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Work Plan Detail D -- Item 7, Permanency Goal for Child
D2 ACTION STEPS:
Maintain accurate documentation of every placement of a child in foster care
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
Jan. 2002 May 2003 County Supervisors, County Directors,
2nd Quarter Field Directors
Request: Georgia is
requesting to change
the completion date
to July 2003
2nd Quarter
Federal Response:
Provide reason(s) for
requesting extension.
3rd Quarter
Georgia Reply: The
online supervisory
review application
experienced technical
hardware difficulties.
The Qualitative
Review process is
scheduled to begin in
October 2003. The
first report to the
state and federal
partners is scheduled
for January 2004.
Therefore, we are
requesting approval
to change this date to
July 2004.
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Have developed staff performance standards with DFCS
county staff, Field Directors, and social service staff to
assure that case files are accurately documented to reflect
every placement of a child in foster care.
Evaluation: Spot checks of files will be performed by the E
& R group to make sure this documentation is occurring.
Evaluation: All needed information about placements will
be available for next Federal Review.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan D Page 1