New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 17 - EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
Subchapter 3 - SERVICE COORDINATION, REGIONAL PROVIDER AGENCY, PROVIDER AGENCY, AND PRACTITIONER
Section 8:17-3.1 - Service coordination activities

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:17-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) A service coordinator shall undertake the following activities:

1. Coordinating the process by which children are potentially eligible and/or determined to be eligible, and their families, to receive the services, rights, and procedural safeguards to which they are entitled pursuant to Part C, through the NJEIS;

2. Assuming responsibility for:
i. Coordinating all services delivered to the eligible child across agency lines; and

ii. Serving as a single point of contact in helping parents to obtain the services and assistance they need for each child referred and his or her family;

3. Engaging in an active ongoing process that involves:
i. Assisting parents of eligible children in gaining access to and coordinating the provision of early intervention services;

ii. Facilitating the delivery of timely services; and

iii. Continuously seeking the appropriate services and situations necessary to enhance the development of each child being served for the duration of the child's eligibility;

4. Coordinating the performance of evaluations and assessments;

5. Assisting families to understand and to collect information needed to complete the family cost participation documentation identified in 8:17-9.2;

6. Assisting families in identifying available provider agencies;

7. Informing families of the availability of advocacy services;

8. Providing to families information related to their child's needs, including information based upon the child's diagnosis or condition;

9. Coordinating with medical and health providers;

10. Informing families of the purposes and general functions of, and the types of services that are available and potentially available to them from, the NJEIS, their rights, procedural safeguards, the requirements of this chapter, and the process for accessing services through the early intervention system;

11. Facilitating and participating in the development, review and evaluation of IFSPs;

12. Coordinating and monitoring the delivery of IFSP services; and

13. Facilitating the development of a plan of transition to preschool services, as appropriate.

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