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welfare policy, procedures and practice issues. The review form is being revised in accordance with state policy mandates. One of the
mandates requires documentation of efforts to place siblings together.
4 th Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. Efforts to revise the Supervisory Review Form and standards continue. Revisions include
documentation of efforts to place siblings together.
5th Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. The state has made the decision to discontinue using the Supervisory Review Guide and
replaces it with the Child Placement Services E & R Social Services Review Guide, developed by the Evaluation and Reporting (E &
R) Section. This instrument is already developed and available to the staff. Also, it incorporates PIP requirements for Georgia. It
includes a reference to efforts to place siblings together (under Item 28). According to the first round of QCRs efforts to place siblings
together was documented in 10 of the 13 applicable cases. See the attached Qualitative Review Report for October 2003 --
December2003.
5 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
Child Placement Services -- E & R Social Services Review Guide, Item 28.
Social Services Quarterly Report -- Qualitative Case Reviews, October 2003 -- December 2003.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
G3 ACTION STEPS: Goal #2
Step 2: Supervisors are trained to include efforts to place siblings together in their reviews.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Feb 2003 June 2004 Consultation and Support, Nancy Bruce and
Education and Research
All placement supervisors will be trained on the revised
Supervisory Review form and standards to document
efforts to place siblings together.
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Safe Future – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan G Page 3