Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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Work <strong>Plan</strong> Detail H -- Item 13, Visiting with Parents and Siblings in Foster Care<br />
H1 ACTION STEPS: Goal #1<br />
Continue annual request <strong>for</strong> additional staff with a goal <strong>of</strong> making incremental steps towards meeting CWLA<br />
standards.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Sept. 2001 June 2004 Commissioner Jim Martin, Governor,<br />
Georgia Legislature<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Support and advocate <strong>for</strong>: 2000 supplement -- 171<br />
positions; 2002 -- 100 positions; 2003 -- 100 positions<br />
1 st Quarter Report: It is expected that legislative approval will be sought <strong>for</strong> 100 new Child Welfare positions.<br />
2 nd Quarter Report: Same as first 1 st Quarter.<br />
3 rd Quarter Report: ACHIEVED. DFCS received 100 positions in both years and received 125 positions in SFY '04. The request to<br />
the state legislature <strong>for</strong> additional staff will continue.<br />
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: When is the next annual request due?<br />
4 th Quarter Georgia Reply: See 4 th Quarter barrier statement.<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: See bullet #2 above under Work <strong>Plan</strong> G, related to caseworker positions (StepG1). Same<br />
question raised.<br />
5th Quarter Report: The additional 125 positions were received in SFY '04 (July 2003). Effective February 2004, 65 State <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
staff were deployed to specifically identified county <strong>of</strong>fices needing immediate attention with case management and supervisory<br />
functions. These were temporary 90-day reassignments. <strong>Plan</strong>s are in place to permanently reduce the State Office work<strong>for</strong>ce and<br />
return these positions to county and regional <strong>of</strong>fices.<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> H Page 1
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