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not been included in the overall count) are being polled for their recruitment data. By the next reporting period, the targeted increases
will be provided.
6 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: See Quarterly Recruitment and Statistical Report (new)
6 th Quarter Federal Response: Progress should be documented in the next quarterly report.
D11: What is the baseline? The State needs to provide information in the next report regarding the rate of increase of minority foster
homes.
7 TH Quarter Report: When comparing the State’s AFCARS Data Frequency Reports of April 1, 2003 –September 30, 2003 against
the October 1, 2003 – March 31, 2004 there is an 8.1% increase in the number of First Foster Caretaker identified as Black and an
39.5% increase in the Hispanic Origin Caretaker (see attached reports). There is an AFCARS reporting field of “Unable to Determine
Caretaker Ethnicity” that also showed an increase of 41.1%. Some of the caretakers in this number may be of minority ethnicity.
7 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: First Foster Caretaker Ethnicity Increase Table; AFCARS Data Frequency Report for Foster
Children April 1, 2003 THROUGH September 30, 2003; and AFCARS Data Frequency Report for Foster Children October 1, 2003
THROUGH March 31, 2004
AFCARS Data Frequency Report for Foster Children October 1, 2002 THROUGH March 31, 2003
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved. Per ACF 7 th quarter request to include adoption resources: The state's renegotiated benchmark was to
realize a 10% increase in the recruitment of foster and adoptive resources. As demonstrated in the "AFCARS Data Frequency
Reports"(submitted as documentation in the 7 th report) and the "Survey of Private Family Based Foster Care Providers" (attached as
documentation in this 8 th report), the state exceeded this percentage. Given the population of Georgia and the characteristics of
children in care, the most significant increases were seen in the number of families of African American and Hispanic ethnicity. The
attached Private Provider report indicates increases in new minority foster and adoptive resources from SFY 2001 through June 2004.
For example, in the 2 nd year (10/2001 - 09/2002), there were 60 new minority foster homes and 73 minority adoptive homes. In the 3 rd
year (10/2002 - 09/2003) there were 88 new minority foster homes and 94 adoptive resources. This represents an increase of 47% for
minority foster family resources and a 29% increase in minority adoptive resources. In the 4 th year (10/2003 - 06/2004) there was also
an increase in minority foster home resources but there was a decrease in minority adoptive home resources. In December 2003 the
Division developed and implemented a Foster Care and Adoption Services Recruitment database. The database is designed to capture
recruitment data on foster and adoption resources; however, it is still too soon to make year-end comparisons.
Given the 7 th and 8 th quarter reports, the state has surpassed the 10% increase in minority foster homes and adoptive resources. There
was an 8.1 increase in Black foster families and a 39% increase in foster families of Hispanic origin. As for the increase in minority
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