Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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CPRS. The State will explore training and data quality issues by next quarter. Qualitative interviews with judges have not been done<br />
since it has taken longer than anticipated to get enough adoption <strong>of</strong> the usage <strong>of</strong> CPRS in order to get quality in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Interviewing will be done by next quarter.<br />
5 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: Same as E12<br />
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:<br />
E14 ACTION STEPS: Examine foster care and adoption policy requirements <strong>for</strong> impact on length <strong>of</strong> time to achieve adoption:<br />
Evaluate policy requirements regarding reducing length <strong>of</strong> supervision <strong>for</strong> uncomplicated state adoption<br />
placements.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
Sept. 2002 June 2004 Office <strong>of</strong> Adoptions Complete and distribute manual transmittals reflecting<br />
needed policy changes.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
1 st Quarter Report: An adoption policy review team has been established. Consideration <strong>of</strong> this item is slated <strong>for</strong> discussion in the<br />
1/09/03 meeting.<br />
2 nd Quarter Report: Goal Achieved. The policy changes were completed and the revised policy manual was distributed to the field<br />
on March 27, 2003.<br />
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: What can the State give us to show completion? Did you evaluate policy requirements regarding<br />
reducing length <strong>of</strong> supervision <strong>for</strong> uncomplicated State adoption placements?<br />
Georgia's Reply 3 rd Quarter: Yes, we did evaluate the policy regarding supervision and considered strategies to reduce length <strong>of</strong><br />
supervision period <strong>for</strong> uncomplicated placements, especially <strong>of</strong> younger children. See Documentation.<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 19
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