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2 nd Quarter Report: Achieved. The requirements for exhaustive efforts to place sibling groups together were emphasized in CPRS
training sessions completed in February 2003 for staff statewide. All staff are required to document efforts to place siblings together.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: What can the State give us to show this has been achieved?
Georgia's Reply 3 rd Quarter: The state respectfully requests to change the 2 nd Quarter Report from 'Achieved' to reflect, 'Partially
Achieved'. This request is being made because, while all supervisors were trained to document efforts to place siblings together on the
CPRS, the actual Supervisory Review form (stipulated under the Measurable Benchmarks) is still in process of revision.
3 rd Quarter Federal Response: OK.
3 rd Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. Efforts to revise the Supervisory Review Form continue as indicated above, under Goal # 2,
Step # 1.
4 th Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. Efforts to revise the Supervisory Review Form continue, as indicated above under Goal # 2,
Step # 1.
DOCUMENTATION:
Please see attachment CPRS Screen printout, Permanency 2, Item 12, which confirms efforts to place siblings together are properly
documented in case files. Also, see attachments, CPRS v2, Trained by County & Region -- Detail and PRS v2, Trained by Training
Date -- Detail, which show that staff from all 159 Georgia counties have been trained to include efforts to place siblings together in the
case plan.
5th Quarter Report: Partially Achieved. The state has made the decision to discontinue using the Supervisory Review Guide and
replaces it with the Child Placement Services E & R Social Services Review Guide, developed by the Evaluation and Reporting (E &
R) office. This instrument is already developed and available to the staff. Also, it incorporates PIP requirements for Georgia. It
encompasses the same information contained in the previous Supervisory Review Guide, and includes a reference to efforts to place
siblings together (under Item 28). The E & R Review Guide is already available to staff and requires no additional training. According
to the first round of QCRs efforts to place siblings together was documented in 10 of the 13 applicable cases. See the attached
Qualitative Review Report for October 2003 -- December2003.
6 th Quarter Report: The most recent Qualitative Case Review for January 2004 – March 2004 indicates an increase in the number of
siblings placed together. Of 37 cases examined, 23 were relevant to the placement of siblings together. Documentation of efforts to
place siblings together was indicated in 21 cases (91.30%).
Safe Future – A Plan for Program Improvement
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April, 2004 Quarter 6 - Work Plan G Page 3