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(2) Key Performance Indicators and Results September 2004 "Length of Time to Achieve Reunification".
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
D8 ACTION STEPS:
Provide foster parents with a copy of the foster parent manual upon their completion of MAPP.
Include information on services that might be available to foster parents in the foster parent manual and in
MAPP groups.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Mar. 2002 Sept. 2002 Liz Bryant Every foster parent will have a manual. The foster parent
manual and policy manual will be reviewed and revised as
needed to incorporate the services available to foster
parents. Evaluation: Spot checks will be done at random by
calling foster parents and making sure they have a manual.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Achieved. Manual revisions are complete and have been made available to foster parents on disk.
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved: Per ACF 7 th quarter request regarding spot checks to make sure foster parents have manuals: It is the
state's responsibility to ensure that our resource families have the services knowledge and tools to do the most effective job of
parenting our children. To this end, every foster parent has access to an updated manual; i.e., either an online version or hard copy. In
an evaluation of the effectiveness of respite care for Item 12, which involved 20 foster parents, all but one stated that they had a
manual. Further, in a survey of five Resource Development staff, all confirmed that in practice, all foster parents were given manuals
at the last MAPP/IMPACT meeting (4) or at the time approval (1).
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: (1) Five email responses regarding how and when foster parents receive the Foster Parent
manual.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan D Page 14