Appendix A: Manual Transmittals | CWS

2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

2024
No.	Subject	Release Date
2024-09	Pre-service Training, Criminal Records Checks and Other Policy Updates	11/15/2024
2024-08	Transition from Foster Care	11/15/2024
2024-07	Child Support Referrals on Behalf of Children Receiving Title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance Payments	08/02/2024
2024-06	State Legislative Changes (2023,2024); Discontinuation of 10.17 Foster Care: Service Needs of an Immigrant Child	07/30/2024
2024-05	Missing Children	05/07/2024
2024-04	Policy Maintenance: Relocation of the State Office	04/05/2024
2024-03	Resource Development	05/31/2024
2024-01	Review of Payments and Approval Standards	02/05/2024

2023
No.	Subject	Release Date
2023-04	Americans with Disabilities Act/Section 504 and Reasonable Modifications	06/14/2023
2023-03	Timeframes for Response to Intake Reports; County Override of Intake Decisions; Policy Maintenance; Forms and Tools	11/22/2023
2023-02	DNA Paternity Testing	03/03/2023
2023-01	Policy Updates, Policy Maintenance, and Child Welfare Forms and Tools	03/03/2023

2022
No.	Subject	Release Date
2022-03	End of Life Decisions for Children in Foster Care	11/23/2022
2022-02	Education Needs	03/21/2022
2022-01	State Legislative Changes (Senate Bill 28)	12/31/2021

2021
No.	Subject	Release Date
2021-06	Chapter 20: Special Circumstances	12/31/2021
2021-05	Family First Prevention and Services Act (FFPSA) Limitations on title IV-E Foster Care Maintenance Payments	10/01/2021
2021-03	2021 State Legislative Changes - House Bills (HB) 154 and 114	07/08/2021
2021-02	Child Welfare Policy Manual: Chapter 2: Information Management	06/23/2021
2021-01	State Legislation (2020) Enhanced Notice and Improved Participation of Caregivers in Court	01/21/2021

2020
No.	Subject	Release Date
2020-10	Notification of Investigation Outcome; Administrative Reviews; Contact with Reporters; Child Death Near Fatality Serious Injury Reports	12/29/2020
2020-09	Family Treatment Court	11/19/2020
2020-08	Confidentiality and Safeguarding Information	09/25/2020
2020-07	Chapter 14 Resource Development: Structured Safe Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE)	09/24/2020
2020-06	Kinship	09/22/2020
2020-05	Chapter 1: Administration	07/14/2020
2020-04	Special Investigations	04/28/2020
2020-03	Support Services to Preserve or Reunify Families; Chapter 18: Support Services to Preserve or Reunify Families, Policy 10.10 Foster Care: Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment	03/12/2020
2020-02	Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Reasonable Modifications	02/18/2020
2020-01	Chapter 20: Child Protective Service Information System/Child Abuse Registry	01/16/2020

2019
No.	Subject	Release Date
2019-10	3.1 Intake: Receiving Intake Reports, 3.2 Intake: Making an Intake Decision, 10.18 Foster Care: Purposeful Contacts in Foster Care	11/22/2019
2019-09	Chapter 17: Legal	07/01/2019
2019-08	2019 State Legislative Changes	07/01/2019
2019-07	Historical Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect	06/26/2019
2019-06	Childcare and Early Education “Corrected”	05/22/2019
2019-05	Expectant or Parenting Youth in Foster Care	05/14/2019
2019-04	Caregiver Substance Use, Infant Prenatal Exposure to Substances, Plan of Safe Care	05/14/2019
2019-03	National Standards for Foster Family Home	03/27/2019
2019-02	Child Passport and Caregiver Placement Passport	04/09/2019
2019-01	Solution-Focused Family Team Meetings	03/11/2019

2018
No.	Subject	Release Date
2018-14	Chapter 9 Eligibility	12/20/2018
2018-13	Missing Children	12/20/2018
2018-12	Case Consultation	11/13/2018
2018-11	Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)	09/28/2018
2018-10	Discontinuation of the Guardianship Waiver	09/14/2018
2018-09	2018 State Legislative Changes: Adoptions	09/04/2018
2018-08	Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)	08/10/2018
2018-07	State Legislative Changes 2018	07/11/2018
2018-06	Sex Trafficking/Sexual Servitude	07/18/2018
2018-05	10.22 Foster Care: Permanency Planning and 10.23 Foster Care: Case Planning	05/30/2018
2018-04	10.12 Psychological and Behavioral Health Needs and 19.29 Coordination with Hospitals	06/08/2018
2018-03	Diligent Search	05/15/2018
2018-02	19.25 Case Management - Drug Screens	04/11/2018
2018-01	1.6 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and Transfer of Responsibility for Placement and Care to a Tribal Agency	02/15/2018

2017
No.	Subject	Release Date
2017-16	Access to Records	12/22/2017
2017-15	Placement Changes	12/22/2017
2017-14	Criminal Records Checks for Substitute Caregivers Providing Routine Care for Children in DFCS Custody	12/19/2017
2017-13	Dependency Resulting from Caregiver Substance Abuse	11/03/2017
2017-12	Safe Place for Newborns Act	11/02/2017
2017-11	Unable to Locate	09/27/2017
2017-10	Child Welfare Policy Manual	09/05/2017
2017-09	Plan of Safe Care for Infants Prenatally Exposed to Substance (illegal and/or legal) or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Related Policies	08/04/2017
2017-08	19.9 Case Management Safety Screenings	08/04/2017
2017-07	Chapter 4 Initial Safety Assessment: 4.2 Conducting the Initial Safety Assessment	07/17/2017
2017-06	Child Welfare Policy Manual 10.8, 14.9, 14.12, 14.13, 14.14, 14.15, 14.19	07/06/2017
2017-05	Child Welfare Policy Manual 3001 (Pre-Practice Model) Chapter 5: Investigations and Chapter 7: Family Support Services	05/05/2017
2017-04	MAN3000 & MAN3001: Updates to the Categories of Child Abuse and the Georgia Maltreatment Codes	05/05/2017
2017-03	Policy 6.6 Special Investigations: Investigation of a Child Death, Near Fatality or Serious Injury (MAN 3000 & 3001)	03/13/2017
2017-02	Chapter 10 Foster Care - 10.13 Educational Needs, 10.16 Childcare and Early Education, 10.23 Case Planning (SBC), and 10.23 Case Planning	02/13/2017
2017-01	Purposeful Contacts (All Programs)	01/31/2017