Funding Systems

Performance-based funding (PBF) helps strengthen programs

States increasingly see performance-based funding in adult education as a way to distribute resources fairly, promote accountability, and strengthen local programs. MPR worked with 12 states to help them develop or revise funding formulas to incorporate performance-based funding. Each state received customized technical assistance that involved convening a state task force, aligning state goals with funding criteria, modeling funding formulas, and creating a plan to introduce PBF to adult education programs. View final report (PDF, 739 KB).