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2024 and subject to performance improvement actions. Attachment II includes information concerning the upcoming Child and Family Services Review Round IV and the measures that will be reviewed by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and will not be included in any corrective action. Ongoing monitoring and support activities will continue as they have in prior years for these measures. We will continue to develop reports and validate data for these remaining performance measures. As always, we will work with the NC Association of County Directors of Social Services and counties to assist with the data validation process. The goal of this work is not intended in any way to be punitive. NCDHHS will work collaboratively with counties that are having difficulty consistently meeting the measures and provide support using a Continuous Quality Improvement framework. COVID-19 has changed our world and has had a tremendous impact on the work of human services. We recognize that you are continuing to experience significant increases in requests for the safety net services you provide. We also recognize that during a declaration of emergency, there continues to be barriers that are difficult to overcome in meeting the performance measures outlined in the 2022-23 2022-24 MOU. Last year the Division formalized ongoing criteria for when a pause of Corrective/Development Plans are implemented. At this time, we will not issue any corrective action or development plans based on the MOU while North Carolina remains under the Governor's COVID-19 State of Emergency. In the future the state will consider a pause on issuing a corrective action or development plan on a county by county basis if there is a state of emergency implemented and has an impact on the counties ability to meet their performance requirements (i.e.; a significant hurricane, tornado, etc.). While we will continue to monitor performance and share data with you and provide your team support, there will be no formal performance improvement or corrective actions taken related to MOU performance. We will also hold off publishing the Rylan's Law Dashboard to the public until the emergency declaration is lifted. We will be in discussion with you about developing a joint plan for reinstating these measures once the emergency declaration is lifted. Several items are included with this letter for your review and information: • Memorandum of Understanding for SFY 2022-2023 — SFY 2023-2024 • Fact Sheets for each program area that provide information on the measures • Attachment I - New MOU Performance Measures At-A-Glance • Attachment II - Child Welfare Performance Measures At-A-Glance 2