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National Performance Indicators (NPIs)
– A Crosswalk of Performance
Indicators with Other Similar Programs
What do we count?
Why do we count that?
Workshop Objectives
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This session will focus on understanding how the current NPIs
relate to other funding sources and their indicators.
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This research will inform how the Family and Individual CSBG
indicators may be adapted to tell a stronger picture of success
in the CSBG Network.
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Participant feedback: other funding sources that may be
helpful to roll up into the overall reporting for CSBG success as
related to the Six National Goals
Six National Goals
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1.
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4.
Low-income people become more self-sufficient.
The conditions in which low-income people live are improved.
Low-income people own a stake in their community.
Partnerships among supporters and providers of services to
low-income people are achieved.
5. Agencies increase their capacity to achieve results.
6. Low-income people, especially vulnerable populations,
achieve their potential by strengthening family and other
supportive systems.
Comprehensive Framework for
Measuring Success
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 The Six National Goals are interconnected to
form a holistic framework for the CSBG
Network to address needs at the three levels
of engagement: family, community, and
agency.
 Do the agency strategies touch on ALL of the
goals, at all three levels?
Why or why not?
Performance Management Framework
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Contrasting Family, Agency, Community
Outcomes
related to
One individual or
one family
Org Standards/
Agency capacity
Community condition
or system
Domains of
change
Employment
Education
Income Management
Housing
Nutrition
Health
Family Development
Maximum Feasible
Participation
Policy
Public Safety
Social capital and civic
engagement
Economic opportunities,
commercial assets, access
to financial services
Facilities
Services
Consumer Input and
Involvement
Community Engagement
Community Assessment
Vision and Direction
Organizational Leadership
Board Governance
Strategic Planning
Operations and
Accountability
Human Resource Management
Financial Operations and
Oversight
Data and Analysis
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Examples of OUTCOMES
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Families and Individuals increase self-sufficiency
 Families and Individuals become employed
 Families and Individuals achieve a change in:
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 housing, transportation, health, nutrition, education, education, family
development, etc.
Families and Individuals decrease need for
supportive services
 Families and Individuals achieve increase in
economic status and stability
 Families and Individuals improve quality of life
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Examples of SERVICES/OUTPUTS
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Crisis intervention
 Skill development
 Enrollment in or access to resources, programs, or
assets needed to achieve a change/ goal
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 housing, transportation, health, nutrition, education,
pharmacies, grocery stores, schools and other education
services, food boxes, completion of GED program,
emergency assistance, day care services, budgeting classes
etc.
Example: People, Services, Outcomes
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Outcome Examples: Obtained jobs, completed
education, increased income, improved parenting,
secured housing, increased housing, created jobs;
 Service Examples: Job Training, Work Experience,
Scholarships, Financial Education, Support Group,
Case Management, Housing Counseling, Food
Assistance, Business Development, Housing
Development
 People Examples: Enrollment income data, Exit
income data, demographics, follow up results.
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ROMA Next Generation
Theory of Change
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Identifying Pathway to Self Sufficiency
Benchmark
Thriving
(Self
Sufficient)
Safe
Stable
Description of status
The ability to meet family basic needs without
assistance, and to have sufficient discretionary
income for savings and emergency expenses.
The ability to meet family basic needs without
public assistance.
The ability to meet family basic needs.
Prevention Line
Vulnerable
In-Crisis
The in-ability to meet all of the family basic
needs.
The in-ability to meet all of the family basic
needs, with some needs in a critical state
(eviction notice expired or homeless, no food in
the house, utilities shut off).
CSBG National Goal One
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Goal Language: People with low incomes
move toward self sufficiency.
Broad Indicators:
• Individuals develop skills
• Families acquire or maintain assets and resources for
basic needs
CSBG National Goal Six
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Goal Language: Low-income people,
especially vulnerable populations, achieve
their potential by strengthening family and
other supportive environments.
• Vulnerable populations:
• Infants, children, youth
• Senior citizens
• Individuals with disabilities
• Achieve potential
• Strengthening family and supportive systems
Funding Sources reported by CAAs in FY13
Federal Program
(note: not comprehensive list)
% of CAAs reporting
funding in FY13
4c. Head Start (HHS)
4a. LIHEAP - Fuel Assistance (HHS)
(include oil overcharge $$)
30.50%
5c. All other USDA Food programs
4i. Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF)
4d. Early Head Start (HHS)
4k. Total Other HHS Resources
7.90%
4b. LIHEAP - Weatherization (HHS)
(include oil overcharge $$)
15.47%
6.04%
4.45%
3.43%
3.29%
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% of
External Funding Sources
inCAAs
Network
Federal Program
(note: not comprehensive list)
6b. Section 8
reporting funding
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in FY13
2.87%
7a. Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
2.70%
5a. WIC (USDA)
4j. Child Care Development Block
Grant (CCDBG)
4g. Medicare/Medicaid (HHS)
6h. All other HUD including homeless
programs
Weatherization (DOE) (include oil
overcharge $$)
2.45%
2.26%
2.25%
2.10%
1.85%
External Funding Sources in Network
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External Funding Sources
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Based on extensive feedback from the network and the IS data, we have
reviewed the current National Performance Indicators (which have been a
focus of CSBG/Community Action reporting since 2004) and have identified
key indicators from the below list of national programs received through
CAAs across the country:
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Early Head Start (EHS)
Head Start (HS)
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Assets for Independence (AFI)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL)
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Agency on Aging (AOA)
Examples of Connections:
CSBG National Goal One
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Current NPI 1.1: The number and percentage of low-income
participants who get a job or become self-employed as a result of
Community Action Assistance.
Examples of External Indicators that would link to current NPI:
WIOA – The percentage of program participants who are in
unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after exit
from the program.
HUD – Metric 4.1: Change in Employment income during the
reporting period for system stayers ; Metric 4.4: Change in
employment income from entry to exit for system leavers
Examples of Connections:
CSBG National Goal One
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Current NPI 1.2(b): The number and percent of individuals that
completed ABE/GED and received a certificate or diploma.
Examples of External Indicators that would link to current NPI:
DAEL*- Follow-up measures - Learners who obtain a GED, secondary school
diploma, or recognized equivalent after exit.
Current NPI 1.2(c): The number and percent of individuals who
completed post-secondary education program and obtained a
certificate or diploma.
Examples of External Indicators that would link to current NPI:
WIOA - The percentage of program participants who obtain a recognized
postsecondary credential or a secondary school diploma or recognized equivalent
during participation in, or within one year after exit from the program.
*Department of Education - Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education -The Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL)
Examples of Connections:
CSBG National Goal Six
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Current NPI 6.3 (a-i) : The number and percentage of all infants,
children and youth participating in developmental or enrichment
programs who achieve program goals.
Examples of External Indicators that would link to current NPI:
Head Start – Domain areas of Language Development, Logic &
Reasoning, Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional
Development, and Physical Development & Health
USDA - Food and Nutrition Services Objective 4.1: Improve Access
to Nutritious Food
Examples of Connections:
CSBG National Goal Six
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Current NPI 6.3 (j & k): The number and percent of parents and
other adults who learn and exhibit improved parenting skills, and
family functioning skills.
Examples of External Indicators that would link to current NPI:
DAEL*- Educational gains - Educational functioning levels in
reading, writing, speaking, and listening and functional areas
Early Head Start- Parents make progress toward their educational,
literacy, and employment goals.
*Department of Education - Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education -The Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL)
Discussion
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What information do you report to
other funding sources that may be
helpful to measure and report overall
CSBG success related to the Six
National Goals?
Take Aways
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Multiple resources are brought together by local
CAAs as they seek to assist families move toward
self-sufficiency.
 There are a variety of existing indicators used to measure
success for each funding source.
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These indicators contribute to the ability to report
success in the CAA mission and will be considered as
the Network revamps the NPIs to better measure
and showcase success.
Contact Us
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