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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
H8 ACTION STEPS: Goal #4
Step 3: Communities and stakeholders will be contacted and engaged to facilitate development of visitation
centers, including local judges, churches, and community groups involved with children.
Step 4: Sites will be selected, staffing resources will be assessed and identified, and items to create a familyfriendly
environment will be secured.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
August 2002 June 2004 Ann Dennard Smith, TA: Michelle Barclay Five visitation centers will be developed across the state,
especially in the metro areas. Evaluation: Visitation centers
will be measured by a documented increase in the number
of visits that occur between parents and siblings.
Evaluation:
There has been a documented increase in the number of
visits that occur between parents and siblings. Visitation
conducted in these community-based settings occurs once a
week during non-traditional hours and is facilitated by
transportation services to remove barriers to consistent and
meaningful interaction.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st and 2 nd Quarter Reports: Presently the state offers competitive funding opportunities for the development of Family Visitation
Services Centers and the provision of reunification services through the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF).
The 2003 Request for Proposals was issued in April of 2002 to over 1000 state government agencies, public and private non-profit
entities statewide. A separate notice of Title IV-B, Subpart 2 (PSSF) fund availability was issued in July 2002 in partnership with the
Court Improvement Project to provide program and funding information to Judicial Circuits interested in supporting the development
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 – Work Plan H Page 10