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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:<br />
E16 ACTION STEPS:<br />
START COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
DATE<br />
Mar. 2002 Mar. 2003<br />
5th Quarter: The<br />
State requests <strong>an</strong><br />
extension to July<br />
2004. Reason: to<br />
explore training <strong>an</strong>d<br />
data quality issues.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Examine foster care <strong>an</strong>d adoption policy requirements for impact on length <strong>of</strong> time to achieve adoption:<br />
Make addition to six month CPRS instrument to require agency to report steps taken to achieve perm<strong>an</strong>ency<br />
goal.<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
Michelle Barclay, Kelli Stone<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Measure the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> the new information in the<br />
CPRS for judicial <strong>an</strong>d agency decision making for<br />
perm<strong>an</strong>ency by qualitative interviews.<br />
Goal Achieved. The CPRS has been amended to include functionality allowing the agency to document steps toward achieving the<br />
perm<strong>an</strong>ency goal. This information is located in the Aftercare section <strong>of</strong> CPRS.<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: Noted as achieved based on amendment <strong>of</strong> CPRS. However, the State will need to report on the<br />
effectiveness <strong>of</strong> this information in decision-making for perm<strong>an</strong>ency.<br />
5 th Quarter Report: The report from the CPRS shows that <strong>of</strong> the over 16,000 case pl<strong>an</strong>s in the CPRS, 2555 record Adoption as the<br />
Perm<strong>an</strong>ency goal. However only 76 case pl<strong>an</strong>s include the Adoption checklist that records the steps taken toward adoption within the<br />
CPRS. The State will explore training <strong>an</strong>d data quality issues that will be addressed by next quarter.<br />
5 th Quarter Documentation: Same as E12<br />
6 th Quarter Report: Refer to E-13<br />
Safe Futures – A Pl<strong>an</strong> for Program Improvement<br />
Georgia <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hum<strong>an</strong> Resources<br />
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Pl<strong>an</strong> E Page 13