Section 470 IAC 3.1-2-1 - State lead agencyAuthority: 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.Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3.1-2-1; filed Jan 29, 1996, 5:15 p.m.: 19 IR 1331; filed Mar 9, 1999, 2:05 p.m.: 22 IR 2252; 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-470130306RFAReadopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA