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Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program (ITEIP)
County
Interagency Coordinating Councils (CICC)
Roles and Purpose
County Interagency Coordinating Councils (CICCs) are made up of
local community members, including family members, service providers, and
local agencies. ITEIP ensures an operational local council through
contracting with the early intervention services lead agency.
The CICC is the advisory body to the local ITEIP contracted early
intervention lead agency. The CICCs focus on making services easier for
families to access locally and on building community capacity for early
intervention services. CICC membership includes representation from the
following:
- Parents and family members of children, ages birth through twelve
with disabilities and/or developmental delays;
- Local health departments/districts
- Tribal Governments (where applicable)
- Washington State Migrant Council (where applicable)
- Other minority community representatives
- School districts and educational service districts
- Higher education/personnel preparation
- Early intervention service providers
- Military (where applicable)
- Medical providers
- County Human Services
- Local DSHS representation from the Division of Developmental
Disabilities (DDD), Community Services Office (CSO), and Children's
Administration (CA)
- County or Regional Mental Health Agency
- Child care providers
- Other public and private agencies providing services to infants and
toddlers (childcare providers, parks and recreation, Medicaid
transportation brokers, etc.)
There are 34 CICCs covering 39 counties. Some of the issues addressed
at the local level by CICCs include:
- Working to improve the local early intervention system by
identifying public and private funding sources across all relevant
community partners
- Assisting in implementing the local payer of last resort policies
and procedures
- Helping identify local gaps in services and community needs and
developing strategies to improve/resolve them
- Collaborating and coordinating with other local planning groups in
improving services for children and families
- Organizing local public awareness outreach efforts
- Organizing and sponsoring local early intervention trainings for
families, providers and community members interested in early
intervention/early childhood issues
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