Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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Work <strong>Plan</strong> Detail O -- Item 23, Mental Health <strong>of</strong> the Child<br />
Goal: Identify or develop a uni<strong>for</strong>m process to ensure that children have access to a statewide mental health assessment that is timely and<br />
comprehensive.<br />
4TH QUARTER REPORT: IT IS EXPECTED THAT GEORGIA WILL RE-NEGOTIATE THE ENTIRETY OF ITEM 23<br />
5 th Quarter Report: The work plans below represent Georgia's requests <strong>for</strong> re-negotiations.<br />
O1 ACTION STEPS: Assess First Placement/Best Placement process to determine if it can be made uni<strong>for</strong>m and timely to serve as a<br />
vehicle <strong>for</strong> this purpose.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Mar. 2002 Oct. 2002<br />
5th Quarter: Actual<br />
completion date was<br />
February 2003<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Betty Wrights, Dawne Morgan, Juanita<br />
Blount-Clark, Kelli Stone<br />
1st Quarter Federal Response: (IDENTIFY<br />
MEASURABLE BENCHMARKS)<br />
3rd Quarter Georgia Reply: Children will receive timely<br />
and comprehensive mental health assessments.<br />
1 st Quarter Report: Achieved. First Placement/ Best Placement is a strategy developed by the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Human Resources,<br />
Division <strong>of</strong> Family and Children Services Foster Care Unit. The goal <strong>of</strong> FP/BP is to improve the foster care system by providing<br />
comprehensive assessments <strong>for</strong> children and families as the basis <strong>for</strong> case planning decisions and recommendations to juvenile courts<br />
on safety and permanency. FP/BP focuses on safety, permanency and child and family well being issues. The program entered its third<br />
year <strong>of</strong> statewide implementation in July 2001. Resources have been allocated to support the comprehensive assessment <strong>of</strong> every child<br />
and family entering Georgia's foster care system and the delivery <strong>of</strong> wrap around services responsive to the identified needs <strong>of</strong><br />
children and families (birth, foster and adoptive). The comprehensive assessment consists <strong>of</strong>: INFANTS AND TODDLERS<br />
DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT: An infant and toddler's developmental screening and assessment are a<br />
written report <strong>of</strong> the basic overview <strong>of</strong> the child's developmental milestones, characteristics and needs. AGES 4 TO 18<br />
ASSESSMENTS: Children (ages 4-18) require a psychological evaluation when they first enter care through the First Placement, Best<br />
Placement program. Children (ages 14 - 18) must have a Youth / Adolescent assessment. A child and Adolescent Functional<br />
Assessment (CAFAS) is completed to monitor the progress <strong>of</strong> each child entering care. A follow up CAFAS is completed six months<br />
after the child/youth enters care. FAMILY ASSESSMENT: The goal <strong>of</strong> a Family Assessment is to provide in<strong>for</strong>mation about the<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> O Page 1
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