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Responsible Program Agency |
The Division of Family and Children Services of the Georgia Department of Human Resources is responsible for the child welfare program. The adoptions program is administered by the Office of Adoptions which reports directly to the DHR Commissioner?s Office. |
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Responsible System Agency |
PSDS ?The DHR Office of Technology and Support has programmatic responsibility. The Georgia Department of Administrative Services is responsible for system operations and maintenance.ADAM ? The DHR Office and Technology and SupportIDS and SMILE ? Third-party vendor ? SMI (Systems and Methods, Inc.) |
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Application Status |
Operational |
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Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational |
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Functional Description |
The State of Georgia Child Welfare program is administered by the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) of the Georgia Department of Human Resources. The Social Services Section of DFCS is responsible for program administration for the Child Welfare program, including policy and procedure development and guidance for the program. Georgia?s Child Welfare program is state administered and county operated. The delivery of child welfare services, including intake, investigations, placement, and case management, is the responsibility of 159 County Directors and their staff. These County Directors report to 13 Field Coordinators who report to the Section Director for the Field Coordination Section. Organizationally, the Directors of the Field Coordination Section and the Social Services Section both report directly to the Deputy Director of DFCS. The adoptions program is administered by the Office of Adoptions and reports directly to the DHR Commissioner?s Office. County DFCS staff operate the adoptions program in the field with program oversight provided by 13 regional adoptions coordinators. |
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PSDS ? Internal ? from DOL, SDX, Bendex external - AFCARSADAM ? AFCARSIDS ? none identifiedSMILE - ? COSTAR (County Statistical Tracking and Reporting System), and UAS (DHR accounting system to reimburse counties for expenditures) |
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No. of System Users |
3000 |
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No. of Clients Served |
Adoptions ? 724 per year |
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Application Future Plans |
As of the date of the assessment, SMI was rolling out an upgrade for IDS to convert to a web-based solution with a target date for completion of 10/1/99. SMI had also converted 51 of the 159 counties from ALTOS/NEWSYS to SMILE with the remainder to be converted by 11/1/99. |
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Other Relevant Information |
PSDS ?Tracks statistical information on child abuse and neglect incidents (including the names of the alleged perpetrators) and provided annual statistical reports to the State of Georgia Governor?s Office and data for AFCARS reporting to the federal governmentADAM ?Provides data to match special needs children available for adoption with potential adoptive parents and also provides data for AFCARS reportingIDS - Supports foster care and adoption reporting at the county levelSMILE ? Accounting system which supports payments to foster parents and residential and institutional facilities for care of children in state custody |
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Other Programs and Services Supported
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 Adoption |
Adult Protective Services |
 Child Care |
| Child Care Licensing |
Child Care Resource Referral |
Child Care Subsidy |
| Child Family Services |
Child Protective Services |
Child Support Enforcement |
| Child Welfare |
Employment Services |
Family Preservation Support |
| Food Stamp |
Foster Care |
Independent Living |
| Interstate Compact |
Juvenile Justice |
LIHEAP |
| Medicaid |
Provider Services |
TANF |
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| Program Contact |
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| IT Contact |
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Bob Hunt, IT |
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(404) 656-4107 |
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