Transcript Supporting the Cost of QRIS Administration

Supporting the Cost of QRIS
Administration
QRIS Financing Learning Table
Session Two
July 26, 2012
National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement
QRIS Finance
• Administrative Costs: monitoring &
assessment, TA & PD systems, data collection,
evaluation
• Provider (service delivery) Operating Costs:
will be discussed next session
What does it cost to administer a QRIS?
It Depends….
Remember that administrative decisions -standards, evidence, automation, scope of TA,
uptake -- affect cost.
So simplifying standards, streamlining evidence,
automating administration, targeting TA are all –
in some respects – financing strategies.
Components of QRIS Administration
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Assigning Ratings/Monitoring Compliance
Classroom Assessment
Technical Assistance/Coaching
Professional Development
Data & Evaluation
Outreach and Engagement
Supporting
QRIS Administration:
a Planning Worksheet
Supporting
QRIS Administration:
Opportunities for
Planning Worksheet
Alignment &
QRIS Element
Ratings and
Monitoring
Current Funding
CCDF, TANF (state staff)
Potential Funding
State General Fund,
Education $, WHAT
ELSE?
CCDF, TANF (contract
with University)
State General Fund,
State & Local Education
$, Private Sector $
TA/Coaching
CCDF, TANF (contracts
with non-profits)
State General Fund,
State/Local Ed $,
workforce development
$, Private Sector $
Prof Dev
Federal/state ed tax
CCDF, TANF, PELL, BEOG credits, workforce dev
(scholarships admin by
$, State General Fund,
Comm Colleges)
Private $
Classroom
Assessment
Data & Evaluation
CCDF (state system)
Outreach and
Engagement
CCDF (contract wit
private sector PR firm +
CCR&Rs)
Philanthropy
Private Sector
Leverage
Potential
Collaborator (or Considerations &
cost-sharing)
Questions
Create streamlined List entities that
pathway for HS & currently monitor
Accredited ECE quality,
Who currently uses
any form of
Use assessments
classroom
conducted by others for assessment in their
QRIS compliance
work?
List entities currently
Link TA/Coaching
engaged in
provided by others &
TA/coaching + those
Infant/Toddler supports that might be
to QRIS
engaged in future
QRIS performance is
needs assessment for
PD system; PD content
aligned to QRIS
Reporting QRIS-related
data becomes a funding
requirement
All existing outreach &
engagement efforts
include QRIS
information
1) X walk standards,
policies, procedures, forms,
etc--how to streamline? 2)
Explore automation
Are multiple assessment
tools OK? Are classroom
assessments limited to
higher stars?
Accept multiple
TA/coaching approaches?
Targeted coaching/TA?
Identify eniites
engaged in PD for all
ECE sectors
How should PD be linked to
coaching/curricula? How
should PD be linked to
degrees?
Links to Registry;
import data from
licensing; link to
state longitudinal
data system for Ed
Can QRIS system data
inform decision-making for
a range of efforts? What
does provider movement
among QRIS levels tell us?
Identify key
messengers &
stakeholders
How can linked
policy/access incentivize
engagement ?
Department of Education
•Pre-K funding
•Early Intervention
•Professional Licensing
•Early Childhood Food and
Nutrition Programs
Department of Tax and Finance
•Higher DCTC linked to standards
•ECE Occupational Tax Credit
linked to standards
•Other business or individual tax
benefits linked to standards
Department of Public Welfare
•Tiered Rewards for child care
linked to standards
•Training and quality grants
linked to standards
All linked to standards
Quality Rating System
(that includes…)
Department of Health
•Health & safety training
•Healthy Child Care
America
All linked to standards
Standards
for
Programs
Standards
for
Practitioners
…informed by
Outcomes for Children
Head Start
Agreement with Federal
Regional Office to create
administrative/fiscal links
to common standards
Private Sector
• Agreements with United Way,
community foundations, etc. to
link $ to common standards
•ECE programs link tuition to QRS
Higher Education
•Campus-based child
care programs
•Practitioner education
All linked to standards
Judiciary/Office
of Court
Administration
Funds for child
care centers at the
courts or
delinquency
prevention linked
to standards
Quasi-Public
Construction
Authority
Funds for construction
of ECE facilities linked
to standards
Generating New Funding
for QRIS Administration
Innovative Approaches:
• New York
• Louisiana
Re-Alignment:
• Revising Performance Measures
• Restructuring RFPs and RFAs
Explore Trade-Offs Among Components
Cost Summary: Options for Scaling Quality Counts
(in millions)
Prof Dev
Technical
Assist
Financial
Incent
Assess,
Monitor
Admin
Evaluation
Data
Public
Aware
Facility
Fund
Shared
Services
on-line
Total
Option 1
(QC as is.
For all)
3.703 8.983 13.714 3.919
.334
.200
.100
$30.953
1.518 3.032
4.712
2.006
.133
.194
.100
$11.695
3.067 2.893
5.921
3.473
.193
.194
.100
1.000
.024
$16.865
2.102 1.019
3.099
3.473
.134
.198
.100
1.000
.024
$11.148
Option 1
(QC as is,
targeted)
Option 2
(Team
recommend)
Option 3
(CostNeutral)
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