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Federal Response:
September 2004 is
closer to the end of
the PIP!
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st Quarter Report: The Work Group for "Child Stability in Foster Care' will meet monthly to monitor progress on this strategy.
3 rd Quarter Report: The work group continues to examine policy and training effectiveness. Many policy changes have been
effected and First Placement Best Placement training is on-going as needed.
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: What methods are you using to examine policy and training effectiveness?
4 th Quarter Report: It is expected that Georgia will renegotiate this item.
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The State has not addressed RO's question regarding how the effectiveness of policy and training is
being examined. No update is given on these steps.
5 th Quarter: Policy and training effectiveness is examined via Supervisory reviews, which may identify trends, IDS Data reports, and
most recently QCRs.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
C13 ACTION STEPS:
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
Recommend additional training and policy changes.
5 th Quarter Report: Per Annual Evaluation/Renegotiation the State requested to collapse this step into Action
Step C5.
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan C Page 14