Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 30-100 - Community Services › Chapter DHS 90 - Early Intervention Services For Children From Birth To Age 3 With Developmental Needs › Section DHS 90.05 - Department responsibilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
				department is responsible for developing and supporting a statewide
				comprehensive system of services for children with disabilities in the age
				group birth to 3 and their families, and for supervising and monitoring local
				birth to 3 programs to ensure that they comply with 20 USC 1471-1485, 34 CFR
				Pt. 303, s.
				51.44,
				Stats., and this chapter.
(2)
				DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT. In developing and supporting the statewide system, the
				department shall:
(a) Provide technical
				assistance to county administrative agencies on operation of a local birth to 3
				program;
(b) Enter into an
				interagency agreement with the Wisconsin department of public instruction
				related to operation of the birth to 3 program, including operation of child
				find and facilitating the transition at age 3 of a child with a disability from
				the birth to 3 program to the program for children with exceptional educational
				needs under ch. 115, Stats., and ch. PI 11, and such other state-level
				interagency and intra-agency agreements as are necessary to facilitate and
				coordinate the operation of birth to 3 programs. The interagency and
				intra-agency agreements shall cover assignment of financial responsibility and
				the resolution of disputes;
(c)
				Undertake public awareness and other child find activities that focus on
				identification, location or evaluation of children who are eligible to receive
				early intervention services. The department shall endeavor to make the public
				aware of the rationale for early intervention services, the availability of
				those services, how to make referrals and how a family might obtain the
				services, through various means such as public service announcements and the
				distribution of brochures and other printed materials. Before undertaking any
				statewide child find activity that focuses on the identification, location or
				evaluation of children, the department shall ensure that adequate notice is
				published in newspapers or other media with circulation adequate to notify
				parents throughout the state of the activity;
(d) Operate or arrange for operation of a
				central directory of services to provide information on request by mail or
				telephone about public and private early intervention resources, research and
				demonstration projects in the state and various professional and other groups
				providing assistance to children in the birth to 3 age group and their
				families; and
(e) Develop a
				comprehensive system of personnel development, including a plan for the
				provision of both preservice and inservice training, conducted as appropriate
				on an interdisciplinary basis, for the many different kinds of personnel needed
				to provide early intervention services, including personnel from public and
				private providers, primary referral sources, paraprofessionals and service
				coordinators. The training shall be directed specifically at:
1. Understanding the basic components of
				early intervention services available in the state;
2. Meeting the interrelated social,
				emotional, health, developmental and educational needs of eligible children;
				and
3. Assisting parents of
				eligible children in furthering the development of their children and in
				participating fully in the development and implementation of the
				IFSP.