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Homestead.
Develop a more thorough assessment of family strengths and needs, particularly regarding the presence of
substance abuse and domestic violence. (Achieved)
Complete an annual Qualitative Case Review (QCR), similar to the CFSR, on a representative sampling of case
records.
Complete a comparison to the results of Georgia's 2001 CFSR and the level of compliance after additional
policy clarification, training and program implementation is operational.
COMPLETION
RESPONSIBLE
MEASURABLE
DATE
PERSON(S)
BENCHMARKS
START
DATE
Sept. 2002 Jan. 2004
5th Quarter Report: Per
PIP Annual
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Evaluation/Renegotiations
requested to extend date
to July 2004 to allow for
accumulative QCR data.
Protective Services state and county staff,
Grady Hospital, United Way 211 staff,
DHR MHDDAD Staff.
Partnership with Dekalb and Fulton DFCS and Grady
Hospital for early intervention of children at high risk.
Partnership with United Way 211 to provide dedicated,
formalized information and referral outbound calling
services to CPS screened out reports.
Number of CPS cases in CPPC hub communities with indepth
family assessment and family team meeting.
Number of families served through early intervention,
PUP, Parent Aide and Homestead programs.
1 st Quarter Report: The success of the current partnership with Grady Hospital is incentive to extend this model to other state
hospitals. Approximately fifty families were referred to this program in 2002. There have been no reports of serious injury or child
death of any of the fragile infants whose families receive services through the high-risk program. Parent aide and early intervention
funding remains at the same level. For the quarter ended October 2002, there were a total of 151 referrals for screened out reports
made to UW 211. A total of 62 families were available for resource referral, with a total of 355 referrals provided. Researching a way
to measure outcomes for families that receive referrals through UW 211 was begun during the quarter.
2 nd Quarter Report: Exploration has begun with the DHR Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive
Diseases (MHDDAD), to explore using addiction specialists to participate in family team meetings. There are various Medicaidreimbursable
services that might be needed as a result of a family team meeting where it is determined that identified family members
need assistance with substance abuse or mental health problems.
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan B Page 11