services policy and practice.
• 54% of respondents indicated agreement that the presence of CPPC decreases the need for CPS intervention .
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan B Page 3