Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...

Ladd, Leslie Cofield, Patricia Nealy, Dianne
Yearby, Alice Marie Hutchison
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
This benchmark was achieved. In July 2002, Foster Care staff began training DFCS staff and providers on the revised FP/BP
Assessment and Wrap Around policies and standards. Foster parents, judges and court appointed special advocates (CASA'S) also
received FP/BP training. More than 3600 staff, providers and other stakeholders received training in 17 sessions across the state.
Foster Care staff also provided training to DFCS staff on the Case Plan Reporting System (CPRS) to help staff use the information
collected in the comprehensive assessment to make more appropriate permanency decisions. Over 900 DFCS placement staff received
this training.
A pilot is being conducted in Dekalb with the DFCS office and the Juvenile Court to determine if additional training is needed.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
I6 ACTION STEPS: Four Foster Care consultants and other stakeholders will receive training on how to complete the qualitative
review process that is similar to the CFSR. NEW ACTION BASED ON ACF SUGGESTION/APPROVAL OF
1 ST QUARTER REPORT
3 rd Quarter Report: Requesting ACF approval to change this action step to:
Qualitative Case Review's similar to CFSF will be conducted on a representative sample of approximately 180
cases by the end of September 2004.
5 th Quarter Report: Based upon Annual Evaluation / Renegotiation Report action step to read: Qualitative
Case Reviews will be conducted on a representative sample of cases.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
July 2003 3rd December 2003 Alice Marie Hutchison, Leslie Cofield, Provide training to consultants and stakeholders by July
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan I Page 5