Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...

Goal achieved and ongoing.
The legal manuals were distributed and training held on August 21, 2002. Thirty-eight (38) new SAAGs appointed since 2000
attended. The legal manual was provided to all SAAGs.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
Goal: Reduce lengthy time periods to finalize adoptions.
E9 ACTION STEPS: Determine statutory changes needed that will impact length of time to achieve adoption:
Recommend change to Chapter 19-8 of the O.C.G.A. to allow state and agency adoptions to be heard 15 -- 30
days from filing of petition (rather than the current minimum of 60 days).
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
July 2002 July 2004 DFCS Social Services, Vivian Egan,
LaMarva Ivory, Office of Adoptions,
Legislation Team, and, Jim Martin
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st Quarter Report: Same as below.
Introduction of statutory change.
Passage of statutory change
2 nd Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. No report is due for this quarter. Office of Adoptions submitted proposal of
recommended changes to Chapter 19-8 of the O.C.G.A to the DHR Commissioner's Office in August 2002. The recommendation was
approved by the Governor's Office and has been drafted and included as a part of other proposed legislation to change the Adoptions
Code. Proposed changes have been presented to the General Assembly and are awaiting a final vote.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: How will this impact meeting due date of 7/04.
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Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
March, 2004 Quarter 5 - Work Plan E Page 11