We added a new Question C.9 Setup option to Management >> PIR >> PIR Setup that allows you to specify how many days before/after the participant's Enrollment Date that a Growth Assessment has to occur in order to be considered for PIR question C.9

Important: The default for this field in Management >> PIR >> PIR Setup is currently set to 30 days; however, you can manually adjust the number of days depending on your organization's preference

We updated wording in ChildPlus and on PIR reports 9700 and 9900 for the following PIR questions:

A.10.f
Updated question to "5 years and older"

A.13.a
Updated question to "Income at or below 100% of federal poverty line"

A.18.b.1
Updated question to "Of the infants and toddlers who aged out of Early Head Start, the number who entered a Head Start program"

A.21.b
Updated question to "Of the children who left the program during the program year, the number of preschool children who aged out, i.e., left the program in order to attend kindergarten"

A.22-A.23

We updated the year referenced in the label for these questions to 2021-2022

A.26.l.1
We moved this question, which was formerly located under A.26.m, under question A.26.l

We updated wording in ChildPlus and on PIR reports 9700 and 9900 for the following PIR questions:

B.1
Updated question to "Total number of staff members, regardless of the funding source for their salary or number of hours worked"

B.1.a
Updated question to "Of these, the number who are current or former Head Start or Early Head Start parents"

B.2.a
Updated question to "Of these, the number who are current or former Head Start or Early Head Start parents"

B.6.b
Updated question to:

A baccalaureate degree in:

• early childhood education with a focus on infant and toddler development or

• a field related to early childhood education and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education with experience teaching infants and/or toddlers

B.6.e
Updated question to "None of the qualifications listed in B.6.a through B.6.d"

B.7.a
Updated question to "Of these infant and toddler classroom teachers, the number enrolled in a degree, certification, credential, or licensure program that would meet one of the qualifications listed in B.6.a through B.6.d."

B.9.b.1
Updated question to "1. Of the family child care providers in B.9.b, the number enrolled in a degree or credential program that would meet a qualification described in B.9.a."

B.10.a
Updated in ChildPlus so it now only counts staff with their FCC/Home-Based or Related Degree in one of the following:

• Early Childhood Education (Baccalaureate)

• Human Services (Baccalaureate)

• Nursing plus RN license (Baccalaureate)

• Other (Baccalaureate)

• Psychology (Baccalaureate)

• Social Work (Baccalaureate)

• Sociology (Baccalaureate)

B.10.a.1
This question now only counts if staff are enrolled in a Baccalaureate FCC/Home-Based or Related Degree

B.11 and B.12
We switched the order of PIR questions B.11 and B.12. PIR question B.11 is now Classroom teacher salary by level of education (Classroom teacher salary by level of education) and PIR question B.12 is now Average salary (Classroom Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Home-Based Visitors, Family Child Care Providers)

B.13.d
Updated question to "Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander"

B.17
Updated question to: "The number of teachers, preschool assistant teachers, family child care providers, and home visitors who left during the program year (including turnover that occurred while classes and home visits were not in session, e.g., during summer months)"

B.17.c
This new question, which calculates the number of staff counted for B.17 with a PIR Position of Teacher, was added to ChildPlus and to PIR Report 9724 - Staff Turnover

B.18.d
We updated this question to "Other (e.g., change in job field, reason not provided)"

We updated wording in ChildPlus and on PIR reports 9700 and 9900 for the following PIR questions:

C.1
Updated question to "Number of all children with health insurance"

C.1.a
Updated question to "Of these, the number enrolled in Medicaid and/or CHIP"

C.1.b
Updated question to "Of these, the number enrolled in state-only funded insurance (e.g., medically indigent insurance), private insurance, or other health insurance"

C.3.a
Updated question to "Of these, the number enrolled in Medicaid"

C.29

We removed DRDP in ChildPlus as a choice from question C.29

C.30.e
This question now has following choices available as answers:

• Abriendo Puertas

• Active Parenting

• Conscious Discipline Parenting Curriculum

• Love and Logic

• Parents as Teachers

• Positive Solutions for Families

• Ready Rosie

C.32
This question now has the following choices available as answers:

• Arnett Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS)

• Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS: Infant, Toddler, or Pre-K)

• Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale-Revised (FCCERS-R)

• HighScope Program Quality Assessment (PQA)

• Home Visiting Rating-Scales (HOVRS) HOVRS-Adapted and Extended (HOVRS-A+)

• Original ECERS or ITERS (not revised)

• Original FCCERS (not revised)

• Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT)

• The Early Childhood or Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R or ITERS-R)

C.42
Updated question to "Total number of families receiving benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly referred to as Food Stamps"

C.43
Updated question to "The number of families that received the following program service to promote family outcomes"

C.49
Updated question to "Total number of enrolled children who were in foster care at any point during the program year"