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Create Goal Definitions
Define the milestones and the expected results that you want someone to achieve through care plans, programs, and benefits.
Required Editions
| Available in: Education Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud, and Public Sector Solutions. View edition availability. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To create goal definitions: | Advanced Program Management permission set OR Education Cloud Full Access permission set |
Organize goals into a hierarchy. Use the top goal to define the ultimate objective, and intermediate goals to track the milestones toward achieving the top goal. For example, create a top goal called Full-Time Employment, and the intermediate goals Practice Job Interview and Write Resume.
When you add a top goal to a care plan template, its underlying intermediate goals and their related benefits are automatically included.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Goal Definitions.
- Click New.
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To create a top goal, specify these details.
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Enter a name and a description.
For example, enter Full-Time Employment as the name.
- To add a goal definition to a care plan, select Active as the status.
- Select Top Goal as the type.
- To make custom goal name mandatory when the goal is assigned to a care plan, select Custom Goal Name Required.
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Enter a name and a description.
- Click Save & New.
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To create an intermediate goal, specify these details.
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Enter a name and a description.
For example, enter Practice Job Interview as the name.
- Select Active as the status.
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Select a parent goal.
For example, select Full-Time Employment.
- Select Intermediate Goal as the type.
- To make custom goal name mandatory when the goal is assigned to a care plan, select Custom Goal Name Required.
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Enter a name and a description.
- Save your work, and create other goal definitions as needed.
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If needed, add goal definitions to benefits.
When you add a goal definition to a benefit and then add the benefit to a care plan, the goal is also added to the care plan. See Create Programs, Benefit Types, and Benefits.
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