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Infant and Toddler Connection of Richmond

Overview

The ITC of Richmond is the local early intervention system in the city of Richmond. Virginia Commonwealth University, through the Partnership, serves as the local lead agency for implementation of the Part C program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families who live in Richmond. The Partnership has coordinated early intervention services in Richmond since 1985. (Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, through the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services.)

Major Activities

• Implementing comprehensive, family-centered early intervention services through partnerships with families, public agencies, and local public and private service providers
• Working with families to identify ways to improve practices and to identify strategies for reaching potentially eligible children
• Administering funding for needed services
• Providing service coordination services for eligible infants and toddlers and their families
• Operating the central point of entry (including answering phone calls from families seeking services for their young children and from primary referral sources making referrals)
• Coordinating service delivery systems for enrolled infants and toddlers that uses the resources of public and private providers in the area
• Maintaining and reporting accurate service delivery data to the state Part C office
• Monitoring compliance to meet state and federal outcome indicators

Contact

Deana McGuire Buck at (804)828-0198, dmbuck@vcu.edu

Web Address: http://www.vcu.edu/richmondinfantcouncil