Strategic Plan 2020-21
Strategic Plan FY21
The mission of the Kansas Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Developmental Services is to ensure that a comprehensive service delivery system of integrated services is available to all Kansas families that have a child with or at risk of developmental delays/disabilities from birth through age five.
In conducting our business, the Council will “Advise and Assist” two general constituencies. State entities will include the: Governor, Kansas Legislature, state agencies, our Congressional delegation, and organizations with similar missions. Local partners will include: families, providers of various services utilized by families, community councils, local policy-makers and community leaders.
Executive Committee
SPP/APR Committee
LICC Retreat and Support Committee
Social-Emotional Committee
Funding/Personnel Committee
The mission of the Kansas Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Developmental Services is to ensure that a comprehensive service delivery system of integrated services is available to all Kansas families that have a child with or at risk of developmental delays/disabilities from birth through age five.
In conducting our business, the Council will “Advise and Assist” two general constituencies. State entities will include the: Governor, Kansas Legislature, state agencies, our Congressional delegation, and organizations with similar missions. Local partners will include: families, providers of various services utilized by families, community councils, local policy-makers and community leaders.
Executive Committee
- Develop template for:
- agency reports
- committee reports
- local community presentations
- state systems presentations
- September 2020
- Examine development of a Council “newsletter” to promote resources/ information to LICCs and other statewide partners
- October 2020
- Ensure that the work of the Council, including committees, aligns and complements the “All in for Kansas” Strategic Plan
- June 2021
- Encourage development of partnerships with childcare providers, business leaders, pediatricians, professors, and mental health
- June 2021
- Set agendas for council meetings
- Monthly
- Approve/add updates to the SICC website
- As needed
- Act on behalf of Council should action be time limited/prior to next SICC meeting
- As needed and appropriate as indicated in by-laws
SPP/APR Committee
- Review draft of Part C SPP/APR annual report and provide feedback to agency
- December 2020/January 2021
- Recommend completed draft report to SICC for approval
- January 2021
- Secure SICC authorization for Council Chair to sign report for submission to Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- Prior to report due date - February 2021
LICC Retreat and Support Committee
- Establish 4 regional LICC Retreats and secure sites
- September 2020
- Wichita
- Topeka
- Garden City
- Site 4: TBA
- Develop and send 2nd survey to finalize topics for regional retreats
- October 2020
- Contact other SICCs about agenda for regional retreats
- November 2020
- Make arrangement for retreats
- January 2021
- Identify retreat focus/topics
- February 2021
- Wichita: Parent focus with mini-sessions
- Building partnerships
- Strategic planning for providers partners
- Topeka: TBA
- Garden City: TBA
- Site 4: TBA
- Conduct retreats
- June 2021: Retreats conducted by June 30
Social-Emotional Committee
- Identify the impacts of COVID-19 on social-emotional initiatives currently occuring in KS, gather additional input from KSDE, KDHE, KDADS, DCF, “Our Tomorrows Stories”,
- December 2020
- Identify data sources and compile additional information on social-emotional data/community assessments
- March 2020
- Develop/identify informational materials to increase the capacity of physicians/pediatricians to understand/identify children who might have a developmental delay
- June 2020
Funding/Personnel Committee
- Complete funding document (currently in process) that identifies funding sources for service programs
- October 2020
- Complete document requesting funding clarification from the insurance commission
- October 2020
- Develop resource guide of funding sources (e.g. public, private, foundations) that are potential support to Part C programs and Part B
- November 2020
- Develop resource guide of funding sources that are potential support to early childhood general education (e.g. public, private)
- November 2020
- Develop resource guide of colleges/universities that provide training programs resulting in credentials for serving children with disabilities and their families
- April 2021
- Develop resource guide of funding sources (e.g. public, private, foundations) that provide support to students seeking credential appropriate to services for children with disabilities and their families
- June 2021
