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Intro. Website Purposes. Provide templates and resources for developing early childhood interagency agreements and collaborative procedures among multiple community partners.

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  1. Intro

  2. Website Purposes • Provide templates and resources for developing early childhood interagency agreements and collaborative procedures among multiple community partners. • Assist local agencies in meeting their respective requirements related to early childhood community collaborations for ALL children ages birth through 5 years. • Be a resource for developing initial agreements and collaborative procedures or when revisions are warranted.

  3. Addresses Legal Requirements • Division of Early Care and Education, Bureau for Children & Families, WV Department of Health and Human Resources • Office of Instruction and Student Services, WV Department of Education (Universal Pre-K) • Office of Special Education, WV Department of Education • WV Birth to Three, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health, Bureau for Public Health, WV Department of Health and Human Resources • Head Start as supported by the WV Head Start State Collaboration Office, Bureau for Children and Families, WV Department of Health and Human Resources

  4. Definitions

  5. The Big Picture

  6. Read Me First Read Me First It all starts here. On this page you will find a brief description of the materials and products offered on the website. Read each thoroughly to ensure that you know which documents may aid you in your task.

  7. Strategies For Team Use Strategies For Team Use This webpage provides ideas for how teams can use this site and its resource materials to develop local early childhood interagency agreements and collaborative procedures. These strategies can be modified as appropriate to fit the individual circumstances of local early childhood interagency teams.

  8. Templates Templates This webpage provides templates, samples and instructions for developing local early childhood interagency agreements and collaborative procedures that can be adapted as desired to meet local needs. Instructions Click on the Template or sample on which the team wants to work. Follow the instructions that are embedded in this Template in the comment boxes that appear on the right side of the Template. You can adopt or adapt the wording on the Template to be appropriate to your team. While you can edit this wording, you should ensure that the concepts in the Template are included in your team's agreement or procedures.

  9. Templates Listing • Template for Local Early Childhood Interagency Agreement • Template for Collaborative Procedures • Collaborative Procedures For Transitions into and out of the WV Pre-K System • Transition Procedures From Part C To Part B Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) • Transition Procedures From Part C To Early Head Start/Head Start • Template for Resource Sharing

  10. Products Complete List of Resources & Products This webpage provides links to products developed by the WV Early Childhood Transition Steering Committee and agencies represented on this committee that support the adoption of local early childhood interagency policies, procedures and practice. These products are valuable resources that local teams can using in researching legal requirements and/or effective practice.

  11. User Feedback User Feedback Your feedback is important to us. Any information you provide us will remain confidential. Please be sure to submit your comments or suggestions. Feedback can be sent by clicking the feedback section at the bottom of the READ ME FIRST page.

  12. Our Committee • Who are we? • We are a state level committee composed of state and local agencies and family representatives representing the Birth to Three System, Head Start, Department of Education/Schools, Child Care and other related entities. We believe that the WV Birth to Three System, Head Start, public schools, and child care programs all have important roles to play in transitioning young children ages birth to five years and their families from one program or service to another. • What is our vision? • Local communities in West Virginia will have effective transition policies and practices for all young children ages birth to five years that will: • Maximize positive outcomes for children through effective early childhood programs that are compatible as the child moves from one program to another, foster positive ongoing relationships between families and professionals and among participating agencies, and result in a smooth transition process for children, families, and involved agencies.

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