Service Intensity: Programs should keep a record of hours of operation for each component of Are adults and children participating at a level of intensity necessary to Family Literacy. Ideally, programs should be tracking attendance by achieve program outcomes? participant. Type of service (Adult Education, Parent Workshop, etc.) Duration of service Attendee names Service Intensity: Client Retention: FSDC Parenting Home Visit Summary Report: # active vs. exited Are families staying in the program long enough to achieve significant FSDC Parenting Intensity Detail Report: when cases exited improvement? FSDC Parenting Home Visit Intensity Report: months served in current year FSDC Retention Report: served 9 or more consecutive months Achievement of Family Goals: FSDC main vendor data entry screen: LSP Tracking progress via family assessments: Life Skills Progression (recommended) or other family assessment tool Connections to Other Services: FSDC Connections Detail Report (all cases) Are families being referred and connected to services they need? In particular: Connections to other partnership strategies; BabyNet/school district special education/other early intervention services for developmental screening concerns; Services identified via LSP or other family assessments Number of families served FSDC Monthly Outputs FSDC Outputs Summary Report Number of books distributed, total and by family In-house records Imagination Integration of Imagination Library with other strategies FSDC Connections Detail Report Library (If partnership connects clients of other First Steps strategies with DPIL) Spend at least 92% of expenditures on books Budget Spending Plan No more than 50% of expenditures from state funds Ethority expenditure reports Community Awareness: FSDC Monthly Outputs Are all categories of primary referral sources aware of how to refer children FSDC Outputs Summary Report for screening/assessment? BabyNet Central Directory: Do referral sources have a supply of BabyNet materials to distribute to clients? Early Are the partnership’s services listed in the BabyNet Central Directory? Identification Children Served: FSDC Monthly Outputs and Referral How many children have received early identification services through all FSDC Outputs Summary Report (item 18) activities: case management, screening, on-site consultation or observation? (corresponds to projected vs. actual served) Collecting Data Consent from Clients FSDC Client List Report, or Collecting Client SSNs (if possible) FSDC main vendor data entry screen (yellow=no consent, pink=no SSN) For families receiving a developmental screening or referrals to services, including BabyNet
Service Intensity: Are adults and children participating at a level of intensity necessary to achieve program outcomes? Programs should keep a record of hours of operation for each component of Family Literacy. Ideally, programs should be tracking attendance by participant. Type of service (Adult Education, Parent Workshop, etc.) Duration of service Attendee names Service Intensity: Client Retention: Are families staying in the program long enough to achieve significant improvement? FSDC Parenting Home Visit Summary Report: # active vs. exited FSDC Parenting Intensity Detail Report: when cases exited FSDC Parenting Home Visit Intensity Report: months served in current year FSDC Retention Report: served 9 or more consecutive months Achievement of Family Goals: Tracking progress via family assessments: Life Skills Progression (recommended) or other family assessment tool FSDC main vendor data entry screen: LSP Connections to Other Services: Are families being referred and connected to services they need? In particular: Connections to other partnership strategies; BabyNet/school district special education/other early intervention services for developmental screening concerns; Services identified via LSP or other family assessments FSDC Connections Detail Report (all cases) Imagination Library Number of families served FSDC Monthly Outputs FSDC Outputs Summary Report In-house records Number of books distributed, total and by family Integration of Imagination Library with other strategies FSDC Connections Detail Report (If partnership connects clients of other First Steps strategies with DPIL) Spend at least 92% of expenditures on books No more than 50% of expenditures from state funds Budget Spending Plan Ethority expenditure reports Early Identification and Referral Community Awareness: Are all categories of primary referral sources aware of how to refer children for screening/assessment? Do referral sources have a supply of BabyNet materials to distribute to clients? Are the partnership’s services listed in the BabyNet Central Directory? FSDC Monthly Outputs FSDC Outputs Summary Report BabyNet Central Directory: Children Served: How many children have received early identification services through all activities: case management, screening, on-site consultation or observation? (corresponds to projected vs. actual served) FSDC Monthly Outputs FSDC Outputs Summary Report (item 18) Collecting Data Consent from Clients Collecting Client SSNs (if possible) For families receiving a developmental screening or referrals to services, including BabyNet FSDC Client List Report, or FSDC main vendor data entry screen (yellow=no consent, pink=no SSN)
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