When a baseline is created, the service plan goal, plan group(s), sub-goal(s),plan item(s) and milestones present on the plan at that time are recorded. Baselines can be automatically created by the system at specific points in the delivery of the service plan and may also be manually created by the user. Baselines are created by the system when a service plan is submitted for approval and on plan approval. Creation of these baselines is controlled by an environment variables allowing the customer to enable/disable this processing. This entity holds the details of any milestone(s) present on a service plan at the time the baseline is created.

Example

A case worker creates a Return to Work service plan for participant Linda Smith as she has recently become unemployed. A Review milestone is added so that a review takes place 14 days after the plan was created. A Sustainable Employment goal is selected for this service plan. Linda Smith is unable to pay for transport to get to work and also needs assistance paying for childcare. A plan group is created which contains a Childcare sub-goal to meet Linda's need to get care for her dependents and a Transportation sub-goal to overcome her transportation barrier preventing her from gaining sustainable employment. The Mileage Reimbursement and Childcare Provision plan items are added to the service plan to achieve the service plan sub-goals.

The service plan is submitted for approval and a submission baseline is created. The baseline milestone entity stores the details of the milestone(s) present on the service plan at the time the baseline is created.