Code of Colorado Regulations
1400 - Department of Early Childhood
1405 - Early Intervention Colorado Program
8 CCR 1405-1 - EARLY INTERVENTION RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 8 CCR 1405-1-5.105 - SYSTEM COORDINATION
Universal Citation: 8 CO Code Regs 1405-1, ยง 5.105
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
This rule is promulgated pursuant to section 26.5-3-403, C.R.S.
A. Local Interagency Coordinating Council
1. Each Certified Early Intervention Service
Broker shall have a Local Interagency Coordinating Council that meets at least
quarterly to assure that federal, state, local, and private resources are
well-coordinated in local communities to assist families to meet the needs of
their infants or toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities.
2. Membership of a Local Interagency
Coordinating Council shall include, at a minimum:
a. At least one (1) member who is a parent or
guardian with a child twelve (12) years of age or younger and at least one (1)
member who is a parent or guardian of a child six (6) years of age or younger,
both of whom have knowledge of, or experience with, early intervention
services;
b. A representative of an
administrative unit;
c. A
representative of a county department of public health;
d. A representative of a county department of
social/human services;
e. Members
who are public or private providers of early intervention services;
and,
f. Other members of the
community at large who are interested in early intervention services or
involved in the provision of, or payment for, early intervention
services.
3. The purpose
of a Local Interagency Coordinating Council is to advise a Certified Early
Intervention Service Broker regarding:
a. The
planning, delivery, and evaluation of early intervention services, including
methods to identify and correct gaps in services;
b. The coordination of services and funding
resources; and,
c. The collection
and use of child and family outcomes and program data to inform early
intervention policies and practices within the designated service
area.
B. Interagency Operating Agreements
1. Each
Certified Early Intervention Service Broker, as defined in Rule
5.103, shall, at a minimum,
establish and maintain the following interagency operating agreements:
a. Administrative unit agreements that
include responsibilities for Child Find and transition activities, and
assisting in the development and implementation of the statewide plan in
accordance with section
26.5-3-404, C.R.S.;
b. County departments of social/human
services agreements that include responsibilities for referrals under the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, for a child who is less than three (3)
years of age and involved in a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect or
is identified as affected by illegal substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms
resulting from prenatal drug exposure;
c. Early Head Start Program agreements that
include responsibilities for the coordination of available services and
avoidance of duplication of effort for children enrolled in Early Head Start
and early intervention services; and
d. Other local agency agreements, as needed,
that are involved with early intervention services that specify the
responsibilities of each agency.
2. A Certified Early Intervention Service
Broker shall ensure that interagency operating agreements are signed by parties
with the authority to carry out the responsibilities of the specific agencies
or programs and are reviewed annually and updated as needed.
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