2024 Public Report for AzEIP’s Service Providing Agencies
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Public Report for AzEIP’s Service Providing Agencies now available for your review. This report is required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C and designed to provide transparency and accountability in the performance of Service Providing Agencies providing services to our State’s infants, toddlers, and their families.
What does the report include?
The 2024 Public Report offers an insightful look into the performance of each Service Providing Agency, comparing their achievements against set targets. It includes several critical measurements, such as:
- Count of children served
- The planned locations of services
- Results of services on child outcomes
- Impact to family outcomes
- Percent of Arizona’s population receiving early intervention services
- Timeliness of evaluations and Individualized Family Service Plans
- Timeliness of services provided
- Compliance with transition activities timeframes
Why is this report important?
This interactive report serves as a tool for families, stakeholders, and providers to assess how effectively our Service Providing Agencies are meeting their obligations and delivering outcomes that matter to our State’s infants, toddlers, and their families. By making this information readily accessible, AzEIP is promoting transparency and fostering continuous improvement in government service delivery.
Where can you find the report?
The 2024 Public Report on Service Providing Agencies is available on the report section of the AzEIP website. Alongside this report, you will find a wealth of other valuable information and resources related to early intervention operations and performance metrics.
Take Action!
We encourage all stakeholders, including families, Service Providing Agencies, government officials, and members of the public, to explore the 2024 Public Report. Access the report directly and jump into the detailed insights it offers.
Thank you for your ongoing interest and support in our commitment to transparency and accountability. Together, we can ensure that our system of early intervention continues to strive for excellence in serving the public interest.
AzEIP Meets Requirements 3 Years in Row!
The U.S. Department of Education has issued its 2024 determinations for states on their implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
IDEA details four categories for the U.S. Department of Education’s determinations based on State’s Annual Performance Report and State Performance Plan including general compliance, results, and correction of noncompliance. A State’s determination may be:
- Meets the requirements and purposes of IDEA;
- Needs assistance in implementing the requirements of IDEA;
- Needs intervention in implementing the requirements of IDEA; or
- Needs substantial intervention in implementing the requirements of IDEA.
AzEIP is delighted to report that our State’s early intervention program has continued to Meet Requirements for 3 years in a row! This trend would not be possible without the hard work, dedication, and support of all our Service Providing Agencies in getting to this point. More information on how the U.S. Department of Education made the determination can be found on our website.
Parenting Tips: Did You Know You Can Help Build A Child’s Brain?
The way you interact with a child does help build understanding about the world around them and what to expect. Serve and return interactions are critical for a child’s developing brain. The great news is you can do it anytime, anywhere, without any need for toys or technology. These are the steps:
- Step 1 - Share the Focus - Pay attention to what your child is interested in.
- Step 2 - Support and Encourage - Show encouragement to your child's interests.
- Step 3 - Name it - To make important language connections in a child’s brain.
- Step 4 - Take Turns Back and Forth - Helps teach self-control and getting along with others.
- Step 5 - Practice Endings and Beginnings - Observe your child’s signals and share the focus of when your child is ready to end one activity and move on to the next. To learn more watch this
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Out and About in the Community
Lisa Vallee, AzEIP Community Relations Liaison, and Tanya Goitia, AzEIP Continuous Quality Improvement Manager, installed a display at the Flagstaff City - Coconino County Public Library on Monday, July 1st. The display includes toys to entice the kids and developmental milestone information for parents along with other community resources. We have included the Department of Economic Security (DES) Programs and Services Infographic with QR codes to learn more. The display will be available for the month of July. Be sure to stop by.
Learning Festival for Home Visitors
Friday, August 2, 2024 (Virtual)
10:00am – 11:30am (Phoenix Time)
Certificate of Attendance Available for 1.5 Professional Development Hours
Free to attend via Zoom. American Sign Language Interpretation will be available.
Susie Leo and Alexandra Stolworthy will discuss Improving Preconception and Prenatal Health with Power Me A2Z and the WIC Program.
Susie Leo is the Parent and Child Health Dietitian in the ADHS Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity. She has worked in public health for 23 years for many programs. Susie’s work includes managing the Power Me A2Z folic acid program, which provides free multivitamins with folic acid to people in Arizona who can get pregnant to prevent birth defects.
Alexandra Stolworthy is a Nutrition Consultant for the Arizona WIC Program. With over 10 years of experience in public health programs, Alex believes in creating and promoting nutrition and breastfeeding policies to support women and children through a weight-inclusive and trauma-informed lens.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and your unique Zoom link.
Learning Festival sessions are typically the first Friday of the month at 10:00am. We encourage participation in the discussion portion of the presentations.
You can review past Learning Festival sessions on the SFAZ Home Visitor Portal.
Resources
AZ ASQ News
- 9 Ways to Focus Families on Child Development During Home Visits
- Development is a Journey
- A Guide to Serve and Return: How Your Interaction with Children Can Build Brains
- Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)
- AzEIP Referral Survey for Providers
- CDC Early Childhood Resources
- Pathways.org
Our Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers has a Facebook page. Please follow us on Facebook for Free Community Events.
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Registration is now open for the 2024 Strong Families AZ Home Visiting Conference
The 2024 conference theme is: We Are Enough.
On the Home Visiting Conference webpage, you will find the full agenda for all 3 days (September 16, 17, and 18, 2024) with speakers and topics, educational support scholarship request form, the nomination form for the 2024 Strong Families AZ Home Visiting Professional Excellence Awards, and the link to the Strong Families AZ professional development portal (upper right corner of the home page).
To register, click on the “Register Now” button. Please complete all the questions and hit submit. Be sure that you receive a confirmation email immediately following your submission of the registration. It will come to the email address you entered during registration. If you do not receive a confirmation within 10-20 minutes, please check your junk or spam folder. If nothing is there, please re-register. After you submit your registration, please scroll back to the top of the page to see if there are any data errors. The system will tell you where the errors reside. If all is well, you will receive a pop up that says, “thank you for registering.” If we find a duplicate registration in the system for you, we will automatically remove one of them for accuracy.
There is no cost to register for and attend this conference.
If you requested an educational support scholarship for sleeping room accommodations, you need to register through this system as well. Requesting a sleeping room scholarship does not automatically register you for the conference. If we do not find your conference registration that matches your application, we will contact you to ask you to register. Without a conference registration, you may forfeit your sleeping accommodation scholarship.
Please register before August 10, 2024 to ensure your space at the conference. Once we achieve our maximum number of registrations, we will begin a wait list.
As always, please contact dryder@veerconsulting.com for assistance with your registration profile, name changes for substitutions or replacements, and cancellations.
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