WHY ARE WE HERE AND

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WHY ARE WE HERE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?

• Finance Think Tank November 2005
• Proposed Collaborative Multi-State EI TA
  Initiative

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Finance Think Tank

• Federal monitoring of finance
• Results-based accountability
• New challenges in funding federal requirements
  CAPTA, Medicaid Deficit Reduction Act
• State system specific challenges
• Data driven decision-making

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Collaborative Multi-State Technical Assistance
Initiative

• NECTAC ITCA Consultants RRC OSEP
• Assist Coordinators
• Make data-based decisions
• Self-assessment tool
• Enhance leadership skills
• Strategic planning
• Promote peer-to-peer assistance and support

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• NECTAC ITCA Consultants RRC OSEP
• Provide Multiple Opportunities for
• Assess and engage in systemic change
• Individualized technical assistance
• Face-to-face meetings
• Enhanced teleconferencing
• Resource development
• Issue Briefs
• Topical sessions at National Meeting

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Todays Meeting

• Update on OSEP finance monitoring
• Introduction to the Part C Finance Framework
• Review of system of resources, support and
  services
• Finance Leadership Symposium
• Introduction to the Finance Self-Assessment Tool
• Examples of how states use data to inform
  decisions
• Share your thoughts, reactions, recommendations,
  etc. with your peers

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