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child, because the worker was not aware that they should use the original plan to edit for a case review. 4. Cases where all children
have exited care and there are no aftercare services being provided. 5. Cases where the worker created a plan group for the father and
a plan group for the mother. The case plan is the child's plan, and there should be one plan. 6. Cases where the last updater is "100".
This indicates a plan that was migrated from Version 1. When the worker reviewed the migrated case, a new version of the plan group
was created. Situations as in 2 and 6 are considered "Junk" plans.
A clean-up effort by the developer earlier this fall cleared approximately 75% of "junk" plans out of the database. The remaining
"junk" plans, other duplicates and unmatched plans must be reviewed by the counties that created the plans. State DFCS wants to be
very sure no legitimate plans are closed during this cleanup effort. A skilled IDS and CPRS user must thoroughly search and compare
both databases before making the decision to close a plan. Therefore, the search and comparison must be conducted by county and
state employees.
A memo was sent to the Managers of Field Operations on October 28, 2004 (see Documentation Appendix, Item 7) with a list of case
plans that must be reviewed by each of their county offices. The counties were instructed to correct the child name and case number,
close duplicate plans, and close plans where the cases are no longer active. Counties were instructed to note the date and action taken
on the list and return it to the State Project Administrator. The deadline for this cleanup is November 16, 2004. The memo is made a
part of 8 th quarter reporting.
The latest IDS "Placement Count" report of September 2004 indicates a total of 15,854 children in various placements types. The
CPRS reports 14,816 permanency types. This is a significant improvement from the previous reporting quarter. Approximately 640
of these children are in placement types that do not require a case plan in CPRS i.e. ICPC children coming from other states, children
on runaway status for longer than 6 months, and children committed and custody transferred to Youth Detention Centers.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
E13 ACTION STEPS:
Include post termination requirements in CPRS review:
Reviews should be completed by agency staff and provided to judges at time of post termination reviews.
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
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November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan E Page 10