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

J7 ACTION STEPS: Continue annual request for additional staff with a goal of making incremental steps towards meeting CWLA
staffing standards.
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COMPLETION
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RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Sept. 2001 June 2004 Commissioner Jim Martin, Governor,
Georgia Legislature
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Support and advocate for: 2000 supplement -- 171
positions; 2002 -- 100 positions; 2003 -- 100 positions
1 st and 2 nd Quarter Report: 388 caseworker positions were requested in this year's DHR budget request to the Governor. If the
Governor approves this request, then the request will go to the legislature.
3 rd Quarter Report: Achieved. DFCS received 100 positions in both years and 125 positions in SFY '04.
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: When is the next annual request due?
4 th Quarter Georgia Reply: See 4 th quarter barrier statement.
4 th Quarter Federal Response: See bullet #2 under Work Plan G, related to caseworker positions (Step G1). Same questions raised.
5 th Quarter Report: The additional 125 positions were received in SFY '04 (July 2003). Effective February 2004, 65 State office staff
were deployed to specifically identified county offices needing immediate attention with case management and supervisory functions.
These were temporary 90-day reassignments. Plans are in place to restructure State level DFCS to permanently reduce the State
Office workforce and return these positions to county and regional offices.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
1 st and 2 nd Quarter Report: There is a severe budget shortfall this year. Budget information from the Governor's office is still not
available at this date.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: How will budget issues impact this?
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 – Work Plan J Page 9