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CHART OF ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

EXPANDED DESCRIPTIONS FOR PURPOSE SERVICE CODES

Purpose Service Codes (PSCs)
Effective July 1, 2010 /
X-XXX-X100-XXX-XXXX / Child Care & Education Quality – Inactive header
X-XXX-X101- XXX-XXXX
Modified 10/2008 / Quality enhancement (UPGRADE) - project designed to improve quality / level of licensure for centers/homes through the provision of on-site technical assistance; includes supervision for the development and implementation of customized facility quality improvement plans, coordination of available quality improvement services, funds for needed materials or services, and improvements to the outdoor learning environment
X-XXX-X102- XXX-XXXX
Modified 10/2008 / High Quality MAINTENANCE - project designed to maintain quality / level of licensure in four and five star regulated centers/homes through the provision of on-site technical assistance, customized quality improvement/maintenance plans, and funds in order to maintain high quality standards.
X-XXX-X104- XXX-XXXX / Child Care Resource and Referral – support for core and enhanced CCR&R services. A comprehensive community-based service that provides child development information and child care referrals/ resources to families, child care providers and programs. CCR&R also provides child care statistics and information to the community and businesses.
X-XXX-X105- XXX-XXXX / Professional development – programs that support professional development for child care providers including Professional Development Coordinators; may have complementary TEACH® components such as a bonus; emphasizes education and early childhood degree programs
X-XXX-X106- XXX-XXXX / Child care support services – funds to support temporary caregivers in child care programs to maintain quality or local match funds for AmeriCorps members working in early childhood programs
X-XXX-X107- XXX-XXXX / Professional Development supplements – payments to increase provider compensation based on education and continuity of service; (supplements may be provided by individual local partnerships or through the statewide WAGE$® contract)
X-XXX-X109- XXX-XXXX / Provider training – support for workshops, conferences, seminars and other training for providers including health and safety and family involvement. Also includes model classrooms.
X-XXX-X110- XXX-XXXX / Mentoring programs - programs to foster the development of mentoring relationships in the child care community
X-XXX-X115- XXX-XXXX / Learning Materials and Teaching Aids – funding for the coordination and provision of learning materials and teaching aids (ex. Resource Lending Library, WINGS®)
X-XXX-X121- XXX-XXXX

USE 5422 for Health Assessment

USE 5518 for Family Support Assessment / Child Care needs and resource assessment – project designed to collect and share information on the local child care system; to assess child care quality, availability and affordability needs and resources in a designated community or geographical area including workforce studies
X-XXX-X122- XXX-XXXX / Kindergarten orientation/transition - collaborative planning/assessment for kindergarten readiness or Ready Schools activities designed by the Ready Schools team (ex. transition coordinators, kindergarten orientation for children and their families, school readiness symposium)
X-XXX-X123- XXX-XXXX / Health benefits for child care providers - includes TEACH health insurance or independent program, sick leave strategies
X-XXX-X200- XXX-XXXX / Child Care & Education Accessibility & Availability – Inactive header
X-XXX-X202- XXX-XXXX
Use 1202 to attribute costs on a per child basis
Use 3202 for costs based on other program design / Increase child care availability – expanding the availability of regulated child care through technical assistance, staff, or materials based on assessment of needs
X-XXX-X300- XXX-XXXX / Child Care & Education Affordability – Inactive header
X-XXX-X305- XXX-XXXX
State level contract through DCD / Child Care Subsidy Administration – expanding the DCD reimbursement system through staff, equipment, and overhead costs to coordinate child care subsidy programs
X-XXX-X306- XXX-XXXX
1306 is the available designation for attributing costs on a per child basis / Dual subsidy
3306 may only be used to fund coordinators who can not be attributed on a per child basis
USE X322 for More-at-Four / Pre-K/Preschool classes – supporting the cost of care for children in pre-k/preschool classes, either public or non public, which are not More At Four; may include full school term and wrap-around care.
X-XXX-X307- XXX-XXXX
1307 is the available designation for attributing costs on a per child basis / Dual subsidy
3307 may only be used to fund coordinators who can not be attributed on a per child basis / Head Start Expansion – Funds to extend Head Start’s part day program to include early a.m. and late p.m. services, Head Start summer care programs,
or to complement federal funds to establish new classrooms (funds pay for new spaces, higher salaries, equipment, facilities – not covered by federal funds)
X-XXX-X309- XXX-XXXX
State level contract through DCD/ Cannot include administration costs. / Child care cost supports – expanding the DCD reimbursement system using approaches such as waiting list reduction, market rate increase, eligibility expansion, or for payment above the private pay or market rate to help offset the additional costs of providing quality care; includes enhancements/incentives
X-XXX-X310- XXX-XXXX

Dual subsidy for 1310

1310 is the available designation/ Cannot include administration costs. / Subsidy Program – purchase of child care other than the DCD reimbursement system; includes scholarships for care so eligible parents can complete college, expanded income eligibility, emergency/ crisis care, etc.
X-XXX-X313- XXX-XXXX
Dual Subsidy for 1313
USE 1XXX or 3XXX CCR ONLY - Reference 5515 for non-child care related services / Child care transportation - Transportation to/from care for children and their families; includes car seats, vehicle monitors/drivers, maintenance, equipment and car seats to equip transportation vehicles
X-XXX-X318- XXX-XXXX / Part day program – programs offered in a variety of settings for children potentially at-risk; includes cooperative play groups, parent/child activities, and evening programs
X-XXX-X319- XXX-XXXX

Dual subsidy only

1319 is the available designation / Child Care Subsidy Administration – subsidy administration other than the DCD reimbursement system
X-XXX-X320- XXX-XXXX

Dual subsidy for 1320

Cannot include administration costs.
/ Supplement for quality - supporting the cost of child care other than the DCD Reimbursement System through payments per child above the private rate or market rate to help offset the additional costs of providing quality care; includes enhancements/ incentives
X-XXX-X322- XXX-XXXX
1322 is the available designation for attributing costs on a per child basis /Dual Subsidy
3322 may only be used to fund coordinators who can not be attributed on a per child basis / More-at-Four Classrooms – supporting the cost of care or services for pre-school classrooms serving at risk 4 year olds. The program must have received state level approval for funding as a More-at-Four classroom.
X-XXX-X400- XXX-XXXX /

Health/Safety – Inactive Header

X-XXX-X407- XXX-XXXX

Use 5407 only

/ Oral Health Services - services that improve oral health through prevention and treatment, including education, screenings, referral and follow-up and treatment. Examples may include Into the Mouths of Babes, provision or expansion of pediatric dentists/hygienists.
X-XXX-X410-XXX-XXXX
New code FY 2009-2010 / Comprehensive Medical Home Services – services that provide technical assistance and/or support to deliver high quality comprehensive primary health care, including individual developmental and behavioral screening, referral and connection to needed community services and parent education. Activities include ABCD, ABCD with Social emotional screening, Healthy Steps, etc.
X-XXX-X413- XXX-XXXX / Prenatal/newborn services – services targeting newborn and/or prenatal health care and education (Ex. expanding or enhancing current systems, increasing service intensity, and program start-up. Activities include Welcome Baby, breastfeeding, initial home visits and incentive programs)
X-XXX-X414- XXX-XXXX
/ Child care health consultation – training, technical assistance and consultation to child care providers, children or parents to assess the facility’s health and safety status and to address health or safety issues.
X-XXX-X415- XXX-XXXX / Health Care Access and support – activities that provide health services and/or service support that enhances or increases access to needed health care. These services respond to identified gaps and barriers in the service delivery system or coordinate access to preventive and primary health care. Includes interpreters, health check coordinators, expansion of non-traditional hours or days of service, etc.
X-XXX-X417- XXX-XXXX / Special Needs: Early intervention/Special Education - services provided for children with identified special needs or children at risk of developmental delay and training and technical assistance for parents and caregivers to work with children with emotional, behavioral, and identified special needs in the appropriate setting. Services include initial assessment or evaluation, physician education, family and caregiver support, referrals and follow-up, and specific therapeutic interventions. Services are provided beyond those supported by mental health or early intervention and special education funds or to fill an identified gap. (Ex: NICU support, parent-to-parent programs, coordination of services, therapies, Inclusion specialist, behavior intervention specialist, ABCD Projects, etc)
X-XXX-X424- XXX-XXXX / Nutrition and physical activity programs – information and services for children, parents, child care providers, and community partners to increase their knowledge, practices, and policies of nutrition and physical activities for healthy lifestyles. Examples include NAP SACC, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Be Active Kids, and Color Me Healthy and childhood obesity prevention projects.
X-XXX-X500- XXX-XXXX /

Family Support – Inactive header

X-XXX-X501- XXX-XXXX / Family Resource Center – services provided in a community-based facility where comprehensive family services are offered or provided (ex. parenting skills, ESL, literacy programs, teen parenting classes, mobile FRCs)
X-XXX-X504- XXX-XXXX / Teen parent/child program – program serving teen parents and their children, providing ongoing support and services (Baby FAST, other adolescent parenting programs)
X-XXX-X505- XXX-XXXX
See 5509 for Parents as Teachers / Parent education - a series of parenting classes/activities using a defined program of instruction or curriculum through a variety of service-delivery mechanisms or workshops and seminars for parents to increase their knowledge of child development and specific parenting strategies (Incredible Years, Triple P, Nurturing Parenting Program, etc).
X-XXX-X506- XXX-XXXX / Family support, general –services designed based on local need to assist families in supporting and guiding healthy child development including: referrals, counseling, mentoring, fatherhood initiatives, grandparent support, bilingual resources, family health and safety education, etc.
X-XXX-5509- XXX-XXXX / Parents As Teachers - Families receive a minimum of monthly personal visits by a certified parent educator; group meetings; annual development/ functional assessment; and linkages with community resources. The National Standards Self Assessment process is required after the third year of operation.
X-XXX-X510- XXX-XXXX / Family Intervention – services to support families in short-term crisis situations, including services for child maltreatment, case management, homeless families, family counseling, domestic violence, temporary foster care or emergency care, respite care, family court support and services, emergency child care and family reunification visitation
X-XXX-X512- XXX-XXXX / Literacy programs – programs that contain components such as early childhood education, adult basic skills, parenting training and parent/child together time (ex. Raising a Reader, MotherRead / FatherRead) or services designed to develop cognitive & pre-literacy skills of children and families in non-childcare settings (ex. book bags, family reading opportunities, story time)
X-XXX-5515- XXX-XXXX
USE 5515 ONLY
Reference X313 for child care transportation services / Transportation services - Transportation services for children and their families to access community and health services; including car seats, vehicle monitors and drivers, maintenance and equipment
X-XXX-X517- XXX-XXXX
Use PSC 5617 for outreach activities other than to families / Community outreach, information and resources - Comprehensive outreach project including outreach materials, or services designed to reach families.
X-XXX-X518- XXX-XXXX

Use for Health or Family Support activities

/ Health or Family support needs and resource assessment – project designed specifically to assess health or family support needs and resources in a designated community or geographical area
X-XXX-5525- XXX-XXXX
New code for 2009-2010 / Intensive Home Visiting – In home assessment, services, and support that follow specific curricula or models, that are offered prenatally or at birth and follow the families for 2 to 5 years, targeted mostly at families with risk factors. (Ex: Healthy Families America and Nurse Family Partnership)
X-XXX-X600- XXX-XXXX /

Program Support – Inactive header

X-XXX-X603- XXX-XXXX / Program coordination/evaluation– coordination of the policies, procedures, daily practices of service delivery which includes monitoring of in-house and direct service provider activities and/or support for evaluation of the effectiveness and feasibility of Partnership activities and contract agencies to determine if the short-term and long-term goals are being met.
X-XXX-X604- XXX-XXXX / System integration – centralized information management / centralized database that helps identify gaps in services and opportunities for increased collaboration and funding
X-XXX-5617- XXX-XXXX
Use PSC 5517 for outreach activities to families / Community outreach, information and resources - Comprehensive outreach project including outreach materials, community leadership activities and events or services designed to reach child care providers or the general public.
X-XXX-7XXX-XXX-XXXX / Service activities – that are funded with non-Smart Start funds and that can not be appropriately categorized in a Smart Start Purpose Service Code
X-XXX-9100-XXX-XXXX / Partnership Administration– support for the activities of the (local) Partnership for Children
X-XXX-9200- XXX-XXXX /

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