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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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement Georgia Department of Human Resources March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan C Page 14
Oct. 2003 Dec. 2003 3rd Linda Doster, Joe Wassell, Betty Wrights, Quarter: Requesting Millicent Houston, Dianne Yearby, Alice ACF approval to Marie Hutchison, Leslie Cofield extend completion date to September 2004 to accommodate the Quality Review process. 3rd Quarter Federal Response: September 2004 is closer to the end of the PIP 3rd Quarter: Within 60 days of completing on-site case reviews. 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: 3 rd Quarter Federal Response: Are you meeting monthly? 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 Report: Same as Action Step C12. BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement Georgia Department of Human Resources March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan C Page 15
Page 1 and 2: Table of Contents Work Plan Detail
Page 3 and 4: Work Plan Detail A -- Item 2, Repea
Page 5 and 6: 3 rd Quarter Report: This benchmark
Page 7 and 8: This benchmark was achieved. A repo
Page 9 and 10: 3 rd Quarter Report: This benchmark
Page 11 and 12: eing developed to outsource the tas
Page 13 and 14: Why is this partially completed. Ac
Page 15 and 16: Division more time to evaluate and
Page 17 and 18: Work Plan Detail B -- Item 3, Servi
Page 19 and 20: epresentatives. Draft policy develo
Page 21 and 22: support for additional staff who wi
Page 23 and 24: Data from these counties of the num
Page 25 and 26: B3 ACTION STEPS: Develop and provid
Page 27 and 28: Homestead. Develop a more thorough
Page 29 and 30: Work Plan Detail C -- Item 6, Stabi
Page 31 and 32: data provided by the Evaluating and
Page 33 and 34: ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1st Quarter Report
Page 35 and 36: BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: C7 ACTION
Page 37 and 38: START DATE Oct. 2002 3rd Quarter: R
Page 39 and 40: 1 st Quarter Report: The Work Group
Page 41: ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 st Quarter Repor
Page 45 and 46: November 2003 to collect needed dat
Page 47 and 48: 4 th Quarter Report: No report at t
Page 49 and 50: ACCOMPLISHMENTS: extension to Septe
Page 51 and 52: Work Plan Detail D - Item 7, Perman
Page 53 and 54: hardware difficulties. The Qualitat
Page 55 and 56: ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Achieved. Policy h
Page 57 and 58: Quarterly reports will be produced
Page 59 and 60: Further interviews reveal that whil
Page 61 and 62: and the State can determine why the
Page 63 and 64: 1 st Quarter Report: The DFCS Infor
Page 65 and 66: for 2002 and 2003? 4th Quarter Repo
Page 67 and 68: Work Plan Detail E -- Item 9, Adopt
Page 69 and 70: July 2003 June 2004 Field Directors
Page 71 and 72: DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3rd Quarter:
Page 73 and 74: BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: Current da
Page 75 and 76: 4 th Quarter Federal Response: This
Page 77 and 78: Goal achieved and ongoing. The lega
Page 79 and 80: DATE DATE PERSON(S) BENCHMARKS June
Page 81 and 82: Develop prototype of CPRS that incl
Page 83 and 84: adoption checklist has been added f
Page 85 and 86: CPRS. The State will explore traini
Page 87 and 88: prepare a petition for termination
Page 89 and 90: E17 ACTION STEPS: Develop a court o
Page 91 and 92: This system allows for a double che
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: E21 ACTION
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: E23 ACTION
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E24 ACTION STEPS: Convene group of
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5 th Quarter Report: Interview Repo
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Refer to Office of Adoptions Policy
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F2 ACTION STEPS: Revise new worker
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: F3 ACTION
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Work Plan Detail G -- Item 12, Plac
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welfare policy, procedures and prac
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R) office. This instrument is alrea
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date -- Detail which show that staf
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including homes accepting sibling g
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4 th Quarter Federal Response: The
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Work Plan Detail H -- Item 13, Visi
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2 nd Quarter Report: No Report due
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their location. START DATE COMPLETI
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H6 ACTION STEPS: Goal #3 Step 1: On
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H7 ACTION STEPS: Goal #4 Step 1: Th
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of community-based Family Visitatio
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The Four Foster Care Consultants wi
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I4 ACTION STEPS: Georgia will compl
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Quarter: Requesting a start date ch
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 st Quarter Respo
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3 rd Quarter Report: At this time,
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5th Quarter Report: Achieved. The C
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I11 ACTION STEPS: Georgia will comp
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DATE DATE PERSON(S) BENCHMARKS June
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I14 ACTION STEPS: Examine policy an
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I16 ACTION STEPS: Test whether need
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: __________
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implementation and the evaluation.
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5 th Quarter Report: Survey samplin
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1 st Quarter Report: Response as of
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J6 ACTION STEPS: Family Group Confe
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3 rd Quarter Report/Georgia's Reply
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2 nd Quarter Federal Response: INDI
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3 rd Quarter Report: Partially Achi
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1 st Quarter Report: Partially achi
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DATE DATE PERSON(S) BENCHMARKS Apri
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2 nd Quarter Federal Response: INDI
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2nd Quarter: Requesting a date chan
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are modeled after the Federal Quali
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1 st Quarter Repor
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Work Plan Detail M -- Item 21, Educ
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START DATE April 2002 children ente
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child this can be used to measure t
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to begin training, consulting, and
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5 th Quarter Report: The enhancemen
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2 nd Quarter Report: The four foste
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Division's implementation of the Wr
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to initiate the reviews. 5th Quarte
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5 th Quarter Report: Per Annual Eva
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3 rd Quarter Federal Response: The
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START DATE Nov. 2003 COMPLETION DAT
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5th Quarter: Per Houston, Linda Lad
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Work Plan Detail O -- Item 23, Ment
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DATE DATE PERSON(S) BENCHMARKS Mar.
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2 nd Quarter Federal Response: HOW
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The legal and HIPAA implications of
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Goal: The statewide multi-agency pr
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5th Quarter: Division Director, Soc
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United Way lists. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
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Senior Vice President Community Ser
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The cost of maintenance and continu
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START DATE Mar. 2002 believes these
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2 nd Quarter Report: Achieved: Func
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Work Plan Detail P -- Item 24, Stat
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esolution and the correct policy in
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: Goal: Incr
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4 th Quarter Federal Response: This
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duplication. 4 th Quarter Federal R
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Work with vendor to develop project
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P11 ACTION STEPS: Work with vendor
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DATE DATE PERSON(S) BENCHMARKS Apri
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Actual approval received 12/02 (4 m
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Eliminated from SA
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Data /resources available/needed to
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SON for SACWIS Planning and IV&V in
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contract 10/02; Actual ACF planning
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4 th Quarter Report: ACF approval o
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: 4 th Quart
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P21 ACTION STEPS: Planning vendor k
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P25 ACTION STEPS: Receive proposals
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Work Plan Detail Q -- Items 35-37,
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: Q2 ACTION
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with particular emphasis on the cur
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5 th Quarter Report: Measurable Ben
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Substance Abuse and Family Function
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Work Plan Detail R - Item 42, The s
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ecommendations for change. A copy o
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BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT: __________
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2 nd Quarter Report: 1. The Divisio
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1 st and 2 nd Quarter Reports: 1) A
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Dec. 2002 July 2003 GAHSC and non-m
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3 rd Quarter Report: Partially Comp
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5 th Quarter Report: Achieved: It h
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Placement Resource Development Unit
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Policy and FP/BP provider informati
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