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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st and 2nd Quarter Reports: 1) A contract with private child-placing agencies for the recruitment, and development of foster and
adoptive homes ended on June 30, 2002. Approximately 109 foster homes were developed under this contract. 2) Funding allocated
($500,000 in Oct. 2002) for DFCS county agencies to contract with private entities for the preparation and development of foster
homes. Method for measuring achievement: 1. Comparison of number of homes developed during contract periods with the number
approved during two previous years. Total foster homes developed SFY 00 =807; total foster homes developed SFY01 =982; (data not
available for 2002). Actions to be taken next quarter: Compare number of homes developed over past three quarters.
1 st Quarter Federal Response: MOVE UNDERLINED TO NEXT QUARTER.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: THIS WAS DUE OCTOBER 2002. HAS IT BEEN ACHIEVED YET? What can the State give us to
show this has been achieved?
3 rd Quarter Report/Reply: Achieved. An additional $800,000.00 was allocated for Foster Care Recruitment during the 2003
legislative session.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
S3 ACTION STEPS: C. Increase per diem payments to private agencies that provide family foster care for DFCS.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Oct. 2002 Sept. 2003 Juanita Blount-Clark, GAHSC (members Payments to private family foster care providers increased
and non-members), Foster Care Unit, DHR to $33.30 per day. Effect re-negotiation with private
Budget Office, DFCS Social Services agencies to increase daily rates by 9/2003.
Section Director, Treatment Unit
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 – Work Plan S Page 3