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(d) The contractor must assist DARS ECI as requested in pub-
lic awareness activities, including informing families and their com-
munity of the DARS ECI Central Directory.
(e) The contractor must establish and maintain ongoing rela-
tionships with public and private agencies that serve children and fam-
ilies in their community to:
(1) increase quality referrals for ECI services; and
(2) coordinate with community partners to increase access
to resources and services for ECI children and families.
108.613. Publications.
(a) The contractor must maintain a current inventory of ECI
publications and public outreach materials provided by DARS ECI.
(b) Public outreach materials created by the contractor must
comply with the ECI Graphics Manual.
108.615. Interagency Coordination.
(a) The purpose of interagency coordination is to enhance the
contractor's child find and public awareness efforts and to coordinate
with community partners to increase access to resources and services
for ECI children and families.
(b) The contractor must comply with all child find and public
outreach requirements in all state-level DARS ECI memoranda of un-
derstanding (MOUs) with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Head
Start and Early Head Start, Texas Department of Family and Protec-
tive Services (DFPS), and any other state agency with which DARS
ECI enters into a MOU.
(c) To facilitate families' effective transitions from ECI ser-
vices to Part B services in the public schools, the contractor must co-
ordinate with the local educational agency (LEA) representatives to
achieve a shared understanding of:
(1) eligibility requirements for public school services, in-
cluding for Part B services;
(2) the state-level MOUs with TEA; and
(3) if applicable, MOUs with the LEAs.
(d) To ensure that families eligible for Head Start and Early
Head Start have access to those services as needed, the contractor must
coordinate with the local Head Start and Early Head Start representa-
tive to achieve a shared understanding of:
(1) eligibility requirements for Head Start and Early Head
Start placement;
(2) the state-level MOU with Head Start and Early Head
Start;
(3) referral procedures; and
(4) if applicable, the local MOU with Head Start and Early
Head Start.
(e) The contractor must document coordination of ECI ser-
vices with local agencies, as required by 34 CFR 303.302 and other
programs identified by DARS ECI.
(f) The contractor must maintain a current list of community
resources for families that includes for each resource:
(1) services provided;
(2) contact information;
(3) referral procedures; and
(4) cost to families.(g) The contractor must document the reasonable efforts to
mitigate any systemic issues with achieving the requirements of this
section.
108.617. Public Outreach Contact, Planning, and Evaluation.
(a) The contractor must inform DARS ECI of the person to
contact regarding public outreach efforts.
(b) The contractor must establish goals, strategies, and activi-
ties to meet the requirements of this subchapter. This strategic planning
process must include the review and incorporation of any major DARS
ECI policy change concerning the types of information described in
108.609(b) of this subchapter (relating to Child Find).
(c) The strategic planning process must be coordinated with
other contractors that share counties and primary referral sources.
(d) The public outreach strategic planning process must in-
clude an evaluation of the success of the contractor's public outreach
efforts with a focus on the:
(1) number of children referred to the ECI program;
(2) percentage of children referred that are determined eli-
gible for the program;
(3) percentage of children determined eligible that enroll in
the program;
(4) data in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection
broken down by age, race, and ethnicity at referral; referral source;
and eligibility type; and
(5) plans to address issues found in the evaluation of public
outreach efforts.
(e) The contractor must be prepared to describe this strategic
planning process and its outcomes to DARS ECI upon request.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal author-
ity to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 13, 2013.
TRD-201301910
Sylvia F. Hardman
General Counsel
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Earliest possible date of adoption: June 23, 2013
For further information, please call: (512) 424-4050
SUBCHAPTER G. REFERRAL, PRE-
ENROLLMENT, AND DEVELOPMENTAL
SCREENING
40 TAC 108.701, 108.706, 108.707, 108.709
The proposed amendments and new rules are authorized by
the Texas Human Resources Code, Chapters 73 and 117; and
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, 20
USC 1400 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 34 CFR
Part 303, as amended. The amendments and new rules are
proposed pursuant to HHSC's statutory rulemaking authority un-
der Texas Government Code, Chapter 531, 531.0055(e), which
provides the Executive Commissioner of HHSC with the author-
ity to promulgate rules for the operation and provision of health
and human services by health and human services agencies.PROPOSED RULES May 24, 2013 38 TexReg 3307
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