Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children

Welfare Watch - a free email newsletter to those interested in child welfare in Georgia.
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Provider Newsletter - a free email newsletter to inform all providers of children and family services in Georgia about recent events and announcements.
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03/08/2010 - Provider Watch - Maltreatment is Attacked
03/04/2010 - Welfare Watch - DHS Services Proposed Cuts Would be Devastating
03/04/2010 - Provider Watch - Top 20 Most Cited Violations
02/19/2010 - Provider Watch - Education Voucher Bill for Foster Children heard in Committee   
02/18/2010 - Provider Watch - Casey Family Programs Sponsored Conference
02/17/2010 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board Meets
02/15/2010 - Welfare Watch - Maltreatment in Care Gets Attention
02/15/2010 - Provider Watch - Maltreatment in Care Gets Attention
02/12/2010 - Welfare Watch - Governor Perdue Appoints Melissa Carter as Georgia Child Advocate
01/31/2010 - Welfare Watch - Rate Setting Taskforce Release Report
01/25/2010 - Welfare Watch - Kenny A Monitoring Reports Faulty Data
01/20/2010 - Welfare Watch - Governor Delivers Budget Proposal
01/05/2010 - Welfare Watch - Georgia's Child Advocates Departs
12/22/2009 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board Approves Adoption Assistance Definition Change
12/21/2009 - Welfare Watch - National Issues Examined   
12/13/2009 - Welfare Watch - November Budget Numbers Provide More Bad News
12/07/2009 - Provider Watch - Change in Time for CCI and CPA Provider G-meetings
12/06/2009 - Provider Watch - In-Home Services Standards Setting Work Group and SafeCare® Services Reimbursement for Family     Preservation Providers
12/04/2009 - Provider Watch - Extended Deadline for DFCS Provider Survey
12/02/2009 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board to Consider Adoption Assistance Definition Change
12/01/2009 - Welfare Watch - Georgia's Revenues are Still Down
11/29/2009 - Welfare Watch - News You Can Use
11/23/2009 - Welfare Watch - CMS Withdraws Medicaid Rehabilitative Services Proposed Rule
11/09/2009 - Welfare Watch - House Passes Health Reform Bill
11/05/2009 - Welfare Watch - Health Care Reform Moves Forward
11/01/2009 - Welfare Watch - New Adoption Assistance Definition Proposed
10/29/2009 - Provider Watch - Provider Updates
10/25/2009 - Welfare Watch - Proposed Adoption Rule Changes Withdrawn and Revised
10/22/2009 - Welfare Watch - Transformative Leadership in First Provider G-Force Meeting
10/21/2009 - Welfare Watch - ORCC Increases Sanctions on Residential Agencies
10/16/2009 - Welfare Watch - National Organization of State Associations for Children Meeting Update
10/14/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor Perdue Kicks-Off “Raise Me Up” Campaign for Foster Care Youth
10/12/2009 - Provider Watch - Useful News to Providers
10/09/2009 - Provider Watch - September Revenue Figures Announced
10/07/2009 - Provider Watch - News You Can Use
10/06/2009 - Provider Watch - First Provider G Meeting  
09/28/2009 - Provider Watch - Preparing for Tomorrow Today 
09/17/2009 - Welfare Watch - DJJ Closes Ireland Facility in Macon
09/16/2009 - Provider Watch - 2009 Provider Summit, September 25, 2009, sponsored by Hamby and Aloisio
09/16/2009 - Welfare Watch - Juvenile Code Reform
09/14/2009 - Welfare Watch - Rules and Laws need our Input
09/11/2009 - Welfare Watch - Tax Revenues Down Further
09/02/2009 - Welfare Watch - New Report Finds Bush-era Medicaid Policies Continue
09/01/2009 - Welfare Watch - Family Centered Practice Changes DHS 
08/20/2009 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board Meets for First Time
08/20/2009 - Provider Watch - Strengthening Families: Community Stabilization and Healthy Housing Summit
08/19/2009 - Provider Watch - DBHDD Notice Regarding Accreditation and Certification Policy     
08/12/2009 - Provider Watch - Development of Contractual Standards for In-Home Services
08/10/2009 - Provider Watch - Criminal Record Checks Procedural Change
07/31/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor Perdue Appoints Boards for New Departments
07/29/2009 - Welfare Watch - 2009 Kids Count Data Book Released
07/22/2009 - Welfare Watch - Focus on Family Centered Practice
07/21/2009 - Provider Watch - A Look to the Future
07/20/2009 - Provider Watch - Health Care Reform and Children
07/09/2009 - Provider Watch - CCFA Advanced Skills Training
07/09/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor Appoints Jewel Norman Mental Health Ombudsman
07/08/2009 - Welfare Watch - Kenny A Rate Setting Task Force
07/07/2009 - Welfare Watch - Budget Shortfalls Threaten Services
06/28/2009 - Welfare Watch - HHS Rescinds Medicaid Regulations
06/25/2009 - Welfare Watch - Obama's Health Care Reform Proposal
06/22/2009 - Welfare Watch - Kenny-A Report for Period VI
06/18/2009 - Provider Watch - DFCS Announces the development of the Office of Provider Utilization and Outcomes Management
06/17/2009 - Provider Watch - Honoring Gwen Skinner, a Reception
06/16/2009 - Welfare Watch - Gwen Skinner, Reorganization, and Federal Legislation
06/10/2009 - Welfare Watch - Graduates give State $209,000 each 
06/07/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor Perdue Announces May Revenue Figures
06/04/2009 - Welfare Watch - KidsNet, Changing the way  Georgia Provides Care for at-risk Children and their Families
06/03/2009 - Welfare Watch - The Importance of Intact Families 
05/31/2009 - Welfare Watch - Prevention Works, Texas Report 
05/27/2009 - Welfare Watch - News You Can Use
05/20/2009 - Welfare Watch - Georgia’s Juvenile Justice Released from Federal Monitoring Oversight
05/19/2009 - Provider Alert -   DCH Requests Testimony Concerning Rates
05/16/2009 - Provider Watch - Request from Governor's Office of Planning and Budget
05/15/2009 - Welfare Watch - Judge Sammy Jones Dies in Plane Crash
05/14/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor Perdue Signs $18.6 Billion Fiscal Year 2010 Budget 
05/12/2009 - Provider Watch - Community Based Alternatives for Youth (CBAY) Overview WebEx
05/11/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor Vetoes HB 481
05/10/2009 - Welfare Watch - Proposed Repeal of Medicaid Targeted Case Management Regulations
05/07/2009 - Welfare Watch - Senate Bill 69 Expands Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting
05/04/2009 - Welfare Watch - New Departments Created and Commissioner Appointed
04/22/2009 - Welfare Watch - Thriving in a Changing World 
04/22/2009 - Provider Watch - Teen Mothers in Foster Care
04/15/2009 - Welfare Watch - DHR Board Meets
04/07/2009 - Welfare Watch - DBHDD when it Grows Up
04/05/2009 - Welfare Watch - The Legislative Session is Over
03/31/2009 - Provider Watch - Community Based Alternatives for Youth (CBAY)
03/30/2009 - Provider Watch - Recommendation: CPA Per Diem Rate Restoration 
03/29/ 2009 - Provider Watch - Caring Community System of Care Request for Proposal
03/25/2009 - Welfare Watch - Legislative and Advocacy Bits and Pieces
03/23/2009 - Provider Watch - Give Honor to those Whom Honor is Due
03/18/2009 - Welfare Watch - Heads Up on Miscellaneous
03/18/2009 - Provider Watch - House Appropriations Recommends Provider Rates Restoration
03/11/2009 - Welfare Watch - Out-of-Home Budget Woes
03/10/2009 - Provider Watch - FY09 Budget Agreed Upon
03/05/2009 - Provider Watch - FY2010 Budget
03/04/2009 - Welfare Watch - MHDDAD Changes to Service Delivery
03/02/2009 - Provider Watch - House Approves CPA Rate Restoration
02/26/2009 - Provider Watch - Legislative Quick Takes for Child Welfare Providers
02/24/2009 - Welfare Watch - Lifetime Cost Benefit of Graduating
02/20/2009 - Welfare Watch - Legislative Watch
02/17/2009 - Welfare Watch - Economic Stimulus Hits Georgia
02/17/2009 - Provider Watch - GAHSC Member Agencies Achieve Accreditation
02/16/2009 - Welfare Watch - Relief may be on the Way
02/12/2009 - Provider Watch - Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) Grants FY 2009
02/10/2009 - Provider Watch - Budget and Economic Situation Gets Worse
02/09/2009 - Provider Watch - Advocacy Continues around Budget Cuts to Providers
02/05/2009 - Welfare Watch - Georgia Waits on Budgets from both National and State
02/05/2009 - Welfare Watch - Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP) Signed into Law
02/05/2009 - Provider Watch - Catalyst for CARE to offer SafeCare® Training
02/02/2009 - Welfare Watch - Legislation of Interest to Child Welfare Advocates
02/02/2009 -  Provider Watch - DHR Public Payors Symposium for Providers of Children's Behavioral Health Services
01/29/2009 - Welfare Watch - Legislation to Restructure the Department of Human Resources Introduced
01/22/2009 - Provider Watch - Provider Summit Letter
01/22/2009 - Welfare Watch - Georgia Mental Health Audit
01/21/2009 - Welfare Watch - DHR Board Meeting
01/19/2009 - Welfare Watch - Settlement Agreement Announced to Improve Mental Health Hospitals
01/14/2009 - Welfare Watch - Governor's Address to the State
01/9/2009 - Welfare Watch - Permanency is Immediate Focus
01/6/2009 - Provider Watch - Advocacy Concerning Budget Cuts
01/4/2009 - Provider Watch - Will you Write a Letter to your Editor of your Local Newspaper
01/3/2009 - Welfare Watch - Gwen Skinner Sets Retirement Date
12/15/2008 - Welfare Watch - Mental Health Service Delivery Commission Recommendations
12/10/2008 - Welfare Watch - December DHR Board Meeting
12/09/2008 - Welfare Watch - Murray Longest Serving Commissioner
12/3/2008 - Welfare Watch - What is a Case Worker Worth
11/24/2008 - Provider Watch - Budget Advocacy
11/19/2008 - Welfare Watch - Graduation Rates Are Up
11/18/2008 - Provider Watch - What Governor's Are Reading
11/17/2008 - Welfare Watch - Fostering Connections Act
11/11/2008 - Welfare Watch -Georgia Now has a Revenue Problem 
11/5/2008 - Welfare Watch - New Leadership in Washington
11/4/2008 - Provider Watch - KidsNet Survey
11/3/2008 - Welfare Watch - Mark Washington Named DFCS Chief
10/27/2008 - Provider Watch - DMHDDAD Announces Changes to Residential Care
10/23/2008 - Provider Watch - The Provider Environment   
10/15/2008 - Welfare Watch - DHR Board Meeting
10/12/2008 - Welfare Watch - Monday News You can Use
10/07/2008 - Welfare Watch - Mental Health Parity for all
10/06/2008 - Welfare Watch - Bad Economic Times
9/26/2008 - Welfare Watch - Risk for Those Who Can Afford it the Least
9/25/2008 - Welfare Watch - The Financial Market Crashes 
9/24/2008 - Welfare Watch - New Federal Legislation Supports At-Risk Children
9/03/2008 - Welfare Watch - Governor, Now is Not the Time
9/02/2008 - Welfare Watch - Open Letter to the Governor
8/30/2008 - Provider Watch - Thousands of Foster Children At Risk
8/30/2008 - Welfare Watch - An Open Letter to the Governor and the General Assembly - Lets Not Go Backward
8/29/2008 - Welfare Watch - An Open Letter to the Governor and the General Assembly - We have Options
8/29/2008 - Provider Watch - Foster Care Per Diem Cut Clarifications - "What does 50% cut to CPA Case Support Rate Mean?"
8/27/2008 - Provider Watch - The Trigger has been Pulled
8/26/2008 - Welfare Watch - DHR Restructuring
8/23/2008 - Welfare Watch - Judge Threatens DFCS with Contempt Charges
8/22/2008 - Provider Watch - Stakeholder Advocacy Needed
8/20/2008 - Welfare Watch - DHR Board Submits Proposed Budget to Governor
8/20/2008 - Provider Watch - DHR Board Submits Proposed Budget to Governor
8/19/2008 - Welfare Watch - Monday News You Can Use
8/14/2008 - Welfare Watch - DHR Announces some of their Budget Reductions Implications
8/13/2008 - Welfare Watch - Department Supports the Systems of Care Model
7/31/2008 - Provider Watch-  DHR to Hold Budget Hearings