The community, rather than individual families, does the work of piecing together a comprehensive set of integrated services from the complex array of public programs with multiple eligibility requirements, funding approaches and types of services offered. All young children and families in need of services and supports are effectively identified early and easily brought into the community's system for delivering services and supports. All young children and families will receive regular, ongoing and comprehensive services and supports they need. There is a way to fund the services and supports needed by young children and families. Services and supports for young children and their families are organized in ways that families can easily use them.
Families participate in decision making at all levels and find the services they receive beneficial.
We invite you to respond to any of the issues raised in this newsletter, and to post to the listserv any other questions, observations, concerns, experiences, and success stories you have on planning community services for children and families.