Interested persons can submit comments on two recently published Part C information collection packages. Comments for Child Count, Settings, and Exiting (OMB 1820-0557) should be submitted on or before and […]
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Timelines for Obligating and Liquidating FFY 2021 Part C ARP and IDEA Funds
On May 17, 2023 OSEP released a memo regarding the obligation of and timelines for liquidating FFY 2021 funds. The OSEP memo addressed questions OSEP had received about FFY 2021 IDEA funds including American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. (If you missed this memo, it is attached below.) DaSy encourages Part C coordinators to read the memo carefully and share the memo with pertinent staff within your agency, particularly those involved with the fiscal management of the Part C program.
Family Data Leaders Advance States’ Efforts
Multiple family voices at the table are essential. Family members will reveal unseen successes, barriers, issues, or problems. They will suggest and recommend improvements. They will define and celebrate successes. With well-supported and compensated Family Data Leaders with flexible opportunities for input, states and local programs can better meet goals with and for children and families. Don’t miss out on family members’ voices and expertise.
OSEP Blog: Suspension, Expulsion & Informal Removals: Unexpected Realities in Preschool
DaSy Director Grace Kelley and DaSy TA Specialist Jennifer Tschantz contributed to OSEP Director Valerie C. Williams’ May Discipline Discussions Blog. This month she addressed the important topic of suspensions, expulsions, and other forms of exclusionary discipline that remove children from their preschool environment and end up creating stressful and isolating experiences for children and their families.
Part C Data Tips: Spring 2023 Resources
Part C Data Managers are shifting timelines and processes in response to new deadlines around modernization. Top Part C Data tasks to tackle this quarter are focused around OSEP’s modernization of the data submission system.
2023 State Learning Opportunities
The OSEP-funded Early Childhood Technical Assistance (TA) Centers are pleased to announce a variety of new and ongoing opportunities to build individual and state capacity around implementation of IDEA 0-5 in 2023.
Child Outcomes Summary Knowledge Check (COS-KC)
Does your state or program use the ECO Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process for measuring child outcomes? How much do you know about practitioner knowledge of the COS process? Well-equipped practitioners are one key to high quality child outcomes data, and now we have a tool to help practitioners and states understand practitioner knowledge about the COS process. The COS Knowledge Check (COS-KC) is a brief assessment that produces helpful reports for state planning and improvement.
Data Processes Toolkit and Data DMS Protocol Crosswalk
Do you need help identifying possible gaps in documentation required for OSEP’s differentiated monitoring and support process? This crosswalk is designed to provide an overview of the major themes covered in the Differentiated Monitoring and Support (DMS) Part B/C Data Protocol and where those themes could be addressed when a state chooses to use the DaSy Part C Data Processes Toolkit.
Join DaSy & ECTA at the 2023 DEC Conference
Here’s a quick reference list of DaSy and ECTA’s sessions at DEC 2023, Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2023 in Minneapolis, MN.
Evaluating Implementation of Evidence-based Practices Webinar
March 2023. Need practical strategies for evaluating how practitioners are doing with implementing evidence-based practices? Not sure what to do with all the data you’ve already collected? Not sure where to start?