This 2013 session provides an overview on the types of finance data that states should be collecting for short-term planning and long-term projections as well as alternatives for collecting such finance data. The presenters detail the importance of creating linkages between finance data to other service planning and service delivery data in order to answer increasingly more detailed accountability questions.

Presented at the Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference in 2013.

Key Fiscal Tools and Indicators to Include in Early Childhood Data Collections