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Business Investment Program
(See Tool M; this is a program operated only by
Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral.
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of businesses that submitted an application
- # of businesses awarded a grant
- # of businesses participating in the QRS and IQ4K systems
- # of start-up businesses
- # of expansion businesses
- # of businesses participating in quality improvement activities
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of applications awarded
- % of businesses that received at least one incentive
Outcomes:
- % of businesses that submitted a reimbursement claim
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Child Care Nurse Consultant (CCNC)
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of visits
- # of programs
- # of programs participating in QRS and IQ4K rating systems
- # of special health care needs
- # of technical assistance contacts
- # of programs that improved health and safety conditions in their early learning environments
- # of Healthy Child Care Iowa DHS approved trainings provided by the CCNC
- # of participants attending HCCI trainings
Quality/Efficiency:
- Cost per program
- % of programs rating a 3 or higher in the QRS system or 1 or higher in the IQ4K system
Outcomes:
- % of special needs health care plans in place
- % of programs receiving CCNC services that improve health and safety conditions in their early learning environments
- % of participants that report increased knowledge as a result of HCCI trainings
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Coordinated Intake
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of family intakes processed
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of families referred to a program/service
- Cost per family
Outcomes:
- % of families referred that enrolled in a family support program
- % of families referred that did not enroll in a family support program
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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of consultants
- # of hours of consultation services
- # of staff
- # of individual case consultation sessions
- # of group consultation sessions
- # of staff training sessions
- # of parent or community training sessions
- # of referrals to mental health-related services
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of staff reporting that the consultant makes time for them when they have a question or concern
- % of staff reporting that the consultant is knowledgeable about children’s typical and atypical developmental progress
- % of consultants endorsed (or in the process of becoming endorsed) in Iowa’s Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health Endorsement
Outcomes:
- % of staff reporting an increase in competency and self-confidence in addressing children’s social and emotional development
- % of staff reporting an increase in job satisfaction
- % of staff reporting that the consultant works as a partner to help meet children’s needs
- % of staff retained in the program
- % of reduction in behavior incident reports (only applicable to classroom-based settings)
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Mental Health Supports: Early Childhood-Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (EC-PBIS)
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of EC-PBIS trained coaches
- # of hours of EC-PBIS coaching
- # of staff
- # of programs
- # of behavior incident reports
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of staff reporting that the coach makes time for them when they have a question or concern
- % of staff reporting that the coach is knowledgeable about children’s typical and atypical developmental progress
- Cost per program
Outcomes:
- % of staff reporting an increase in competency and self-confidence to support children with EC-PBIS supports/strategies
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Professional Development - Conferences
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of participants
- # of conferences
- # of conferences by category
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of conferences by category
Outcomes:
None
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Professional Development - Credit-bearing
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of participants
- # of courses attended for academic credit
- # of credit-bearing courses by category
Quality/Efficiency
- % of credit-bearing courses by category
- Cost per participant
Outcomes:
None
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Professional Development - Training
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of trainings
- # of trainings in by category
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of trainings by category
- Cost per training
Outcomes:
None
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Public Awareness/Child Fairs
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of activities
- # of families
- # of estimated reach
Quality/Efficiency:
Outcomes:
% of families with an increased awareness of ECI and early childhood services available to their child
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Quality Improvement for Early Learning
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # programs
- # of programs meeting a quality initiative
Quality/Efficiency:
- % of programs rating a 3 or higher in the QRS system or 1 or higher in the IQ4K system
Outcomes:
% of programs that increased or maintained the highest level in the QRS or IQ4K system
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Scholarship Coordination
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of applications processed
- # programs
- # of programs meeting a quality initiative
Quality/Efficiency:
- Cost per scholarship
- % of programs rating a 3 or higher in the QRS system or 1 or higher in the IQ4K system
Outcomes:
- % of scholarships awarded
- % of scholarships not awarded because of (list reasons):
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Technical Assistance:
Consultant
, Mentoring,
Coaching
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per funding category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of programs meeting a quality initiative
- # of programs that set a goal
Quality/Efficiency:
- Cost per program
- % of programs rating a 3 or higher in the QRS system or 1 or higher in the IQ4K system
Outcomes:
- % of programs that meet the goals set
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WAGE$
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Inputs:
- Amount of funding per category
- Additional funding and source
Outputs:
- # of recipients
- # of recipients who retained employment in their program
- # of recipients at temporary award levels
- # of recipients at temporary award levels who earned additional college credits
- # of six-month financial supplements issued
- Cost of six-month financial supplements issued
- # of programs with at least one WAGE$ recipient
- # of programs participating in QRS and IQ4K rating systems
- # of programs nationally accredited
Quality/Efficiency:
- Average amount of six-month financial supplement
- % of programs rating a 3 or higher in the QRS system or 1 or higher in the IQ4K system
Outcomes:
- % recipients who retained employment in their program
- % recipients at temporary award levels who earned additional college credits
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