Principles of Early Intervention Service Coordination DCY-C-0146R

The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for obtaining one qualified vendor to provide the content and course build for the state’s Principles of Early Intervention Service Coordination (PoEISC) asynchronous course.

The Ohio Department of Children and Youth (Agency) serves as lead agency for the State’s Early intervention (EI) program, under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The Agency is mandated to ensure that relevant provisions of IDEA are implemented. Including:

1. Ensure that their EI systems include policies and procedures relating to the establishment and maintenance of qualification standards to ensure that EI personnel are appropriately and adequately prepared and trained (IDEA, Sec 303.119[a]).
2. Ensure that infants, toddlers, and young children with disabilities and their families are provided services by knowledgeable, skilled, competent, and highly qualified personnel, and that enough of these personnel are available in the state to meet service needs ( IDEA, Sec 303.118 ).
3. Provide each infant or toddler with a disability, and that child's family, one service coordinator who is responsible for (a) coordinating all services required across agency lines; and (b) Serving as the single point of contact for carrying out EI activities and protections (IDEA, Sec 303.34[a]). Ohio implements a dedicated EI service coordination model.

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