The Executive Summary in a State Plan is a stand-alone section meant to communicate the entire Plan in brief form. Considering that it may be the only part of the State Plan document that some people read, the Executive Summary must capture the essential points of the Plan concisely. Ideally, the information should be presented in the same order as the larger document itself.

• Tell the whole Plan in a nutshell
• Describe the current system
• Highlight major issues and trends
• Answer these questions:
• What will we do?
• How will it improve the system?
• How will we know and measure change?