Business System Design
for Early Education and Care

PCG offers a wide range of consulting services to design and support business systems in early education and childcare, including:

• Funds Management and Maximization
• Federal Funds Reporting and Claiming
• State and Regional System Consulting
• IT Solutions

Funds Management and Maximization
Early education and child care services can be funded from many sources, including CCDF, TANF, SSBG, Title IV-E, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Title V, and federal education grants. It is essential for managers to determine how systems can maximize these sources while ensuring that compliance and eligibility standards are met for all funds received. PCG has expertise in the rules and regulations governing these funds and has a proven record of success in assisting states to maximize revenue.

Federal Funds Reporting and Claiming
PCG has experience in assisting early education and child care systems in the preparation of federal reports and the fulfillment of federal accounting requirements. These federal reports include the ACF 696, ACF 272, CMS 64, IV-E 1, and ACF 196.

State and Regional System Consulting 
Nationally, states are moving towards unifying their early education and child care systems, and now often align these systems with other education and health and human service systems. As these systems change, what role will each level of government play? How will successful outcomes be defined and measured? How will service delivery and standards be maintained and policy duplication eliminated while ensuring quality and access for families? PCG has the expertise necessary to help guide state systems through this decision process.

IT Solutions
Accurate, efficient information management is essential in the early education and child care system in order to process payments, account for costs, set rates, prepare state budgets, and measure outcomes. PCG consulting staff can help states assess existing systems, assess user capacity (particularly at the provider and regional level), and develop and implement the IT solutions necessary to ensure adequate transmission of information and federal reporting compliance.

Among our clients:

• Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
• South Carolina First Steps

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