This article highlights how TA centered on DMS 2.0 has led to meaningful system improvements, using Indiana and Montana as examples.
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Collecting and Tracking Maintenance of Effort Data
This technical assistance document is to assist LAs in establishing a process for collecting and tracking the budgeting and expenditures of State and local funds each year to determine if MOE is met.
Frequently Asked Questions: Early Childhood Transition
This page presents frequently asked questions about the early childhood transition process, and provides brief answers that summarize federal requirements and OSEP guidance.
Key Findings From the 2023 State of the States Survey on IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems
The 2023 survey collected responses from 96 program leaders across 56 states, territories, and entities, providing a national picture of the capabilities of state EI and ECSE data systems, including how data are stored, linked, and used to support program improvement.
Early Hearing Detection, and Intervention Program (EHDI) and Early Intervention
Partnerships between the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) program can support and improve outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and their families. Collaboration between these programs is specified in the IDEA Part C Regulations
Episode 3: Building Trust and Powering Decisions: Utah’s Journey with an Early Childhood Integrated Data System
In this episode of DaSy Talks, hosts Howard Morrison and Jenna Nguyen sit down with Lisa Davenport and Jennifer Floyd to explore how Utah built and strengthened its Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) by including Part C data.
COS Form and Documenting Evidence
The Child Outcomes Summary Form is a mechanism to document rating decisions and provide evidence that supports the rating from multiple sources.
EC Data University – Using Data to Understand Child Find Systems
This new EC Data U course provides an introduction to child find and related data reporting requirements and suggestions for how states and local programs can use federally-reported and other data while engaging key partners to understand how their child find system is working.
Improving Hawaii’s Child Find System through Technical Assistance from DaSy, ECTA, and the Waters Center for Systems Thinking
In 2023-2024, DaSy partnered with the ECTA and the Waters Center for Systems Thinking to facilitate a multi-state cohort on integrating data processes and systems thinking to make meaningful, sustainable change for children with disabilities and their families. This cohort strengthened the capacity of state staff to effectively use data in conjunction with the Habits of a Systems Thinker to guide decision making related to improving access, services, and results for young children with disabilities and their families.
SPP/APR Submission Guidance, Checklists & Tips
New C12 guidance! These resources help states prepare and submit the SPP/APR, including the SPP/APR Basics online training series, checklists and tips and new calculations guidance that specifies the data to include in the calculations for each SPP/APR indicator.