Safe Futures A Plan for Program Improvement - Department of ...
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E24 ACTION STEPS: Convene group <strong>of</strong> stakeholders, including judges, caseworkers, supervisors, SAAGS, CASAS, GALs, and panel<br />
volunteers to develop strategies to resolve problems and support achievements identified.<br />
START<br />
DATE<br />
COMPLETION<br />
DATE<br />
RESPONSIBLE<br />
PERSON(S)<br />
MEASURABLE<br />
BENCHMARKS<br />
May 2002 October 2002<br />
Sept. 2002<br />
Michelle Barclay, Vivian Egan<br />
A Report identifying problems will be completed.<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<br />
2 nd Quarter Report: Goal Achieved. A meeting <strong>of</strong> model court stakeholders, including judges, caseworkers, supervisors, SAAGs,<br />
CASAs, GAL and panel volunteers from all over the state took place on December 2, 2002 in Dublin County, Georgia. From that<br />
work, a report entitled: Best Practices on Adoption Issues was completed and will be distributed <strong>for</strong> publication on May 4, 2003 at the<br />
Juvenile Court Judge's Spring Conference. This report identifies current problems and proposes best practices <strong>for</strong> overcoming those<br />
problems and achieving permanency <strong>for</strong> children.<br />
The report will be posted on the CIP website www.georgiacourts.org (select Supreme Court/Child Placement project) after the<br />
conference.<br />
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: What can the State give us to show completion?<br />
3 rd Quarter Report/Georgia's Response: Achieved. Refer to attached report, 'Best Practices in Termination and Adoption Cases'.<br />
4 th Quarter Federal Response: Achieved but what will the State do with the in<strong>for</strong>mation gathered in this report, 'Best Practices on<br />
Adoption Issues?'<br />
5 th Quarter Report: This action step, which the state contends is achieved, calls <strong>for</strong> the completion <strong>of</strong> a report identifying problems<br />
in the court processes affecting achievement <strong>of</strong> adoption. The fourth Quarter Federal Response asks: What will the State do with the<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation gathered in this report? The report goes beyond identifying problems as it recommends best practices to promote timely<br />
adoptions. The report has implications <strong>for</strong> practice within DFCS as well as Juvenile Courts. Members <strong>of</strong> the committee who received<br />
copies <strong>of</strong> the report included DFCS/Office <strong>of</strong> Adoptions policy and legal services staff members, those judges that participate in 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 31
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