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CHART OF ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

EXPANDED DESCRIPTIONS FOR PURPOSE SERVICE CODES

Purpose Service Codes (PSCs) – Revised 12/15/2011
Effective July 1, 2011 /
X-XXX-2300-XXX-XXXX / Child Care Subsidy – Affordability – Inactive header
X-XXX-2340-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – State Subsidy Contract: TANF/CCDF eligible only – Direct per child financial assistance paid to child care providers by a state level Local Purchasing agency for purchase of care and enhancements for TANF/CCDF eligible families.
X-XXX-2341-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – Dual Subsidy: TANF/CCDF eligible only – Direct per child financial assistance paid to child care providers by a local partnership or direct service provider for purchase of care and enhancements for TANF/CCDF eligible families.
X-XXX-2342-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – NC Prekindergarten Program (formerly More At Four) Subsidy: TANF/CCDF eligible only – Direct per child financial assistance paid to NC Prekindergarten (NCPK) providers by a local partnership or direct service provider for purchase of care or enhancements for TANF/CCDF eligible families.
X-XXX-2343-XXX-XXX / Subsidy – Public Pre K subsidy; non NCPK – TANF/CCDF eligible - Direct per child financial assistance paid to public schools or 4 or 5 star-rated facilities by a local partnership or direct service provider for the purchase of care and enhancements for non-NCPK preschool care for TANF/CCDF eligible families.
X-XXX-2346-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy –State Subsidy Contract: NON TANF/CCDF eligible - Direct per child financial assistance paid to child care providers by a state level Local Purchasing agency for purchase of care and enhancements for families who do not meet TANF/ CCDF eligibility guidelines.
X-XXX-2347-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – Dual Subsidy: NON TANF/CCDF eligible – Direct per child financial assistance paid to child care providers by a local partnership or direct service provider for purchase of care and enhancements for families who do not meet TANF/CCDF eligibility guidelines.
X-XXX-2348-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – NC Prekindergarten Program (formerly More At Four) Subsidy: NON TANF/CCDF eligible - Direct per child financial assistance paid to NC Prekindergarten (NCPK) providers by a local partnership or direct service provider for purchase of care and enhancements for families who do not meet TANF/CCDF eligibility guidelines.
X-XXX-2349-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – Public Pre K subsidy; non NCPK- NON TANF/CCDF eligible – Direct per child financial assistance paid to public schools or 4 or 5 star-rated facilities by a local partnership or direct service provider for the purchase of care and enhancements for non-NCPK preschool care for families who do not meet
TANF/CCDF eligibility guidelines.
X-XXX-2360-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – State Subsidy Contract: Administration – Subsidy program administration conducted by a state level Local Purchasing Agency to perform family outreach and application; eligibility determination; payment processing; annual recertification; reporting; etc.
X-XXX-2361-XXX-XXXX / Subsidy – Dual Subsidy Administration - Subsidy program administration conducted by local partnership or direct service provider to perform family outreach and application; eligibility determination; payment processing; annual recertification; reporting; etc.
X-XXX-X100-XXX-XXXX / Child Care & Education Quality – Inactive header
X-XXX-3101- XXX-XXXX / 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-3102- XXX-XXXX / 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-3104- 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-3105- 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-3106- 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-3107- 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-3109- 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-3110- XXX-XXXX / Mentoring programs - programs to foster the development of mentoring relationships in the child care community
X-XXX-3115- 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-3121- XXX-XXXX

USE 5518 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-3123- 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-3202- XXX-XXXX
1202 deleted. Do not use.
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-3306- XXX-XXXX
3306 may only be used to fund coordinators / Pre-K/Preschool Coordination – support services and coordination for preschool classes (non NCPK), either public or non public.
X-XXX-3307- XXX-XXXX
3307 may only be used to fund coordinators / Head Start Coordination - support services and coordination for Head Start sites.
X-XXX-3313- XXX-XXXX
USE 3313 CCR ONLY
Use 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
Use 3318 for child focused
Use 5318 for family focused / 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-3320- XXX-XXXX
/ Supplement for quality - supporting the cost of child care other than the DCD or Smart Start Reimbursement Systems 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-3322- XXX-XXXX / NC Prekindergarten Program Coordination (formerly More At Four Coordination) – support services for pre-school classrooms serving at risk 4 year olds in the NCPK Program.
X-XXX-X400- XXX-XXXX /

Health/Safety – Inactive Header

X-XXX-5407- 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-5410-XXX-XXXX / 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-5413- 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-3414- 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-5415- 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, expanded health check support, 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, 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-5501- 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-5504- 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-5505- 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-5506- 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-5510- 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-5517- 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-5518- 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-5523- XXX-XXXX
Use for Reach Out and Read activities only / Reach Out and Read® – This evidence-based pre- literacy model supports doctors in their efforts to “prescribe” reading to young children and families during well-child visits through early literacy guidance and book sharing, free books for children to keep, and literacy-rich waiting rooms.
X-XXX-5525- XXX-XXXX / 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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