470 IAC 3.1-2-6 - Public awareness

Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17-15

Sec. 6.

(a) The division shall maintain a public awareness program that:

(1) focuses on the early identification of children who are eligible to receive early intervention services;

(2) includes the preparation and dissemination to all primary referral sources, especially hospitals and physicians, of information materials for parents on the availability of early intervention services; and

(3) includes procedures for determining the extent to which such sources disseminate such information to parents of infants and toddlers.

(b) The public awareness program must provide for informing the public about the following:

(1) The state's early intervention system.

(2) The child find system, including the following:

(A) The purpose and scope of the system.

(B) How to make referrals.

(C) How to gain access to a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation, and other early intervention services.

(3) Local resource and referral entities in the state.

(4) The central directory.

(5) The local planning and coordinating council.

Notes

470 IAC 3.1-2-6

Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3.1-2-6; filed Jan 29, 1996, 5:15 p.m.: 19 IR 1333; filed Mar 9, 1999, 2:05 p.m.: 22 IR 2254; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA Readopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA