6 Performance Measures

These performance measures serve as a guide for states in meeting the goal of developing an effective system of services for all children with special health needs and their families by 2010.

Families as Partners
Access to Medical Home
Early and Continuous Screening
Adequate Insurance
Organized Services
Transition to Adulthood

6 National Centers have been established to work toward achieving these measures. Each center focuses on 1 measure; but the centers, and the performance measures, are all interconnected.

These 6 measures were developed by the MCHB (Maternal and Child Health Bureau) in accordance with the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Acts (GPRA) of 1993 (Public Law 103-62). This Act requires the establishment of measurable goals for Federal programs that can be reported as part of the budgetary process, thus linking funding decisions with performance.