Interagency Agreements

Ages Birth to 6 Years

• North Carolina: A revised interagency agreement, October 2001, for the provision of services to children with, or at risk for, disabilities ages birth through five, and their families, under Parts C and B of IDEA. The purpose of this agreement is to ensure cooperation in the development of a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and interagency service delivery system.
• Wisconsin: The full text of the November 2001 agreement (PDF: 79kb) that provides a state level framework that guides and supports the development of collaborative efforts and local interagency agreements related to services for young children with disabilities and their families. This agreement describes the roles, responsibilities requirements, and best practices strategies for community programs as they work together to improve the cooperative efforts around child find, referral/evaluation, referral timelines, evaluations, individualized planning/service delivery, transition, and additional cooperative arrangements. This agreement provides guidelines to maximize resources and avoid duplication of services.

Ages Birth to 3 Years

• New Jersey: The full text of the June 2003 multi-agency agreement (PDF: 382kb) for the purpose of developing an interactive, cooperative relationship at the State level that results in effective and efficient services and supports for eligible infants, toddlers and their families, and minimizes duplication of such services and supports. It promotes cooperative fiscal planning that will maximize utilization of available funds for providing services and support to the eligible population.

Elements for Inclusion in Interagency Agreements (PDF: 1,255kb) , by Gloria L. Harbin & Jacqui Van Horn, March 1990, Carolina Policy Studies Program, FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-Chapel Hill

Interagency Agreement Checklist: This checklist provides guidance for local interagency agreements for services to families and children with disabilities. This checklist was developed in accordance with the Head Start Performance Standards and IDEA.

A Checklist for Developing a Partnership Agreement/Contract (PDF: 69kb) : This checklist from QUILT, 2002, can assist in developing a comprehensive agreement that clearly addresses each partner's roles and responsibilities and many of the elements needed for the partnership to run smoothly.

West Virginia: West Virginia Side by Side Summary of Key Requirements of Participating Early Childhood Systems (PDF: 174kb) : A Technical Assistance Document to Support Local Collaboration, October 2000. This chart lists legal requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C (for WV Birth to Three); IDEA, Part B (for preschool special education), and Head Start Performance Standards. Requirements are organized according to 12 areas of collaboration: (1) family involvement; (2) child outreach/child find; (3) service eligibility; (4) individual program planning; (5) primary and related services; (6) service delivery; (7) resource sharing; (8) transition; (9) confidentiality; (10) records transfer; (11) joint staff training; and (12) sharing child count data.

West Virginia: WV Website for Local Interagency Agreement and Collaborative Procedures Development (PDF: 174kb) . County teams can use the website templates and related resources to develop interagency agreements and collaborative procedures related to the services for all young children and their families who are served through agencies such as WV Birth to Three, Early Head Start, Head Start, Preschool Special Education, Universal Pre-k, Child Care and related organizations.

Minnesota: Developing an Interagency Structure for Local Coordination of Services Governance Manual, 2002 (PDF: 200kb) . Legislation in Minnesota supports the development and implementation of a coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency intervention service system for children and youth with disabilities, ages birth to 21. The IIIP Guidebook: Individual Interagency Intervention Plan: Through Age 21, 2004 (PDF: 472kb) provides technical assistance to local agencies and communities in planning and creating formal relationships and decision-making processes that support coordinated service delivery.