Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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5 th Quarter Report: Same as above. The 4 th Annual Child Placement Conference took place in November 2003. Judges, case<br />
managers, SAAG’s and citizen panel volunteers all attended. Appropriate permanency options were taught.<br />
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:<br />
D6 ACTION STEPS: Conduct annual training <strong>for</strong> judges, case managers, SAAGs, GALs, parent attorneys, CASAs, and Citizen Panel<br />
volunteers on the Permanency Hearing requirements.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Mar. 2002 November <strong>of</strong> every Michelle Barclay, Geraldine Jackson White Permanency hearings will take place in juvenile court <strong>for</strong><br />
year: Two cross<br />
cultural trainings will<br />
be completed by Nov.<br />
2004<br />
every child in state care no later than 12 months after a<br />
child has entered foster care and periodically no later than<br />
12 months thereafter if the child remains in care.<br />
Evaluation: Georgia's Court <strong>Improvement</strong> Project (CIP)<br />
will evaluate a sample <strong>of</strong> court case files annually to see if<br />
permanency hearings are occurring <strong>for</strong> every child.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
1 st and 2 nd Quarterly Report: Partially Achieved. The 3 rd Annual Child Placement Conference Cross-Training Conference took<br />
place November 2002. Judges, case managers, Saags, GALs, parent attorneys, CASAs, and Citizen Panel volunteers attended.<br />
Workshops were taught on the requirement that permanency hearings occur on every case. The 4 th Annual Child Placement<br />
Conference is being planned <strong>for</strong> Atlanta at this time <strong>for</strong> November 12-14, 2003. During the summer <strong>of</strong> 2002, the Court <strong>Improvement</strong><br />
Project (CIP) reviewed random court case file reviews <strong>of</strong> 9 counties across Georgia. The judges and staff <strong>of</strong> those courts were either<br />
interviewed or surveyed regarding caseload and resource allocation. In addition, 70 court-hearing observations were per<strong>for</strong>med. This<br />
work was collected in a database and shared with the National Council <strong>of</strong> Juvenile and Family Court Judges Permanency <strong>Plan</strong>ning<br />
<strong>Department</strong>. From the initial report and the sample <strong>of</strong> data it does not appear that permanency hearings are occurring in every case.<br />
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<strong>Safe</strong> <strong>Futures</strong> – A <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Program</strong> <strong>Improvement</strong><br />
Georgia <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Human Resources<br />
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work <strong>Plan</strong> D Page 8
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