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for 2002 and 2003?
4th Quarter Report: See Documentation
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st Quarter Report: Partially achieved. Materials have been completed and mailed to county DFCS offices for support of the
recruitment campaign beginning February 2003.
2 nd Quarter Report: A change in completion date was approved. No report is due for this quarter.
3 rd Quarter Report: In collaboration with DFCS county offices, One Church One Child of Georgia and private child-placing
agencies, the state has launched recruitment initiatives that target minority families. These include roundtable meetings with local
clergy and presentations to ministerial alliances, public service announcements for minority recruitment, adoption fairs at various
churches, gospel fests, recruitment activities with neighborhood advocacy groups, support of foster parent support groups and
shopping mall exhibits, among other activities.
Closure of foster homes, which offsets the number of new homes developed, continues to be an issue. We are addressing this concern
by stepping up retention efforts (implementation of foster parent poster campaign, development of a respite program, revising policy
that supports parenting while concurrently protecting children, developing a support desk reference for staff, etc.).
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3 RD Quarter:
Service Delivery/Payment Schedule Oct. 1 -- Nov., 9, 2002; Round Table Discussion Foster Care and Adoption Crisis; and FFY 2003
Service Delivery/payment Schedule.
4 th Quarter Report: DFCS continues in its efforts to recruit minority families and engage in on-going general recruitment for families
of all races/ethnicities. The state continues it's contract with One Church One Child to assist with this effort and is launching a
Comprehensive Resource development Plan to address specific county placement needs relative to the maintenance of a pool of
families that reflect the placement needs of children within specific counties/areas.
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 4 TH Quarter:
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan D Page 15