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• 79% of respondents agreed communities are empowered by CPPC to deal more directly with issues affecting child and family
well-being.
• 74% of respondents addressing this issue agreed that service providers' effectiveness is enhanced by CPPC.
• 65% of respondents addressing this issue agreed that CPPC leads to more positive perceptions of DFCS within the
communities served.
• 85% of respondents addressing this issue agreed the presence of CPPC increases awareness of child abuse.
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: (1) Georgia Community Partnerships for Protecting Children, Statewide Evaluation Report (this
report is reflective of the 9 CPPC counties), and (2) Email communication regarding draft report of “CPPC Outcomes in Georgia”.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
B3 ACTION STEPS:
Develop and provide for CPS and foster care training to handle requests for case-related information
through the open record act.
Request Statewide CPS Advisory Panel to provide recommendations. Achieved
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
Sept. 2002 Jan 2004 State Protective Services Unit
January 2003 (actual
completion date) The
January 2003 was
reported in error.
Please disregard.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Protective Services Unit has incorporated material in state
CPS policy training that was provided to every CPS and
FC worker in 2002 and is scheduled throughout the state
every year. Number of CPS staff trained will be available.
1 st Quarter Report: State CPS staff is including an expanded segment in CPS policy training in 2003 that focuses on requirements of
open records and staff responsibility. Three policy-training sessions of 2 1/2 days each are planned for each quarter of 2003. These are
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan B Page 4