What are the Department of Healths responsibilities?
Some of the main responsibilities of the Department of Health, as lead agency, include: • Administering and monitoring the statewide Early Intervention Program. • Administering the statewide child find and public awareness system. • Providing training and technical assistance to everyone involved in the Early Intervention Program. • Keeping an updated statewide central directory of early intervention services, resources, and experts. • Implementing a system of payments for early intervention services. • Safeguarding parent rights under the Early Intervention Program.
