Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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Work <strong>Plan</strong> Detail F -- Item 10, Permanency Goal <strong>of</strong> Other <strong>Plan</strong>ned Permanent Living Arrangement<br />
F1 ACTION STEPS: Enhance the content <strong>of</strong> MAPP training and annual training at the Foster Parent Institutes to include other roles<br />
<strong>for</strong> foster parents to assist children in developing permanency living arrangements.<br />
Evaluation: Survey sampling will reveal if training is successful.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Mar. 2002 Dec. 2002 Placement Resource Development Unit,<br />
Jayne Bachman, Resource Development<br />
Workers, TA: Ed Fuller<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Foster parents will understand the difference between the<br />
various permanency goals and all <strong>of</strong> their potential roles in<br />
child's life (such as long-term foster care by agreement).<br />
This action step is achieved. Multiple focus groups and training workshops have supported the need <strong>for</strong> ongoing training to foster<br />
parents to discuss permanency plans. Emphasis on 'other planned living arrangement' has yielded an awareness and willingness to<br />
explore this alternative <strong>for</strong> children. This will be an ongoing training workshop at future Foster Parent Development Institutes.<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The State reports that 'multiple focus groups and training workshops have supported the need <strong>for</strong><br />
ongoing training to foster parents to discuss permanency plans.' However, the actual goal <strong>of</strong> F1 is to 'enhance the content <strong>of</strong> MAPP<br />
training and annual training at the Foster Parent Institute….' We need to know if State has actually enhanced the training, and if so, in<br />
what ways.<br />
5 th Quarter Report: When the State discusses enhancing MAPP Training it means that at the Foster Parent Institutes, and other State<br />
sponsored training/conferences emphasis is placed on the 12 basic steps <strong>of</strong> MAPP knowing the developmental needs <strong>of</strong> children,<br />
working in partnerships, etc. More importantly, in response to the changing complexities <strong>of</strong> fostering, the Foster Parent Institutes, the<br />
Child Placement Conference, also emphasize supports available from the agency, clear understanding <strong>of</strong> the State's discipline policy,<br />
HIPAA, ASFA, MEPA, IEPA, supervision and safety issues, explanation <strong>of</strong> cultural, ethnic and religious issues faced by the child as<br />
well as the resource family to name a few.<br />
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:<br />
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<strong>Safe</strong> <strong>Futures</strong> – A <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Program</strong> <strong>Improvement</strong><br />
Georgia <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Human Resources<br />
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work <strong>Plan</strong> F Page 1