Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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E13 ACTION STEPS: Include post termination requirements in CPRS review:<br />
Reviews should be completed by agency staff and provided to judges at time <strong>of</strong> post termination reviews.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
July 2002 June 2004 Michelle Barclay, Kelli Stone, Office <strong>of</strong><br />
Adoptions<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
Measure the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> the new in<strong>for</strong>mation provided<br />
by CPRS <strong>for</strong> judicial decision making by qualitative<br />
interviews with judges.<br />
1 st Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. Qualitative interviewing <strong>of</strong> usage and functionality <strong>of</strong> the judges began in February 2003.<br />
2 nd Quarter Report: Usage <strong>of</strong> the system has increased monthly. Feedback has come <strong>for</strong>th and has produced one report <strong>of</strong> requests<br />
<strong>for</strong> changes to better serve their business process. A second focus group feedback session <strong>for</strong> the CPRS is scheduled <strong>for</strong> Friday, April<br />
18, 2003 and a 2 nd report will be produced from that session.<br />
3rd Quarter Update: Surveys from the judges indicate they are not yet using the aftercare in<strong>for</strong>mation as a part <strong>of</strong> their case<br />
management business process. CPRS is in the early adoption phase by the courts and there<strong>for</strong>e the primary use and training <strong>of</strong> the<br />
system is on active case plans <strong>for</strong> non-terminated cases. More focused training and use <strong>of</strong> the aftercare plan feature is needed in order<br />
to assess its effectiveness. That initiative will be <strong>for</strong>thcoming in 2004. It is anticipated that more work will need to be done in CPRS to<br />
accommodate the business process <strong>of</strong> the courts regarding aftercare plans. For example, the ability t print aftercare plans in a <strong>for</strong>mal<br />
report will likely be required.<br />
4 th Quarter Report: Training on use <strong>of</strong> the post termination requirements is ongoing. A Juvenile Court Judge has joined the staff's<br />
training ef<strong>for</strong>ts thus helping tremendously. Better printing functionality needs to be put in place to help the users. <strong>Plan</strong>s are to address<br />
this need once the CPRS is completed 12-31-03.<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: For this step, E12 and E13, progress narratives <strong>for</strong> all 3 quarters are exactly the same despite the fact<br />
that progress is noted as 'partially achieved' and 'achieved.'<br />
5 th Quarter Report: The report from the CPRS shows that <strong>of</strong> the over 16,000 case plans in the CPRS, 2555 record Adoption as the<br />
Permanency goal. However only 76 case plans include the Adoption checklist that records the steps taken toward adoption within the<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> E Page 18