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Accreditation

A process adopted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children to help raise the quality of all types of preschools, kindergartens, and child care centers

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ASCC

Autism Society of Cumberland County

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ASNC

Autism Society of North Carolina

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Autism

A diagnosis with three major hallmarks: qualitative impairment in social interaction, qualitative impairment in communication, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotypical patterns of behavior, interests, and activities; onset in delays is very early, prior to three years of age

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B-K

Birth through Kindergarten

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BRIDGES

Building Respect, Independence, and Development Generated Through Extended Services

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CAFAS/GAF

Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment/Global Assessment of Functioning

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CC

Cumberland County

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CCR&R

Child Care Resource and Referral

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CCS

Child Care Solutions

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CDSA   

Children’s Developmental Services Agency

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CMRS

Case Management Referral System – a single entry portal into child care subsidy system which can be virtually accessed by 3 organizations

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Compliance

In compliance refers to the program fulfilling its contracted requirements in a manner consistent with contract and grant pre-requisites, obligations, and limitations

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Coordinating Mechanism

Evidence of integration and collaboration, both within agencies and across agencies within different service systems

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CSC

Child Service Coordination

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Current Realities

What is happening in the external environment that may or may not affect our work?   Your input is important!   Anything significant missing?

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Data Management System (DMS)

An electronic system through which the proper collection and analysis of data can be used to improve quality and contain costs associated with the service delivery system

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DCD

Division of Child Development

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DSP

Direct Service Provider – Agency/organization funded by PFC to help meet benchmarks by providing direct services to young children and those who care for them (teachers, families, etc.)

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DSS

Department of Social Services

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Early Childhood Electronic Community

A virtual “one-stop” shop on-line information exchange center (www.ccpfc.org) to be used by a variety of audiences

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ECE

Early Childhood Education

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ECERS-R

Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale - Revised

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E.D.I.S.

Ft. Bragg Early Intervention Service

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Education Express

The mobile unit developed by Child Care Solutions to deliver Resource Lending Library materials out into the community

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Evaluation

See program evaluation

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Evaluation Station

The mobile unit developed by The Children’s Developmental Services Agency to take developmental screening and evaluation services out into the community

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Expenditures

The spending or disbursement of funds

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FDCERS

Family Day Care Environmental Rating Scale

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FTCC

Fayetteville Technical Community College

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FY

Fiscal Year – The PFC’s fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30

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GED

General Equivalency Diploma

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Goals

Broad or general desired achievements that are determined by the needs of Cumberland County; these long-term goals align with the Partnership’s vision, mission, and priorities and are broken down into more specific benchmarks

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IEP

Individualized Education Plan

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IFSP

Individualized Family Services Plan

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Impact

Impact refers to the results expected seven to ten years after an activity is under way – the future social change your program is working to create

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Indicators

A measure which helps quantify the achievement

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ITERS-R

Infant-Toddler Environmental Rating Scale

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ITSC

Information Technology Service Center

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KidStuff

The children’s festival within the Dogwood Festival, coordinated by the Partnership for Children of Cumberland County, Inc.

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MAC

Partnership Multi-Accounting and Contracting – Accounting and contracting services provided by one partnership to another partnership to streamline administrative functions, enhancing cost-effectiveness and efficiency

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Medicaid

A federally and state funded program providing health care

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Mission

A statement detailing what an organization will do in the immediate future to attain its goal, purpose, or vision

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More at Four

The public pre-kindergarten program developed by the Office of the Governor

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NACCRRA

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

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NCPC

North Carolina Partnership for Children

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Need Statement

Relevant data is provided & supports a strong need for services.

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Objectives

Specific statements about what will be different as a result of program activities (they narrow the focus of the goals)

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OFRC

Omni Family Resource Center

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Outcomes

The specific changes in program participants’ behavior, knowledge, skills, status and level of functioning expected to result from program activities

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Outputs

Outputs are the direct products of program activities and may include types, levels and targets of services to be delivered by the program

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PBIS

Performance Based Incentive Standards – An accountability system of standards the NCPC uses to measure progress among all state partnerships

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PFC

Partnership for Children of Cumberland County – The PFC is responsible for developing a collaborative strategy with parents, businesses, service providers and the faith community to meet the needs of children birth through 5 (not in Kindergarten) and their families in Cumberland County.

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Program Coordination

Coordinate the policies, procedures, and daily practices of service delivery

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Planning Assumptions

What is our view of factors impacting PFC services, our future goals, and the needs of families of young children?

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Program Development

The process developed by Research and Development to enhance the integrated, comprehensive system of health, early care and education, and family support services in Cumberland County. Through the process community volunteers examine need, promising practices, fit, and implementation

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Program Evaluation

A systematic analysis of the impact of the delivery of services with regard to targeted populations and outcomes to determine if the goals of a program are realized.

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Program Income

Includes, but is not limited to, interest earned on state-funded deposits, the rental of real or personal property acquired with state funds, and profits from sales of commodities or goods

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Program Monitoring

Program monitoring is directed at three key questions:

• the extent to which a program is reaching the appropriate target population;
• whether or not the delivery of services is consistent with the program design specifications; and
• what resources are being or have been expended in the conduct of the program.

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Program Planning

The conscious process through which

• program goals and objectives are articulated,
• outputs are identified,
• the steps and sequences for achieving targeted goals are specified, and
• desired outcomes and performance measures are clearly stated.

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Purpose Service Codes (PSC)

A specific code designated by the NCPC to represent key activities/strategies tied to accounting to facilitate accurate reporting to legislatures

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QIS

Quality Improvement Specialist

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R&D

Research and Development is the staff support unit within PFC charged with assisting the organization in its efforts to improve its ability to become a self-correcting organization through planning, monitoring and evaluation efforts

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Rating Scales

Measures quality of child care environments as related to the ages of children; examples are the Infant/Toddler Environmental Rating Scale (ITERS), the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS) and the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS)

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Result accountability

Result accountability is accountability BY the community TO the community FOR the well-being (results) of a population (children, families, all citizens)

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Smart Start

A public/private, community-based strategy to help all North Carolina children enter school healthy and ready to succeed

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Star-Rated License

This child care licensing system began in October 2000 based on parental need for information regarding the quality of child care facilities. Child care facilities are graded in three categories: Program Standards, Educational Standards, and Compliance History. A maximum of 5 points can be earned in each category for a total possible license score of 15 points. The appropriate level license (1 Star, 2 Star, 3 Star, 4 Star or 5 Star) is given based on the total points acquired by the facility

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Strategies

“Promising practices” research identifies that should help achieve the kind of results a program promises

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Strategy Map

Strategy maps are a way of providing a macro view of an organization's strategy, and provide it with a language in which they can describe their strategy, prior to constructing metrics to evaluate performance against their strategies

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Subsidy

Any early childhood education program provided at a reduced rate or at no cost to the family

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TA

Technical Assistance – A mechanism to assist DSPs, child care providers, Partnership staff and other individuals and agencies in the community to build capacity in information technology, data collection, evaluation, program development, improvement in quality of services, and other related topics

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T.E.A.C.H.

Teacher Education and Compensation Helps; the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ®  Project gives scholarships to child care workers to complete course work in early childhood education and to increase their compensation

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UCP

United Cerebral Palsy

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Unified Plan

The Unified Plan provides a framework for PFC to leverage various funding stream to address customer needs; deliver integrated, user- friendly  services   in a coordinated way.

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WAGE$ ®

The Child Care WAGE$ ®  Project provides education-based salary supplements to low paid teachers, directors, and family child care providers working with children between the ages of 0-5