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Performance agreements would additionally be required annually between the governance partners which defines measurable goals in key operational areas. This agreement could identify: dependencies and requirements for each governance partner to maintain service levels, respective resource commitments, funding or expenditure flexibilities, and essential reporting and accountability measures.

	Related Document: New State-County Performance Agreement CONCEPT PAPER (Working Draft Posted 3/16/09)

The State-County Results Accountability Initiative/New State-County Governance Model calls for Performance Agreements. Performance Agreements would be required between the governance partners which defines measureable goals in key operational areas. This agreement could identify: dependencies and requirements for each governance partner to maintain service levels, respective resource commitments, funding or expenditures flexibilities, and essential reporting and accountability measures.

In the design of Performance Agreements, the County and the State have a mutual interest in eliminating administrative rules that are useless and burdensome as it relates to producing results. Similarly, they might also be able to identify procedural laws or regulatory processes that act as needless impediments to performance. Finally, they have a mutual interest in advancing state mandate reforms that are barriers to high performance and results. The Legislature desires to empower Counties regarding the administration and operational functions of the human services system and adhere to its role of policy making and strategic decision making. The County needs greater local control and flexibilities and therefore has to have granted waivers or variances from the regulatory agencies or state legislature. The State has an interest in effectively increasing accountability, decreasing cost, and increasing efficiencies and effectiveness in exchange for granting these flexibilities or freedoms. The performance agency is uncoupled from select administrative rules, procedural laws, regulatory processes or legislative mandates but more tightly bound to the regulatory agency in regards to a performance agreement. Whether spending is a critical factor for performance outcomes has everything to do with whether a County is expending funds on the right services, for the right people, at the right time, in the right manner according to Evidence Based Practices. A new charter or governance agreement could grant a waiver for the County to flexibly target funding and resources toward a comprehensive continuum of effective human services within a system of care.