DBHDS is in need of parent representatives to serve on the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council (VICC)! The VICC is a statewide group that oversees early intervention services. Parent representative positions are reserved for family members who are receiving, or have received, early intervention services. Representatives are currently needed for the following regions: Southwest Virginia, Valley, Northern Virginia, Central Virginia and Tidewater. If you are interested in applying for one of these positions, please contact Jamie Liban at [email protected] or 804-649-8481, ext 101 Additional Background on the VICC: The duties of the VICC shall include advising and assisting the lead agency in the following: 1. Performing its responsibilities for the early intervention system; 2. Identifying sources of fiscal and other support for early intervention services, recommending financial responsibility arrangements among agencies, and promoting interagency agreements; 3. Developing strategies to encourage full participation, coordination, and cooperation of all appropriate agencies; 4. Collaborating with the State Educational Agency regarding the transition of toddlers with disabilities to preschool and other appropriate services; 5 Resolving interagency disputes; 6. Gathering information about problems that impede timely and effective service delivery and taking steps to ensure that any identified policy problems are resolved; 7. Preparing federal grant applications; and 8. Certifying an annual report to the Governor and the U.S. Secretary of Education on the status of early intervention services within the Commonwealth, in accordance with an Office of Management and Budget directive. The Governor appoints non-state agency members of the VICC for three-year terms. Non-state agency members may also be reappointed for one additional three-year term. Meetings are held quarterly on the second Wednesdays of March, June, September and December and begin at 9:30 and end by 3:00.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:47:08 +0000
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