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5th Quarter Report: Per Grady Hospital, United Way 211 staff,<br />
PIP Annual DHR MHDDAD Staff.<br />
Evaluation/Renegotiation<br />
s requested to extend date<br />
to July 2004 to allow for<br />
accumulative QCR data.<br />
Hospital for early intervention <strong>of</strong> children at high risk.<br />
Partnership with United Way 211 to provide dedicated,<br />
formalized information <strong>an</strong>d referral outbound calling<br />
services to CPS screened out reports.<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> CPS cases in CPPC hub communities with indepth<br />
family assessment <strong>an</strong>d family team meeting.<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> families served through early intervention,<br />
PUP, Parent Aide <strong>an</strong>d Homestead <strong>program</strong>s.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
1 st Quarter Report: The success <strong>of</strong> the current partnership with Grady Hospital is incentive to extend this model to other state<br />
hospitals. Approximately fifty families were referred to this <strong>program</strong> in 2002. There have been no reports <strong>of</strong> serious injury or child<br />
death <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong>y <strong>of</strong> the fragile inf<strong>an</strong>ts whose families receive services through the high-risk <strong>program</strong>. Parent aide <strong>an</strong>d early intervention<br />
funding remains at the same level. For the quarter ended October 2002, there were a total <strong>of</strong> 151 referrals for screened out reports<br />
made to UW 211. A total <strong>of</strong> 62 families were available for resource referral, with a total <strong>of</strong> 355 referrals provided. Researching a way<br />
to measure outcomes for families that receive referrals through UW 211 was begun during the quarter.<br />
2 nd Quarter Report: Exploration has begun with the DHR Division <strong>of</strong> Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities <strong>an</strong>d Addictive<br />
Diseases (MHDDAD), to explore using addiction specialists to participate in family team meetings. There are various Medicaidreimbursable<br />
services that might be needed as a result <strong>of</strong> a family team meeting where it is determined that identified family members<br />
need assist<strong>an</strong>ce with subst<strong>an</strong>ce abuse or mental health problems.<br />
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3 RD Quarter:<br />
[See attachment - United Way 211 April 2003 Monthly Report for additional information on this preventive service.]<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The State did not document <strong>an</strong>y progress made in the fourth quarter. The completion date is J<strong>an</strong>uary<br />
2004, <strong>an</strong>d there appears to be no indication that the funding issue would be resolved. The QCR report would shed light on the progress<br />
<strong>of</strong> this action step.<br />
5 th Quarter Report The UW 211 project is now exp<strong>an</strong>ded to include Region V, the twelve counties that are part <strong>of</strong> the pilot for<br />
centralized intake in Georgia. This should address some <strong>of</strong> the federal concerns discussed in the "Barriers to Achievement".<br />
5 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: See attached QCR Report. This report has also been forwarded to ACF Regional Office via<br />
email.<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> B Page 7