Technical Implementation of the Family First Act
Presentations and Webinars
About the Family First Act
Prevention Services
- How can families who are eligible for services request an EBP?
- How can DFCS staff learn about these EBP’s?
- My agency has a current support services contract with DFCS, how is it impacted?
- My agency is not trained to offer one of these EBPs, should we get trained?
- How can I contract to provide one of these services?
- How are implementation decisions about services being made?
Candidacy
Group Care and Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP)
- What is a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)?
- How will Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) be funded?
- Will DFCS still place children/youth in Child Caring Institutions (CCIs) that are not Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs)?
- What changes does the Family First Act make to federal reimbursement for Child Caring Institutions (CCIs)?
- Will there be a separate Room, Board and Watchful Oversight (RBWO) rate for QRTPs to reflect the cost of additional staff and program requirements?
- What is the difference between a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) and a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP)?
Foster Parents
Q&A
- Q&A with UGA's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, partners for Blueprint for Family First CQI
- Q&A with Former DeKalb County DFCS Director Lamar Smith: How the Family First Act Will Affect Georgia
- Q&A with State Rep. Bert Reeves on the Family First Act
- Q&A with State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver on the Family First Act
- Q&A with Prevention and Community Support Director Natalie Towns