What is the purpose of the Performance-Based Incentive System (PBIS)?
In response to this legislation 143B-168.12(a )(7), the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) developed the PBIS. The goal of the Performance-Based Incentive System (PBIS) is to ensure good results for young children and their families through Smart Start in every county in NC. PBIS provides a mechanism whereby local partnerships can be rewarded for excellent results and where local partnerships that are not achieving results will be assisted with more intensive technical assistance.
What are the guiding principles used in designing the PBIS?
- Local partnerships must be involved in designing the overall incentive system.
- The system must be flexible.
- The system should address equity issues.
- The system should reward performance as well as impose sanctions.
- The system must establish minimum standards of performance.
- Data should be objectively collected, valid and reliable
Who was on the Design Team for the development of PBIS?
The Design Team was made up of Local Partnership Board Members and Staff, NCPC Board Members and Staff , Frank Porter Graham Researchers and Evaluators, Division of Child Development Staff and National Experts and Researchers.
What are the consequences if partnerships do not achieve a minimum level of results?
Since the overall goal of PBIS is to achieve results for children, partnerships that do not achieve a minimum level of results will be provided assistance to improve their performance. The assistance will be progressive beginning with very focused technical assistance. If no progress is made, a formal corrective action plan will be put in place. If no progress is made after this plan is put in place, funding may be decreased as outlined in the legislation. The final response to no results will be a temporary transfer of the administrative responsibilities to NCPC.
What are the PBIS criteria?
PBIS ID |
PBIS Criteria |
Mandatory |
Partnership Selected |
Administration – 1 mandatory |
A10 |
Compliance: Financial Audit Status |
X |
|
Family Support – Partnerships must select 1 |
FS10 |
Parenting Skills |
|
X |
FS20 |
Family Literacy |
|
|
Health – 2 mandatory and no requirement to have any “partnership selected” |
H10 |
Early Intervention for children with or at risk for special needs |
X |
|
H20 |
Medicaid-eligible children are enrolled in Health Check and have access to well child care. |
X |
|
H40 |
Dental |
|
|
H50 |
Infant Mortality |
|
|
H60 |
Body Mass Index |
|
|
H70 |
Elevated Lead Levels |
|
|
Early Care and Education – 4 mandatory and 3 partnership selected. Choose from criteria with PBIS ID prefixes – PLA, EDU, BE, S |
Early Care and Education –Placements |
Supply of Placements |
|
|
PLA10 |
Percent of spaces in regulated programs |
|
X |
PLA20 |
Regulated programs |
|
X |
PLA30 |
Percent of low income children receiving subsidy in regulated programs |
|
|
Quality of Placements |
|
|
PLA40 |
Child placements in regulated programs |
X |
|
PLA50 |
Subsidized child placements in regulated programs |
X |
|
PLA60 |
Subsidized placements for children with special/developmental needs in regulated programs |
|
|
PLA70 |
Nationally accredited programs |
|
|
Early Care and Education – Staff |
Staff Education |
EDU10 |
Lead Teacher Education |
X |
|
EDU20 |
Administrator Education |
|
|
EDU30 |
Family Child Care Provider Education |
|
|
Teacher Compensation |
|
|
COMP10 |
Median Teacher Salary |
X |
|
Staff Benefits |
|
|
BE10 |
Health Insurance |
|
|
BE20 |
Sick Leave |
|
|
Staff Turnover |
|
|
S10 |
Stability/Turnover |
|
X |
For more information About Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (PME) Services
Linda Blanton
Planning, Development & Communications Director
867-9700 ext 2230
lblanton@ccpfc.org
