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Appendices
A.2 CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
ACF has made a number of improvements in this FY 2005 Annual Performance Plan. In an effort to have a more outcome-focused approach, ACF dropped 23 measures, revised five measures and added fifteen measures for a total of 60 measures for FY 2004-2005. Efficiency measures have been identified for each of the program areas; several of these are developmental and will be refined over the next several months. Full cost accounting tables and percentages of full costs have been included in the program summary tables. A chart has been included in the Introductory Section which includes data on total measures, number of outcome, output and efficiency measures, results reported and achieved for FY 2000-2005. We have tightened the overall presentation and added more graphs and trend charts to highlight progress over time. The Executive Summary, Part I and introductory sections to each goal have been reformatted.
In Part II, under each of the strategic goals and objectives, programs have strengthened the presentation for each performance measure to present the performance story. Programs included information on the relationship between measures, targets, and results and the budget request and explained how this improves program management. Programs selected to participate in the Program Assessment Rating Tool included long-term strategic goals, as appropriate.
ACF has projected targets based on trend data wherever possible. There are a few measures that lack baselines because programs are implementing new initiatives and data collection activities. Baselines for those measures will be established upon completion of start-up and developmental activities. In a few cases, the targets or measures are stated in ways that cause baselines to change annually (e.g., continuous improvement targets or legislatively defined targets). For those, a context has been provided in the narrative.
Descriptive information has been provided to explain revision of targets and reasons targets were not achieved including steps that will be initiated to correct shortfalls.
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