Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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Work <strong>Plan</strong> Detail N -- Item 22, Physical Health <strong>of</strong> the Child<br />
N1 ACTION STEPS: Georgia will put in to policy a descriptive usage <strong>of</strong> how the county mini -- grants and the <strong>Safe</strong> and Stable<br />
Families <strong>Program</strong>s can be used to meet the health needs and provide services to children in CPS and Foster<br />
Care cases. This will encourage the use <strong>of</strong> these programs to add more resources to services families in each<br />
county.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Jan. 2002 July 2002 Rebecca Jarvis , Linda Doster, Leslie<br />
C<strong>of</strong>ield, Dianne Yearby, Patricia Nealy,<br />
Alice-Marie Hutchison<br />
Provide new policy and obtain approval.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Achieved: Policy was revised and approved in July 2002 to reflect a descriptive usage <strong>of</strong> the county mini-grant and the <strong>Safe</strong> and<br />
stable Families <strong>Program</strong> that can be used to meet the Health needs <strong>of</strong> children and provide services to children in CPS. In Foster Care<br />
cases, training has been provided to staff to clarify funding sources to respond to the physical health needs <strong>of</strong> children in foster care as<br />
a result <strong>of</strong> the FP/BP assessment. Also, DFCS and Public Health are working together to establish a system <strong>for</strong> ongoing monitoring,<br />
sharing in<strong>for</strong>mation and analyzing any further needs or services <strong>for</strong> children in foster care. What needs to be completed: Four Foster<br />
Care Consultants have been assigned to the 12 field areas to monitor foster care related PIP indicators. These staff will review cases<br />
along with supervisors in their assigned counties. These assignments will be effective 2/15/03.<br />
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:<br />
N2 ACTION STEPS:<br />
Georgia will continue to require all providers to complete a Multi Discipline Team Meeting <strong>for</strong> each<br />
Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment to determine the appropriate health needs and services <strong>of</strong> all<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> N Page 1
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