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01/31/2012 - Provider Watch - Prom-A-Palooza
01/31/2012 - Provider Watch - Cost Report Training
01/30/2012 - Welfare Watch -
Webinars Offered on Use of Psychotropics with Children in Foster Care 
01/25/2012 - Welfare Watch -
DCH Releases Medicaid and CHIP Redesign Strategy Report
01/18/2012 - Welfare Watch -
Foster Children Categorically Eligible for Head Start
01/12/2012 - Welfare Watch - Governor Deal Presents Budgets
01/12/2012 - Welfare Watch - New Medical Director at DHS to Provide Clinical Oversight
12/31/2011 - Welfare Watch -  Kenny A Period XI Monitoring Report
12/20/2011 - Provider Watch - Seeking Assistance
12/20/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Child Sex Abuse can happen Anywhere
12/15/2011 - Welfare Watch - Child Maltreatment Report Released
12/12/2011 - Welfare Watch - Deal: November Revenues up 7 percent
12/06/2011 - Provider Watch - Youth Opportunities
12/06/2011 - Welfare Watch -
DHS Commissioner Names Acting DFCS Leadership
12/05/2011 - Welfare Watch -
DFCS Director Relieved of Duties
11/28/2011 - Welfare Watch -
GBPI Release Report - State of Working 2011
11/28/2011 - Provider Watch -
Reminder: Practice Matters Draft Policy and Surveys
11/09/2011 - Welfare Watch -
October net revenue numbers up 5.4 percent
11/08/2011 - Provider Watch -
Public Comment on Maternity Homes Regulations
11/08/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Share Your Opinions Now* about Medicaid and PeachCare Redesign
11/04/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Amy Howell, DJJ Commissioner Resigns
11/04/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Free School Meals for Children in Foster Care
10/28/2011 - Provider Watch - Orange Duffel Bag Foundation offers 12 week Coaching Program for Foster Care Youth
10/24/2011 - Welfare Watch -
HHS found Georgia is violation of section 504 in violating the Civil Rights of the Disabled 
10/20/2011 - Welfare Watch - Foster Youth have many Challenges in getting an Education
10/19/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Child Abuse Under-Reported 
10/18/2011 - Welfare Watch - Susan Dreyfus Will Head the Alliance for Children and Families as CEO
10/17/2011 - Provider Watch - RBWO Standards: Food Storage Guidelines
10/11/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Charitable Giving Down
10/10/2011 - Welfare Watch - Census Data Shows Increasing Poverty, Number of Georgians without Health Insurance
10/07/2011 - Welfare Watch - Values That Define our Society 
10/06/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Uniform Definition for Medicaid Therapeutic Foster Care
10/06/2011 - Welfare Watch -
President Signs Bill Reauthorizing Title IV-B and Reinstating Waiver authority
10/05/2011 - Provider Watch -
Providers Seek Acquisitions
10/04/2011 - Provider Watch - Truisms in a Post-Reform World
10/03/2011 - Welfare Watch - Nonprofit Employment Fares Better in Downturn
09/30/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Tapping the Power of the Social Media 
09/29/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Child Poverty Up, and the President Releases His Deficit Reduction Plan
09/26/2011 - Welfare Watch - HHS awards Grants for Home Visiting Programs
09/13/2011 - Provider Watch - Revisions to FY2012 RBWO Minimum Standards
09/12/2011 - Welfare Watch - August State Revenue Numbers up 9.1%
09/07/2011 - Welfare Watch - Georgia Conference on Children and Families
09/02/2011 - Provider Watch - DHS Cost Report Training
08/26/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Judge Rules Catholic Charities Has No Right to Contract
08/25/2011 - Welfare Watch - Georgia Considers Health Exchanges 
08/24/2011 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board
Votes to Approve AFY12 and FY13 Budgets
08/22/2011 - Welfare Watch - Kids Count 2011 Report Released
08/19/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Predicting the Future
08/18/2011 - Welfare Watch -
DHS Proposes Budgets for AFY12 and FY13
08/16/2011 - Welfare Watch - Carl Brown Selected as DJJ Deputy Commissioner
08/15/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Peter Goldberg, Leader of Major Child Welfare Group, Dies Unexpectedly
08/15/2011 - Welfare Watch - Foster Care is down and Adoption is up
08/12/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration Program
08/11/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Deal issues call for 2011 Special Session and Appointments to the GOCF 
08/10/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Deal: July revenue numbers up 7.3 percent
08/08/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Family Commission Director Resigns
08/05/2011 - Welfare Watch - Budget Deal Puts Pressure on Nonprofits
07/29/2011 - Welfare Watch -
SAMHSA Report on use of Restraint and Seclusion
07/28/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia Juvenile Court Judge Will Lead National Council of Juvenile and Family Court       Judges 
07/27/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia Chosen to Study Legal Representation of Neglected and Abused Children
07/25/2011 - Provider Watch -
Education Consortium Training Summit Announcement
07/20/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Do We Know Where our Children Are (data)
07/19/2011 - Welfare Watch -
So What if we Do Not Raise our Debt Limit?
07/18/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Kenny A Monitoring Report X for July 1 through December 31, 2010
07/06/2011 - Provider Watch -
Casey Excellence for Children Awards
07/06/2011 - Provider Watch -
Caring for Runaway Children
06/29/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Urge the President to Protect Children and Families Budget
06/27/2011 - Welfare Watch -
GCCF Call for Presentations
06/20/2011 - Provider Watch -
Education Finance Study Commission - Members - Status of 618 Funding
06/20/2011 - Welfare Watch -
The Georgia Conference on Children & Families
06/07/2011 - Welfare Watch - Kenny A Tenth Reporting Period
06/01/2011 - Provider Watch -
Regulation on Top of Licensing
05/31/2011 - Provider Watch -
Privatization Survey
05/17/2011 - Provider Watch -
Dave Statton Reduced from ORCC Force
05/16/2011 - Welfare Watch -
PIPs, Closures, Fairs, and Recesses
05/10/2011 - Provider Watch -
Cold Case Project
05/10/2011 - Provider Watch -
Upcoming Events
05/05/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Scared Straight Programs / Evolving View of Childhood
05/03/2011 - Welfare Watch -
May, Foster Care Month in Georgia
04/25/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Articles of Interest from NRCPFC
04/19/2011 - Provider Watch - Provider Watch - April 19, 2011
04/19/2011 - Welfare Watch - Welfare Watch - April 18, 2011 - Correction: Fulton County Released from Court Oversight in the Legal Representation Issue
04/18/2011 - Welfare Watch - Fulton County Released from Court Oversight in Kenny A Consent Decree
04/13/2011 - Welfare Watch - April 13, 2011
03/31/2011 - Provider Watch -
Urgent Alert: Tax Reform in Danger of Losing Revenue
03/282011 -  Provider Watch -
Final Days of Legislature are Before Us
03/28/2011 - Provider Watch -
Sales Tax Exemption Spared
03/24/2011 - Provider Watch -
Precollegiate Program for Youth in Foster Care June 16-23, 2011
03/16/2011 - Provider Watch - Tax Reform Could Be Detrimental to Child Welfare Agencies
03/14/2011 - Provider Watch -
Legislative Notes both Federal and State
03/09/2011 - Welfare Watch -  DHS releases DFCS Organizational Chart
03/04/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Homeless Shelter Bill Gets a "Do-Pass" out of Subcommittee
03/02/2011 - Welfare Watch - Isabel Blanco Leaves DHS for S.C.
02/25/2011 - Provider Watch - Amended Budget Goes to Conference Committee
02/10/2011 - Provider Watch - DHS Reorganization
02/08/2011 - Welfare Watch -
DHS Commissioner Testifies before House Committee   
01/25/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Announcement and Updates  
01/13/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Governor Releases His Budget Proposal
01/11/2011 - Provider Watch - Upcoming Training
01/07/2011 - Provider Watch -
The Special Council on Tax Fairness for Georgians
01/07/2011 - Welfare Watch -
David Statton to Serve as Interim Director of ORCC
01/04/2011 - Welfare Watch -
Rachelle Carnesale named as director of Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
01/04/2011 - Welfare Watch - Amy Howell to Lead Department of Juvenile Justice
12/06/2010 - Welfare Watch - Governor Elect Deal Nominates New DHS Commissioner
11/11/2010 - Welfare Watch -
October Revenue Figures Increase
11/09/2010 - Welfare Watch -
The Georgia Supreme Court Decision Impacts Great Many Non-profits
11/08/2010 - Welfare Watch - Deal Names More Members of His Transition Team
11/03/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Election Names New Leadership
10/20/2010 - Welfare Watch -
State, Justice Department Reach Mental Health Settlement
10/14/2010 - Welfare Watch -
"Where do I go to get my Reputation Back?"
10/08/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Why the Sky May Not Fall, Budget Numbers Up
10/06/2010 - Welfare Watch - Office of the Child Advocate Midyear Report
10/05/2010 - Welfare Watch
- Data Informed Practices
09/30/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Downing Clark Center License Revocation Overturned
09/28/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Information is Power, National Resource Centers
09/24/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Special Council on Tax Reform - Too Important, Too Little Interest
09/24/2010 - Provider Watch - Unemployment Insurance Savings
09/20/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Affordable Care Act
09/16/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia Receives Adoptions Award
09/15/2010 - Provider Watch - ALERT - Sales Tax Exemption for Residential Care Threatened
09/14/2010 - Provider Watch -
Peer Specialist Certification Training
09/13/2010 - Welfare Watch -
We are not as Rich as We Used to Be
09/10/2010 - Welfare Watch -
The U.S. Ranks Fifth in Charitable Giving
09/09/2010 - Welfare Watch - Voices Announces Step Up for Kids Day
09/08/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Governor Perdue Announces August Revenue Figures
09/07/2010 - Welfare Watch - National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice
09/03/2010 - Welfare Watch - HHS and DOE Announce Medicaid and CHIP Challenge to the States
09/02/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia's Foster Care Reduction Exceed National Average
09/01/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Nationally, the Number of Foster Children "Aging Out" Increases
08/30/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Street Workers are Effective at Preventing Violence
08/27/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Mark Washington Leaves DFCS for Private Sector 
08/26/2010 - Welfare Watch -
DJJ Board Approves Proposed Budget
08/25/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Tax Commission Hears Testimony
08/24/2010 - Provider Watch -
Dates to Note
08/23/2010 - Welfare Watch -
DHS Board Presentations of Interest
08/20/2010 - Welfare Watch -
DHS Budget Recommendations
08/19/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Privately Licensed Foster Care Agency Numbers Decreasing
08/18/2010 - Provider Watch - Provider Rates Impacted by Budget Cuts
08/17/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Interim OPM Director Appointed
08/16/2010 - Welfare Watch - Children in Need of Services
08/15/2010 - Welfare Watch - Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians to Hold Public Meeting
08/12/2010 - Welfare Watch -
New Rule Regarding Facility Licensure, Application, and Activity Fees    
08/11/2010 - Welfare Watch - The House approves FMAP Extension
08/10/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Your Phone Call Counts - Extension of FMAP
08/09/2010 - Welfare Watch -
July's Revenue Numbers Up
08/06/2010 - Provider Watch -
Changes at the State Office
08/05/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Engaged to Learn
08/04/2010 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board Meeting Highlights
08/03/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia's Childhood Obesity Rates
08/02/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Accountability and Transparency
07/30/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Condolences Go Out to the Elliott Family
07/29/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Juvenile Code Rewrite - Article 6, Children in Need of Service, Hearing Scheduled
07/28/2010 - Provider Watch -
512 Funding Cut, More Cuts Maybe on the Way
07/27/2010 - Welfare Watch -
2010 Kids Count Data Book Released
07/26/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Plan "B" When All Else Fails, Concurrent Planning
07/23/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Governor Perdue Orders More Cuts
07/22/2010 - Welfare Watch -
The Kenny A Monitors Got it Wrong
07/21/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia Juvenile Judge Becomes National Juvenile Court President
07/20/2010 - Welfare Watch - Numbers Reflect Changes in Practice
07/19/2010 - Welfare Watch -
The State Health Benefit Plan Running out of Money
07/16/2010 - Welfare Watch - Education Success by Third Grade
07/15/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies
07/14/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Home Visiting Comes of Age
07/13/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia's Revenue Numbers Improve
07/12/2010 - Welfare Watch - Please Don't Forget Your Children
07/09/2010 -
Welfare Watch - Georgia Child Welfare from a National Prospective
07/08/2010 - Welfare Watch - Data Matters
07/07/2010 - Provider Watch -
Provider G Meeting Scheduled   
07/07/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Accountability, Transparency, and Performance
07/06/2010 - Provider Watch -
SafeCare Recruiting Trainers
07/06/2010 - Welfare Watch - Evidence Based Models of Care
07/02/2010 - Welfare Watch -
GCCF Call for Presentations
07/01/2010 - Welfare Watch - DBHDD announces new Regions and Strategic Plans
06/30/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Federal Legislation Drives Most Policy
06/29/2010 - Welfare Watch - Raise Me Up Campaign Raises Awareness of Foster Care
06/28/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Possible Medicaid Service Cut
06/25/2010 - Welfare Watch -
How Are We Doing?
06/24/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Homelessness Can be Solved
06/22/2010 - Welfare Watch -
The Georgia Conference on Children & Families
06/21/2010 - Welfare Watch - Father's Day, More than About a Day
06/18/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Electronic Records Certification, What does it have to do with Child Welfare?
06/17/2010 - Welfare Watch - DHS Board Met for June Board Meeting
06/16/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Governor Appoints DOE Superintendent and other notes on Fulton County
06/15/2010 - Provider Watch - Certificate Program Offering
06/15/2010 - Welfare Watch - Multi-systemic Approaches to Care
06/14/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Revenues are Still Down for Georgia
06/11/2010 - Welfare Watch -
The Cost of Caring for Children in Foster Care
06/10/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Governor Speaks at Celebration
06/09/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Governor Signs FY11 Budget
06/08/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Celebration of Educational Excellence
06/07/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Stimulus Funds Extension
06/04/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Carrie Steele Pitts Honors a Saint
06/03/2010 - Provider Watch -
Upcoming Provider-G Meeting scheduled June 14, 2010
06/02/2010 - Provider Watch -
Mandatory Performance-Based Contracting Training/Information Session   
06/01/2010 - Welfare Watch -
DJJ Board Meets
05/28/2010 - Welfare Watch -
"Diversion" Practice Review Gets Court's Approval
05/27/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Making Sense of Zero Tolerance
05/26/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Systems of Care
05/25/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Foster Youth "Aging Out"
05/24/2010 - Welfare Watch -
DJJ Appoints New Commissioner
05/24/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Seclusion and Restraints in Public Schools
05/21/2010 - Provider Watch -
Substantiated Allegations with Citations Tracking Downward
05/20/2010 - Welfare Watch -
DHS Board Meeting    
05/19/2010 - Welfare Watch -
News Briefs
05/13/2010 - Provider Watch - Provider G Meeting
05/05/2010 - Provider Watch - FFTA Annual Conference
04/29/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Georgia General Assembly passes Budget
04/19/2010 - Provider Watch -
AJC Reports, Budget Reports and Cost Reports
04/16/2010 - Provider Watch -
Summit to Review RBWO Performance Based Contracting 
04/07/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Good News of Revenue Numbers
04/06/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Commissioner Testifies before the Senate Appropriation Subcommittee
04/05/2010 - Provider Watch -
Georgia Provider Summit
03/29/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Transparency in Tax Exemptions
03/26/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Family Centered Practice - Systems of Care Actualized
03/24/2010 - Welfare Watch - Rally for Revenues to Stop Budget Cuts at the Capitol
03/22/2010 - Welfare Watch -
Major Health Care Reform Legislation Passes Congress
03/17/2010 - Welfare Watch - More Grim News on the Budget at DHS
03/15/2010 - Welfare Watch - Short Bites
03/12/2010 - Provider Watch - SAVE THE DATE - Provider Summit, April 23, 2010
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

 

 


 

 


 

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