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1. Strategic Goals

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Managing for Results

See the Managing for Results theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

Launched in 2019, Colorado’s Governor’s Dashboard outlines four high-priority strategic goals: tax reform and economic development, energy and renewables, health, and education and the workforce.

2. Performance Management / Continuous Improvement

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Managing for Results

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In response to COVID-19, the state built a comprehensive public data dashboard that tracks health and economic data, including response data on hospital capacity, critical care supplies, child care, and funding.

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Leveraging Data

See the Leveraging Data theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

A 2018 Connecticut law formalized the position of Chief Data Officer within the Office of Policy and Management and created the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board.

4. Data Policies / Agreements

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Leveraging Data

See the Leveraging Data theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

In April 2019, Ohio’s Governor signed an executive order consolidating state data systems into the InnovateOhio Platform, which uses data as “a shared strategic asset” whose “value is multiplied when data sets are linked across programs and organizations” through data integration and management tools.

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Leveraging Data

See the Leveraging Data theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

The Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH), overseen by the state’s Chief Data Officer, houses the integrated Education and Workforce Development database, which brings together data from 12 state agencies, including: the Commission for Higher Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Corrections, Department of Workforce Development, and Family and Social Services Administration.

6. Evaluation Leadership

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Building and Using Evidence

See the Building and Using Evidence theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

Founded in 2019, Tennessee’s Office of Evidence and Impact is led by the state’s Director of Evidence and Impact. To propagate Tennessee’s evidence-based budgeting efforts, the Office defined four tiers of evidence, conducted program inventories, developed evidence reviews, and provided evidence-building technical assistance.

7. Evaluation Policies

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Building and Using Evidence

See the Building and Using Evidence theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

The Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) has a 2020-22 Research Agenda, which details four primary research areas to identify barriers to education and workforce opportunities: (1) expand data access and data use to inform equity issues; (2) evaluate outcomes and barriers for education and workforce programs over time; (3) connect supply and demand of the state’s future workforce; and (4) measure the impact of out-of-state education and workforce migration.

8. Evaluation Resources

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Building and Using Evidence

See the Building and Using Evidence theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

A 2017 law created Minnesota’s Opiate Epidemic Response grant program. The FY 2021 budget includes $300,000 for Minnesota Management and Budget to conduct experimental and quasi-experimental design impact evaluations for opiate epidemic response grant activities, which is slightly more than 1.1% of the agency’s $27 million general fund budget.

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9. Outcome Data

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Building and Using Evidence

See the Building and Using Evidence theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

The 2013 Colorado State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive and Transparent Government (SMART) Act required all Colorado state agencies to submit annual performance reports to the state legislature as part of the state’s budget process.

10. Evidence Definition and Program Inventory

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Building and Using Evidence

See the Building and Using Evidence theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

A 1999 New Mexico law required all state agencies to submit annual performance-based budget requests that include outputs, outcomes, performance, and evaluation data.

11. Cost-Benefit Analysis

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Investing for Results

See the Investing for Results theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

A 2013 Washington State law directed the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP), to: (1) compile an inventory of existing programs; (2) determine whether its programs were evidence-based; (3) assess the effectiveness of its programs, including conducting a cost-benefit analysis; and (4) phase out ineffective programs and implement evidence-based programs.

12. Use of Evidence in Grant Programs

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Investing for Results

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Since 2017, the Nevada Department of Education has allocated 100% of the state’s $9.5 million in federal Title I school improvement funds to districts and schools for interventions backed by strong, moderate, or promising evidence (using the top three tiers of evidence as defined by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)).

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13. Innovation

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Investing for Results

See the Investing for Results theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

In 2020, California launched the California COVID Assessment Tool to identify potential COVID-19 hotspots, predict which hospitals might reach capacity, and proactively allocate resources to such hotspots.

14. Contracting for Outcomes

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Investing for Results

See the Investing for Results theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

Since 2015, Rhode Island’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families has worked to reform and restructure the department’s procurement.

15. Repurpose for Results

Relevant Blueprint Theme:

Investing for Results

See the Investing for Results theme in the Blueprint to learn how states can make progress in meeting this criteria.

Since 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has set performance targets for its community corrections program through performance-based contracts.

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