They provide technical assistance and consultation to multiple clients in their regions. The Lead Agency contracts with an organization, called Provider Connections, at Western Illinois University to maintain a master calendar of early intervention training events and to provide reports on those events.
Universities provide continuing education and pre-service training.
There are 24 CFCs in the state. Clients are divided into geographic regions and served by regional TAM Teams. The TAM Teams and MCH nurses provide frequent on-site consultation visits. Distance learning technologies of video and audio teleconferencing, Internet and web based services are occasionally used as ways to provide technical assistance. Instructional videocassettes and a lending library are frequently used.