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(Identify the item and cite the series), Records, Early Childhood Intervention Program, Texas Department of Health. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The Early Childhood Intervention Program came into being as a result of the studies and recommendations of the Joint Interim Study Committee on Early Childhood Intervention (created by the 66th Legislature in 1979, Senate Concurrent Resolution 96). This Committee was charged with making a comprehensive study of existing intervention programs and services available for children ages 0-3 years, and to examine the idea of implementing a comprehensive state program for early intervention services. The Committee reviewed existing programs, conducted hearings and heard testimony, and prepared legislation which incorporated the Committee's recommendations for submission to the 67th Legislature. Their recommendations were to support and expand existing intervention programs--The Crippled Children's Program (Department of Health), infant stimulation program (Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation), and Regional Day Schools for the Deaf (Texas Education Agency); establish a statewide delivery system of direct services for medical and developmental needs; and coordinate services and develop an infant program which could serve all disabilities.
The legislation drafted by the Committee was passed by the 67th Legislature in 1981 (Senate Bill 630), creating the Early Childhood Intervention Program. This Program is operated through the Department of Health and is charged with identifying and providing needed intervention services to children who have or are at risk of having developmental delays, from ages 0-3 years or until the child is eligible for special education programs for the handicapped.
The legislation also called for the creation of an Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention. This Council provides the needed coordination of state agencies which supply intervention services toward a statewide program. It serves as the interagency policy making body to administer the ECI Program. The Council is composed of one member each from the Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the Department of Human Resources (now Human Services), and the Central Education Agency. These members are chosen by their respective agency commissioners. One lay member is appointed by the Governor. The Council's responsibilities are to develop a state plan for intervention services, prepare written recommendations for carrying out the mandates of the legislation, and review grant applications from providers wishing to supply intervention services. The Council established the Advisory Committee on Early Childhood Intervention (composed of an unlimited number of parents, professionals, and advocacy group members) to support and advise the Council, to receive input from the state agencies offering intervention services, and to work toward the goal of a statewide program.
The ECI Program is operated by the Department of Health, Bureau of Crippled Children's Services. It provides intervention services to eligible children who cannot be placed in other programs. Specific duties of the program are to develop and implement a statewide strategy for early identification of children at risk; conduct a one-time series of regional training workshops; promote public awareness on the importance of prenatal care, on the early detection of developmental delay, and on the availability of state resources; and allocate funds to providers for the provision of intervention services.
Intervention services are contracted out to public and private providers. Those entities wishing to provide intervention services apply for grant funding through the ECI Program. Grant applications are reviewed and decided upon by the Interagency Council. Once grants are awarded, a contract is drawn up between the provider and the Department of Health. Program guidelines are developed by the Department of Health (TDH), and periodic evaluations of the provider are conducted to ensure compliance with the guidelines. Once cases are identified, the TDH provides parental counseling, conducts follow-up procedures, provides case management services, and monitors the overall progress of the child.
Materials present in these records include minutes of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention and the Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee; hearing files, transcripts, and legislation drafted by the Joint Interim Study Committee; grant applications and reviews; correspondence and memoranda; reports; press releases; speeches; and routine administrative files. Dates covered are 1979-1987. These records document the work of the Joint Interim Study Committee, the establishment of the Early Childhood Intervention Program, the activities of the Interagency Council and the ECI Advisory Committee, and the general operations of the ECI Program within the Texas Department of Health.
To prepare this preliminary inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
These records are organized into four series:
Laura K. Saegert, June 1990
Accession numbers: 1990/076, 1990/085
These records were transferred from the Texas Department of Health (via the Records Management Division of the State Library) to the State Archives on January 23, 1990; and from the Texas Department of Health directly to the Archives on February 20, 1990.
These are the minutes of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention and of the ECI Advisory Committee. Dates covered are 1981-1987. Some of the files in the mid to late 1980s also contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, and meeting agenda.
These records are organized into two sub-series:
These are minutes of the Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee, dating 1981-1987. Some of the files in the mid to late 1980s also contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, and meeting agenda.
The records are arranged in reverse chronological order.
These are minutes of the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention, dating 1981-1987. Some of the files in the mid to late 1980s also contain correspondence and memoranda, reports, and meeting agenda.
The records are arranged in reverse chronological order.
Materials present in this series consist of testimony given before the Joint Interim Study Committee on Early Childhood Intervention in 1980; transcripts of Committee meetings and public hearings; materials gathered for reference and research purposes--reports, summations of existing programs at state/local/regional levels, etc.; correspondence and memoranda; recommendations of the Committee; copies of the legislation creating the Committee; and drafts of legislation prepared by the Committee. Dates covered are 1979-1980.
The Joint Interim Study Committee on Early Childhood Intervention was created to study existing programs and make recommendations regarding the state's involvement in early childhood intervention programs for those children at risk of medical and developmental delays. This series documents the Joint Committee's actions towards these goals. The Joint Committee gathered materials from and evaluated existing intervention programs at the state, regional, and local levels; heard testimony and evidence from state agencies, physicians, advocates, and others; and drafted legislation for the 67th Legislature to consider, incorporating the Committee's recommendations for a comprehensive state program to provide early childhood intervention services.
Files are arranged by the type of material.
These are the files of the various entities providing intervention services through the Early Childhood Intervention Program when the program was initiated, 1981-1982. Providers wishing to offer services applied to the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention for grant funding. The Council's Grants Committee reviewed the applications, which were then voted on by the Council. This series contains some statistical information regarding the number of applicants, those approved and rejected, reviews of grants, and individual files on the providers offering services. These individual files contain the grant application (applicant profile, budget information, applicant resources, etc.), grant evaluation forms (contains the recommendation of the Grant Review Committee and final Council action), contracts, financial status reports, monitoring reports, correspondence, and a summary report prepared by the provider covering the period March 1 - August 31, 1982.
Files are arranged as received, most are arranged topically.
This series consists of largely of correspondence and administrative files of the Early Childhood Intervention Program . Types of materials present include general correspondence and memoranda to/from Interagency Council members, ECI Program staff, providers, and others; files with agencies and organizations (state agencies, advocacy groups, etc.), mostly correspondence and contracts; reports; speeches; legislation; press releases; and routine administrative files.
The files are arranged in the order received.