470 IAC 3.1-2-1 - State lead agency
Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17-15
Sec. 1.
(a) The
division is the state lead agency responsible for ensuring the provision of
early intervention services to eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities
and their families consistent with
20 U.S.C.
1431 et seq., and 34 CFR 303.
(b) The division is responsible for ensuring
that the minimum components of a statewide system of early intervention
services for eligible infants and toddlers and their families, as required by
the United States Department of Education, is established and maintained in the
state. The minimum components, identified in
20 U.S.C.
1435 and 34 CFR 303, include the following:
(1) A state definition of developmentally
delayed.
(2) A central directory of
information relating to early intervention services, resources, experts, and
research and demonstration projects available in the state.
(3) Timetables for serving eligible infants
and toddlers and their families.
(4) A public awareness program.
(5) A comprehensive child find
system.
(6) Timely, comprehensive,
and multidisciplinary evaluation and assessment procedures, and a
family-directed identification of the needs of each family of such an infant or
toddler to appropriately assist in the development of the infant or
toddler.
(7) Development, review,
and evaluation of IFSPs and service coordination.
(8) A comprehensive system of personnel
development.
(9) Development and
implementation of personnel standards.
(10) Development and implementation of
procedural safeguards.
(11) General
administration, supervision, and monitoring of the early intervention
system.
(12) Procedures that are
widely disseminated for resolving complaints.
(13) Policies and procedures related to
financial matters, including the following:
(A) The identification and coordination of
all resources in the state available for early intervention services.
(B) The timely reimbursement of funds
provided by the United States Department of Education for early intervention
services.
(C) The assignment of
financial responsibility among participating agencies.
(14) Interagency agreements for resolution of
disputes.
(15) Policies for
contracting or otherwise arranging for services.
(16) Data collection on the numbers of
infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families in the
state.
Notes
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