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PIP Results 2/18/2004 -- Permanency Goal for Child
6 th Quarter Report: The CIP staff interviewed Judge Robin Nash of Dekalb County Juvenile Court, the pilot site for the CPRS.
Judge Nash reported that the adoption checklist looked promising when used during the pilot phase last year. However, Judge Nash
observes that the checklists are no longer being completed and the ones previously completed are not being updated. Upon further
review of the checklist, he agrees that it would be a useful tool in measuring if the plan is on track and the checklist is correctly used.
We have data from last quarter’s report which documents only 76 checklists have been completed although there are 2555 children
who have the permanency goal of adoption checked within the CPRS.
Refer to E-13 for the proposed solution.
BARRIERS TO ACHIEVEMENT:
E13 ACTION STEPS:
Include post termination requirements in CPRS review:
Reviews should be completed by agency staff and provided to judges at time of post termination reviews.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
July 2002 June 2004 Michelle Barclay, Kelli Stone, Office of
Adoptions
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
Measure the effectiveness of the new information provided
by CPRS for judicial decision making by qualitative
interviews with judges.
1 st Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. Qualitative interviewing of usage and functionality of the judges began in February 2003.
2 nd Quarter Report: Usage of the system has increased monthly. Feedback has come forth and has produced one report of requests
for changes to better serve their business process. A second focus group feedback session for the CPRS is scheduled for Friday, April
18, 2003 and a 2 nd report will be produced from that session.
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
April, 2004 Quarter 6 - Work Plan E Page 8