Competency drivers develop, improve, and sustain the ability to implement an ECE program. Competency is built through the selection, training, and coaching of staff who will implement the program. It applies to those working at all levels of program design and implementation, including staff...
Assessing Performance on Drivers
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Equal Access to Child Care, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Promoting Children's Development
Implementation science is the study of the process for implementing programs and practices that have some evidence from the research field to suggest that they are worth replicating.[5]Implementation science helps with the...
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Program Integrity and Accountability, Promoting Children's Development, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Public sector programs have special responsibility to be accountable and to have a positive impact. Programs should be...
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Equal Access to Child Care, PDG Program Design
Measuring for Performance Based on Showing Results
There is a public-sector trend to integrate measuring for performance in the budgeting process. The point is to look for efficiencies and measure results based on performance. Budgeting for results and outcomes links strategic planning, financial planning, performance measures, budgeting, and...
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Family Engagement and Consumer Education
Setting Goals and Objectives in the Budget Process
Goals help improve the overall effectiveness of budget planning. Objectives are specific steps that are taken to reach goals. Defining goals and objectives to describe what will be financed is critical. Several states have developed plans that include goals and objectives (and results and...
Layering or Blending and Braiding Multiple Funding Streams
Layering or blending and braiding multiple funding streams is a process for using multiple funding streams to support a common activity, initiative, or project.
Blending refers to wrapping funds from two or more funding sources together to fund a specific part of a program...