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3 rd Quarter Report: Functionality to capture data about First Placement Best Placement is being added to CPRS by 12/03. Reporting
will assist in data collection about recommendations made during the comprehensive assessment and the state's ability to provide the
recommended resources. This information will be available by county, region, and state.
5 th Quarter Report: Achieved. The Supervisory Review Instrument is complete and is on-line. The instrument was fashioned after
the federal review instrument. The State believes the Supervisory Review Instrument will guide supervisors to a more thorough review
to assure that assessment findings are being followed to the extent possible. In addition, the first round of QCRs were favorable, in
that of the 21 cases reviewed, 80.95% were rated as strengths.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
Presently, CPRS does not have the capability to serve as a supervision tool. The capability to quantify the percent of case plans which
reflect findings from the assessment will be explored further with the CPRS developer.
Goal: Case managers have the capacity to work closely with children and families in order to ensure sustained access to needed treatment resources.
O6 ACTION STEPS: 1. Revise Case managers' job requirements to ensure focus on mental health needs of the child and family as
defined in the comprehensive assessment (streamline and eliminate duplicative requirements). Job requirements
will be more specific to meeting the needs of the family.
2. Conduct study of caseworker caseloads using only the positions actively working a caseload in order that a
true and accurate caseload accounting can be made.
5 th Quarter: The State request to change the action step to 'Revise case managers' Performance Management
Plan (PMF) to ensure focus on mental health needs of the child and family as defined in the Comprehensive
Child and Family Assessment (First Placement Brest Placement). Performance Management Plans will be more
specific to meeting the needs of the family'.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Jan. 2003 June 2004 Jim Martin, Juanita Blount-Clark, Funding appropriated to hire enough staff to keep
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 – Work Plan O Page 10