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DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3 RD Quarter:
Service Delivery/Payment Schedule Oct. 1 -- Nov., 9, 2002; Round Table Discussion Foster Care and Adoption Crisis; and FFY 2003
Service Delivery/payment Schedule.
4 th Quarter Report: DFCS continues in its efforts to recruit minority families and engage in on-going general recruitment for families
of all races/ethnicities. The state continues it's contract with One Church One Child to assist with this effort and is launching a
Comprehensive Resource development Plan to address specific county placement needs relative to the maintenance of a pool of
families that reflect the placement needs of children within specific counties/areas.
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 4 TH Quarter:
See draft of revised Comprehensive Resource Development Plan.
Primary Foster Parent Ethnicity SFY 2003
4 th Quarter Federal Response: Does the supplemental documentation the State provides reflect the targeted increases in the numbers
of minority parents per year?
5 th Quarter Report: Increase in minority families has been renegotiated to a 10% increase by September 2004. So as not to be in
conflict with the new federal initiative, elements from the Comprehensive Resource Development Plan will be used in the
implementation of this new recruitment initiative (by DHHS/ACF) 'Recruitment Response Team Planning' involving a national
recruitment and follow-up strategy for resource families for foster care and adoption. Based on the attached table of data from E&R
there has only been a slight increase (2%) in minority families from SFY 2001 TO SFY 2003. See table Primary foster parent
ethnicity. Also, there is an additional 200-300 private agency foster homes that we have not included in our overall count, because a
breakdown by ethnicity is not currently available.
5 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
Primary Foster Parent Ethnicity
6 th Quarter Report: Next month (May) is when a major recruitment effort for both foster and adoptive homes will occur and will
coincide with national, state and regional campaigns. A goal of 500 new families by the end of 2004 has been set. Already, some
8,000 telephone calls have been made to follow-up with earlier inquirers. With the restructuring of DFCS and the organizational
placement of the Office of Adoptions within DFCS (April 2004), recruitment efforts for resource families can be better focused. An
automated report highlighting recruitment activities (successes and barriers) as well as data reflecting each step of the process from
orientation to home approval will enhance efforts to recruit and maintain homes. Currently, private agency foster homes (which have
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan D Page 16