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6 th Quarter Report: Funding for the CPPC pilot was not continued; however, counties that piloted this project are maintaining
community involvement. Much was learned from the CPS component that piloted use of an expanded family assessment and the
family team meeting. This knowledge will be useful in the development of future policies and procedures.
6 th Quarter Federal Response: B4: One of the Action Steps is to develop 'a more thorough assessment of family strengths and needs,
particularly regarding the presence of substance abuse and domestic violence.' The State has reported this as achieved -- please
provide ACF with a copy of the assessment to document completion. Additionally, has the State determined the 'number of CPS cases
in CPPC hub communities with in-depth family assessments and family team meetings' - one of the Benchmark items.
7 th Report: B2 Action Step was to develop family assessment, which includes policy for the assessment of mental health, substance
abuse and domestic violence needs and prevents premature case closure. This assessment was developed and was part of the pilot in
the CPPC hub communities in nine counties. Funds were not available to expand this assessment process to additional counties. To
help support the plan, vendors were used to complete the expanded assessment and the family team meeting that followed. Currently
CPPC is being reestablished in the nine pilot counties. Although, the expanded assessment is not in use statewide, it was developed
prior to the projected completion date. The mission, values and beliefs supporting this policy has been incorporated in the “Authority
to Intervene” training which was provided statewide and also in the redesign of the new worker training. The impact of this policy will
be measured in part by changes in the Key Indicators in Performance (KIP), which is monitored monthly.
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 6 th and 7 th quarter requests see the documentation outlined below in the Documentation
Appendix. The cumulative (10/2003 - 09/2004) QCR outcome for Safety Outcome #2 was 84.31%, which is 6.81 points better than
the CFSR results of 77.5% in substantial conformity.
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
(1) Georgia’s Qualitative Care Review Report, October 2003 – September 2004
(2) Family assessment outline, including family team meetings
(3) CPS Policy (2105.6 - 2105.20) developed for and used by the 9 CPPC pilot sites which includes: Family Assessment and Family
Team Meeting, Case Plan Development incorporating strength and needs, Drug Screening/Relapse Issues, Service Provision, Case
Contacts, Case Reassessment, Case Closure
(4) Domestic abuse policy incorporating interview guides
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan B Page 8