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R) office. This instrument is already developed and available to the staff. Also, it incorporates PIP requirements for Georgia. It
encompasses the same information contained in the previous Supervisory Review Guide, and includes a reference to efforts to place
siblings together (under Item 28). The E & R Review Guide is already available to staff and requires no additional training. 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.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
G4 ACTION STEPS: Goal #2
Step 3: Case plan is adapted to include efforts to place siblings together.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Feb. 2003 Mar 2003 Nancy Bruce Documented efforts to place siblings together in the case
plan.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st Quarter Report: The requirements for exhaustive efforts to place sibling groups together are being emphasized in CPRS training
sessions currently being held for staff statewide. The case plan has been amended to include efforts to place siblings together. The
CPRS training will be complete at the end of January 2003. All staff is required to document efforts to place sibling together.
2 ND Quarter Report: Achieved. The Case Plan has been amended to include efforts to place siblings together.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: What can the State give us to show this has been achieved?
3 rd Quarter Report/Georgia's Reply: Achieved. Please see attached CPRS Screen printout, Permanency 2, Item 12, which confirms
that efforts to place siblings together are properly documented in case files.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
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Safe Future – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan G Page 5