Kansas Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Developmental Services

1. The local interagency coordinating council shall consist of members who reflect the community, including at a minimum the following:

(A) two parents of children with disabilities;

(B) a representative of a health or medical agency;

(C) a representative of an educational agency; and

(D) a representative of a social service agency.

2. The names of local interagency coordinating council members shall be submitted to and acknowledged by the state lead agency.
3. The chair of the council shall be elected by the local interagency coordinating council. The name of the chair shall be communicated to the state lead agency.
4. The responsibilities of the local interagency coordinating council include the following:

(A) identifying local service providers who can provide early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;

(B) advising and assisting local service providers; and

(C) communicating, combining, cooperating, and collaborating with other local councils on issues of concern.

1. identification of a local lead agency, which shall be acknowledged by the secretary of the state lead agency;
2. identification of a local fiscal agency, which shall be acknowledged by the secretary of the state lead agency. The local lead agency and local fiscal agency may be the same agency, if the local lead agency is a legal entity;
3. a description of the child find plan, including assurance that child find activities are available at least monthly;
4. a description of identified community needs and resources;
5. a description of written interagency agreements or memoranda of understanding, and how those agreements are used in the development of IFSPs for eligible children and families;
6. a public awareness program that informs community members about child find activities, the central point of contact for the community, and the availability of early intervention services;
7. a provision that the services that shall be at no cost to eligible infants and toddlers and their families include the following:

(A) child find activities;

(B) evaluation and assessments;

(C) family service coordination; and

(D) administrative and coordinative activities related to the development, review, and evaluation of the individualized family service plan, and implementation of procedural safeguards and other components of the statewide system of early intervention services; and

8. an assurance that the information regarding the community plan is available in the community.