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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Partially achieved. There is an ongoing implementation plan for CPRS that will eventually include all 159 counties. Currently, 104 of
the 159 counties have been trained to use the new system. After the implementation plan is complete at the end of January 2003, the
quarterly reports about permanency goals will begin
2 nd Quarter Report - No report is due for this quarter.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: Due date was May 2003, why is this only partially achieved?
3 rd Quarter Report Georgia's Reply: ACHIEVED. CPRS requires the documentation of the Permanency Goal in all case plans.
Implementation and training is complete in all 159 counties. Documentation of training by county and by date is also supplied.
The attached screen print (Permanency 1 Item 7) is taken from the Case Plan Reporting System (CPRS) Case Tracking and Legal
Screen. CPRS is required, supported by policy, and implemented in all 159 GA counties. In all cases, the user must document the type
of Permanency Plan selected for the child. The system requires any user who selects a type other than adoption, living with fit and
willing relatives, guardianship, or reunification to document a compelling reason why this type is in the child's best interest.
CPRS is on the Internet at www.gacaseplan.org. A demo that does not require an ID or password is available.
4 th Quarter Federal Response: This step is noted to be achieved, based on completed trainings. However, based on the measurable
benchmark, it sounds like it will be achieved when every child coming into care has a case plan in the CPRS. How does completion of
training show that each child has a case plan and that the permanency goal (PG) is documented in the CPRS? How does the CPRS
'require' the documentation of the PG? The action step also calls for a statewide quarterly report from the CPRS that will show that the
PGs are documented.
5 th Quarter Report: As of December 2003, CPRS is in use in 157 counties. Still 2 counties are not using the system and that is being
addressed administratively. The state needed full adoption before a meaningful report could be produced. The first statewide report on
permanency goals is attached. Of the more than 16,000 case plans in the system, 55% record reunification as the permanency goal.
Quarterly reports will be produced from this point on and the plan is to automate these reports by June '04. In the 3 rd Quarter Report
documentation was submitted which addressed how CPRS 'require' the documentation of the PG.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan D Page 5