**OCSE Child Access & Visitation Program Name of State: Georgia**

**Part I: Contact Information**

-   Name of State Program Contact Russell Eastman, AV Program Consultant

-   Name of Designated State Agency Georgia Dept of Human Respources

-   Street Address 20^th^ Floor

> Two Peachtree Street, N. W.

-   City, State, & Zipcode Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142

-   Telephone no. (404) 463-6861

-   E-mail Address <reastman@dhr.state.ga.us>

-   Fax no. (404) 657-1134

## 

## Part II: Statistical Profile 

-   Total no. of minor children under 18 years

> of age living with one biological parent 428,450
>
> (1990 U.S. Census data)

## Part III: Previous and Current Year Funding Levels

**[Federal \$ Grant]{.underline} [State \$ Match]{.underline} and
[Percentage]{.underline}**

-   FFY 1997 \$ 219,034 \$ 24,337 10%

-   FFY 1998 \$ 219,034 \$ 24,337 10%

-   FFY 1999 \$ 194,205 \$ 21,578 10%

-   FFY 2000 \$ 194,205 \$ 21,578 10%

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## 

## Part IV: Summary of State's Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Grant Funds

**[Yes]{.underline} [No]{.underline}**

#### Process for Awarding Funds: 

#### Request for Proposals X 

#### (new & continuation)

-   **New only**

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-   **Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Time of Year RFP's are Issued and/or Funding Decisions Are Made:**

Fall \_\_\_\_\_ Winter \_\_\_\_\_ Spring \_\_X\_\_\_ Summer \_\_\_\_\_

**Award of Funds:** Grants \_\_\_\_\_ Contracts \_X\_\_\_\_ Cooperative
Agreements \_\_\_\_\_

**[Targeted Priority Areas]{.underline}:**

-   **Mediation**

voluntary **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

mandatory **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

-   **Counseling Yes \_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Education Yes \_X\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Parenting Plans Yes \_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Visitation Enforcement**

monitoring **Yes \_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

supervision **Yes \_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

neutral drop-off/pick-up **Yes \_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Development of Guidelines**

> Visitation **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**
>
> Alternative custody arrangements **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

**Summary Narrative: Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Funds**

Georgia's Child Support Enforcement Agency, which has administrative
responsibilities for the Child Access & Visitation Grant program,
initially entered into a contract with Families First to provide related
services in May, 1998. In 1998 and 1999, the funds were used in Fulton
and Dekalb. In 2000, the funds were used, in part, to take A & V
services state wide through 4 contracted service providers. This will
expand child access and visitation services to each of the 12 Department
of Human Resource Districts located throughout the state. This has been
accomplished by combining FFY 1999 Child Access & Visitation Grant and
Social Services Block Grant funds. A solicitation for proposals was
announced in February 2000, in an effort to increase the number of
qualified services vis-à-vis the increased demand for services.

Services provided include the following:

-   Intake and assessment

-   Counseling

-   Co-parenting education

-   Development of parenting plans

-   Mediation

-   Sites for neutral drop off/pick up & monitored supervision

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## Part V: Projects Funded by States with FFY 98 OCSE Dollars

# 

**Grantee Name, Address Amount of Award & Number of Parents Served:**

& Phone Number Services Provided Total \# % fathers % mothers

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  Families First    |                       | 213 209 4             |
|                       |                       |                       |
| > Atlanta, Georgia    |                       |                       |
| > 30303               |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(404\) 853-2859      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2\. Families First in |                       | Included in above     |
| Dekalb County         |                       | numbers               |
|                       |                       |                       |
| Atlanta, Georgia      |                       |                       |
| 30303                 |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(404\) 853-2859      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3\.                   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 4\.                   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5\.                   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6\.                   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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# Participant Data: Part A 

(by income and marital status)

**Grantee Name & Average Annual Parent Participation Rates:**

#### Program Title Income 

####  divorced separated unwed

  ---------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- --------------
  1\. Families                  13.7%                         86.3%
  First in Fulton                                             
  County                                                      

  2\. Families                  Included in                   Included in
  First in Dekalb               the above                     the above
  County                                                      

  3\.                                                         

  4\.                                                         

  5\.                                                         

  6\.                                                         
  ---------------- ------------ -------------- -------------- --------------

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# Participant Data: Part B

(by race/ethnicity

**Grantee Name [RACIAL / ETHNIC BREAKOUT:]{.underline}**

**White Black Hispanic Asian Native Pacific**

**American Islander**

+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **1**.         | **     | **93  | **     |        |        |        |
| Families First | 3.8%** | .9%** | 2.3%** |        |        |        |
| in Fulton      |        |       |        |        |        |        |
| County         |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2.  Families   | In     | Inc   | In     |        |        |        |
|     First in   | cluded | luded | cluded |        |        |        |
|                | in     | in    | in     |        |        |        |
| > DeKalb       | above  |       | above  |        |        |        |
| > County       |        | above |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **3.**         |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **4.**         |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **5.**         |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| **6.**         |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|                |        |       |        |        |        |        |
+----------------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

#### Don't Know \_\_\_\_\_\_ Other, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 

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# Sources of Client Referral

**FY 1998**

**GRANTEE**

> Self-Referral TANF Child Welfare Child Support Social Services Courts
> Private Agency

  ------------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
  1.Families   X                          X                 X        X
  First in                                                           
  Fulton                                                             
  County                                                             

  2.Families   Same as                    Same as           Same as  Same as
  First in     above                      above             above    above
  Dekalb                                                             
  County                                                             

  5\.                                                                

  6\.                                                                
  ------------ -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------

Referrals also from: Department of Technical and Adult Education (GA
Fatherhood Program),

churches, barber shops, & the Fathers' Resource Center