1. Data System Features that Enhance General Supervision
OSEP Early Childhood Meeting
Jamie Thomas Kilpatrick, Director
Early Childhood Programs
Division of Special Education
December 3, 2007

2. General Supervision
Service System Issues
Administration
Financing

3. Service System Issues
Families
Relevant Data
Best Practices

4. Administration Relevant Data State Administrators Leadership Team
Families
Relevant Data
State Administrators
Leadership Team

5. System Financing Cost/Revenue/Time Estimated Prevalence
Service Utilization
Leading to:
Fund Expansion Activities

6. Principles of General Supervision
Focus on Families
Statewide consistency so long as varying community conditions can be addressed
Sound business practices
Evaluation to guide decision making and continuing system development

7. Data System Components
Products/Outcomes
Uniform Centralized Intake Instrument
Develop linkages for partner agencies
Project Edison involvement
Track Child Find Activities
Track credentials of caregivers

8. Data System Components
Provide distinctions between group child care services & agency based interventions.
Track criteria for numbers of typical children & delayed children in group or classroom settings
Enforce Contract Language-
Re: Services vs. Settings

9. Data System Components
Enforce rate structure for in-home and group settings
Billing for Targeted Case Management
Early Childhood Outcomes (0-5)
Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process

10. Data System Fiscal Functions
Track and report all resources used for early intervention services
Administer consistent contract terms with all Part C providers
Receive and dispense all relevant State and Federal early intervention resources
Provide timely reimbursement to providers of early intervention services

11. Date System Fiscal Functions
Meet financial & demographic reporting needs of Federal, State and local funding sources
Manage the level of resources to ensure fiscal accountability and responsibility
Provide on-line access to information using appropriate safeguards to assure confidentiality and the rights of the child and family

12. Data System Fiscal Functions
Review certification of providers
Provide financial projections on the cost of early intervention
Processing of invoices

13. KEY INDICATORS Child Find IFSP Service Coordination
Number of children served compared with national rankings under the same conditions
IFSP
Compliance with 45 day timeline
Service Coordination
Service Coordinators serve no more than 40 families

14. KEY INDICATORS Early Childhood Outcome Indicators
When children exit from services, their development approximates that of typical peers
Fiscal responsibility
Expenditures do not exceed resources

15. Questions?