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This collection provides resources specifically helpful for states as they work toward linking data between Part C and Part B 619 programs and/or with other programs within a state, such as through participation in a Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) or Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS). These resources have been identified by TA providers from CEDS, CIID, DaSy, EDTAP, and PTAC as most relevant and useful for this work.
The resources in this collection are organized into 4 categories aligned with the Steps to Data Linking in DaSy’s Data Linking Toolkit:
Checking Data and Assessing Partner Readiness (includes introductory information about data linking and integration);
Formalizing Data Linking;
Linking and Analyzing Data; and
Sustaining Data Linking and State Examples
The Data Linking Toolkit comprises multiple sections that include downloadable tools to support Part C and Part B 619 program staff as they consider, prepare, and successfully link their data. The Toolkit is focused on linking data between Part C and Part 619, but it includes valuable information and tools that can be applied to other data linking or integration initiatives.
Checking Data and Assessing Partner Readiness
- Early Hearing Detection, and Intervention Program (EHDI) and Early Intervention Partnership Resource Collection (ECTA Center, 2026)
- Supporting State EHDI-EI Collaboration: Self-Assessment and Meeting Templates (ECTA Center, 2026)
- Data Linking Toolkit: Part C and Part B 619 Data Linking Partners(DaSy, 2022)
- Data Linking Toolkit: Partnerships (DaSy, 2022)
- What Is an Early Childhood Integrated Data System? (SLDS State Support Team, 2024)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Leveling Up Your Data Systems (DaSy, 2023)
- Data Sharing, Linking and Integration: What is it and How do we Start? (DaSy, 2023)
- State of the States on Linking Data (DaSy, 2023)
- What’s the Difference Between Data Sharing, Data Linking and Data Integration? (DaSy, 2022)
- Five Considerations for Potential Data Linking Partners (DaSy, 2019)
- Linking Early Childhood Data (DaSy, 2017)
Formalizing Data Linking
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the State Agency Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and the State Autism Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Program (State ADDM) (Dept. Of Ed./CDC, 2024)
- Partnering for Success: Key Elements of Effective ECIDS Data Governance (SLDS State Support Team, 2024)
- Statewide Data Integration Initiatives: IDEA Part C and FERPA Considerations (DaSy, 2024)
- Data Sharing Agreement Checklist: Early Hearing Detection, and Intervention Program (EHDI) and Part C (DaSy/ECTA/NCHAM, 2023)
- Developing Data Sharing Agreements (DaSy/EDHI, 2020)
- Linking EHDI and Part C Data (DaSy/ECTA, 2019)
- Stay on the Linking Path: Don’t Forget Privacy (DaSy/PTAC, 2017)
- Avoid the Pitfalls: Benefits of Formal Part C Data System Governance (DaSy, 2016)
- Early Childhood Privacy and Confidentiality FAQs (OSEP, 2016)
- Data Sharing Agreement Checklist for IDEA Part C and Part B 619 Agencies and Programs (DaSy/PTAC, 2014)
Linking and Analyzing Data
- A Primer on Distinct Count of Children (SLDS State Support Team, 2024)
- CEDS-Aligned Early Childhood Community Profiles (SLDS State Support Team, 2024)
- Streamline Steps: Using DaSy’s Data Linking Toolkit with Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) Tools (DaSy, 2023)
- Processes for Handling Multiple IDs to Ensure Data Quality (SLDS State Support Team, 2022)
- Data Integration Toolkit (CIID, 2022)
- Critical Questions About Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education (DaSy, 2020)
- Answer the Question! (DaSy, 2017)
- Linking Data Week Day Two: Critical Questions — Why Link? (DaSy, 2017)
- How DaSy’s Critical Questions Can Support Your Linking Efforts (DaSy, 2017)
Sustaining Data Linking and State Examples
- Building Trust and Powering Decisions: Utah’s Journey with an Early Childhood Integrated Data System (DaSy, 2026; UT)
- Partnering for Success: Key Elements of Effective ECIDS Data Governance (SLDS State Support Team, 2024; KS & SC)
- Garnering State Legislative Support for an ECIDS (SLDS State Support Team, 2024; NM & VA)
- North Carolina’s Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) (SLDS State Support Team, 2024; NC)
- Including Head Start Data in an ECIDS: Navigating Source System Vendors (SLDS State Support Team, 2021; GA)
- Developing Data Sharing Agreements (DaSy, 2020; AZ & LA)
- Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data – What to Know Before You Go (DaSy; 2017; NC & SD)
- Data linking between Part C and Part B 619: Start here! (DaSy, 2017; CO & SD)
- Stay on the Linking Path: Don’t Forget Privacy (DaSy, 2017; NC)
- Data Linkages Between Part C and Part B – Transition Notification (DaSy, 2016; WI & KS)
- Alaska: Improving Referrals of Victims of Maltreatment to the IDEA Part C Program (DaSy, 2014; AK)