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E-Blast: GA+SCORE Enhancements for CPAs -- Approval Letters and SAFE Certification

June 21, 2019 6:10 PM

Dear CPA Providers:
 
Please read below for information on two new sets of enhancements in GA+SCORE. More information will follow at the CPA Partnership Meeting in Macon on June 26th, so please remember to register all resource development staff.
 
Foster Home Approval Letters
By August 2nd:
  1. For all open homes, please use the green Profile >> Contact Info screen to upload the original "Initial Approval Letter on Letterhead" and the most recent "Annual Re-Approval Letter on Letterhead" (for homes open at least one re-eval cycle). The "Upload new file" link is at the bottom of the screen. Please ensure that these files are uploaded for all open foster homes by August 2nd.
Going forward:
  1. When you submit an initial approval in GA+SCORE, you must upload your agency's "Initial Approval Letter on Letterhead" as one of the required documents.
  2. When you submit a re-evaluation, you must upload your agency's "Annual Re-Approval Letter on Letterhead" as one of the required documents.
 
SAFE Foster Home Conversions
As your staff complete the SAFE training, please follow the steps below:
  1. When you report that a staff person has completed the SAFE training, please upload a copy of the certificate as part of the record on the purple Profile >> Annual Training screen.
    • If you have already reported SAFE training without uploading a certificate, please email the certificate as a PDF or JPG to support@gascore.com. Care Solutions will load it into the system.
    • You do not need to upload certificates for other types of training.
  2. Once OPM has verified that the required number of staff have received training, your program will be marked "SAFE Certified" in GA+SCORE. SAFE-certified CPAs will see a modified version of the Initial Approval and Re-Evaluations screens to support them in uploading the correct documents
OPM understands the concerns related to ensuring compliance with OPM Minimum Standards, Georgia Child Welfare Policies, Federal Foster Home Standards and SAFE requirements. More information will follow at the CPA Partnership Meeting in Macon on June 26th.
 
Until then, if you have questions about how to complete an approval/re-evaluation letter or how to achieve & maintain SAFE certification, please contact your monitoring team at OPM. For questions specifically related to SAFE you are encouraged to reach out to the Consortium for Children. If you have questions about uploading files or reporting training in GA+SCORE, please contact Care Solutions at support@gascore.com.
 
Thank you.
 
GA+SCORE Admins