Indicator 6: Child Find (Birth to Three)
Instructions and Measurement
Monitoring Priority: Effective General Supervision Part C / Child Find
Results indicator: Percent of infants and toddlers birth to 3 with IFSPs.
(20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(B) and 1442)
Data Source
Data collected under IDEA section 618 of the IDEA (IDEA Part C Child Count and Settings data collection in the EDFacts Metadata and Process System (EMAPS)) and Census (for the denominator).
Measurement
Percent = [(# of infants and toddlers birth to 3 with IFSPs) divided by the (population of infants and toddlers birth to 3)] times 100.
Instructions
Sampling from the State's 618 data is not allowed.
Describe the results of the calculations . The data reported in this indicator should be consistent with the State's reported 618 data reported in Table 1. If not, explain why.
6 - Indicator Data
Baseline Year: 2005
Baseline Data: 3.00%
| FFY |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
| Target (greater or =) |
3.81% |
3.89% |
3.97% |
3.97% |
3.50% |
| Data |
3.37% |
3.48% |
3.77% |
4.01% |
2.84% |
Targets
| FFY |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
| Target (greater or =) |
3.05% |
3.20% |
3.40% |
3.75% |
4.20% |
Targets: Description of Stakeholder Input
Illinois works to solicit broad stakeholder input via its various advisory bodies and workgroups. We continue to prioritize family membership on the Illinois Interagency Council on Early Intervention (IICEI), on the State Systemic Improvement Plan Leadership Teams, as well as all other workgroups. The IICEI, is a Governor-appointed advisory board that meets the federal requirements for a State Interagency Coordinating Council. The membership of the council includes parents, public and private service providers of the Early Intervention (EI) system, a member from the State legislature, a personnel preparation representative, and representatives from various designated State agencies and programs. Its membership also includes representatives from advocacy organizations, Child and Family Connections (CFC) managers, and a designee from the Illinois Early Learning Council. The IICEI discusses programmatic and Bureau-specific challenges and opportunities, reviews and approves the annual performance report (APR), helps determine the setting of State Performance Plan (SPP)/APR target values, and advises the Bureau in the overall performance of the program. The IICEI also, as needed, creates ad-hoc workgroups composed of both council and other subject-matter experts on a variety of subjects to help develop recommendations for consideration by the Bureau.
Child and Family Outcomes Workgroup: The Child and Family Outcomes workgroup is a stakeholder group that is tasked with the goal of reviewing processes that improve outcomes for children and families, as well as the quality of child and family outcomes data. The workgroup includes representation from families, the EI Bureau, EI providers, CFC managers, EI Ombudsman and the EI Training Program (EITP). The Child and Family Outcomes Workgroup focuses its efforts to:
- Ensure that valid and reliable data are collected with consistency by field staff;
- Improve the validity of data reported on child and family outcomes;
- Improve response rates for Family Outcomes surveys, to increase representativeness and validity;
- Promote public awareness and training of child and family outcome measures;
- Explore options for linking child and family outcomes data;
- Support data review and analysis;
- Set baseline and target values; and
- Develop and implement improvement activities.
CFC Managers: Illinois has 25 CFC offices that serve as the regional points of entry, and each CFC office is responsible for the implementation of the Early Intervention Services System within its specific geographic region. A CFC Program Manager is hired by each CFC and they are the point of contact to disseminate information to CFC staff and their community, as appropriate. CFCs are responsible for ensuring all referrals to the Early Intervention Services System receive a timely response in a professional and family-centered manner. Other responsibilities of the CFCs include: child find activities; family-engaged intake; coordination of evaluation/assessment and eligibility determination activities for children; for eligible children- oversight of the development of timely individualized family service plans (IFSP); ongoing service coordination; and transitioning activities before a toddler exits the program or reaches three years of age when potentially eligible for Part B. CFC managers meet monthly with EI Bureau staff to review policies and procedures, provide statewide and local perspectives, offer feedback to the APR and SSIP, identify system challenges, and provide input on improvement strategies.
In addition, there are multiple stakeholder groups that participate in the development of the State's Systemic Improvement Plan. These include the large SSIP stakeholder group, the leadership team workgroup, the local leadership teams, and the performance support workgroup.
Prepopulated Data
| Source |
Date |
Description |
Data |
| SY 2021-22 EMAPS IDEA Part C Child Count and Settings Survey; Section A: Child Count and Settings by Age |
07/06/2022 |
Number of infants and toddlers birth to 3 with IFSPs |
15,921 |
| Annual State Resident Population Estimates for 6 Race Groups (5 Race Alone Groups and Two or More Races) by Age, Sex, and Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021 |
06/28/2022 |
Population of infants and toddlers birth to 3 |
412,309 |
FFY 2021 SPP/APR Data
Number of infants and toddlers birth to 3 with IFSPs: 15,921
Population of infants and toddlers birth to 3: 412,309
FFY 2020 Data: 2.84%
FFY 2021 Target: 3.05%
FFY 2021: 3.86%
Status: Met target
Slippage: No Slippage
Provide additional information about this indicator (optional).
6 - Prior FFY Required Actions
None
6 - OSEP Response
N/A
6 - Required Actions
PARTICIPATION RATE UNDER 1 HISTORY BY CFC & REGION
| CFC # |
FFY18/SFY19 |
FFY19/SFY20 |
FFY20/SFY21 |
FFY20/SFY21 |
FFY21/SFY22 |
| 1 |
3.89% |
4.50% |
4.16% |
2.33% |
3.11% |
| **2 |
2.70% |
3.64% |
3.80% |
1.96% |
2.95% |
| 3 |
4.74% |
5.46% |
5.67% |
3.63% |
3.99% |
| **4 |
4.21% |
4.26% |
4.19% |
2.11% |
3.13% |
| **5 |
4.32% |
4.67% |
5.11% |
2.40% |
3.29% |
| *6 |
5.68% |
5.83% |
6.12% |
3.21% |
4.07% |
| *7 |
6.00% |
6.39% |
6.92% |
3.59% |
4.23% |
| *8 |
5.22% |
5.96% |
6.28% |
3.18% |
3.56% |
| *9 |
5.14% |
5.01% |
5.25% |
2.50% |
3.18% |
| *10 |
4.98% |
5.21% |
5.47% |
2.58% |
3.61% |
| *11 |
4.45% |
4.81% |
5.19% |
2.72% |
3.23% |
| *12 |
5.35% |
5.89% |
6.15% |
2.87% |
4.37% |
| 13 |
2.71% |
2.92% |
2.70% |
1.32% |
1.94% |
| 14 |
4.34% |
5.12% |
5.19% |
2.69% |
3.82% |
| **15 |
5.12% |
5.85% |
6.01% |
3.09% |
4.07% |
| 16 |
3.81% |
4.47% |
4.73% |
2.72% |
3.34% |
| 17 |
3.94% |
4.04% |
4.17% |
2.29% |
3.38% |
| 18 |
4.52% |
4.52% |
5.36% |
2.37% |
3.62% |
| 19 |
5.31% |
5.87% |
4.91% |
2.59% |
3.29% |
| 20 |
5.15% |
6.38% |
5.57% |
3.17% |
4.25% |
| 21 |
4.14% |
4.45% |
4.46% |
2.50% |
3.09% |
| 22 |
4.56% |
4.80% |
5.48% |
2.83% |
3.83% |
| 23 |
7.67% |
7.21% |
7.59% |
3.66% |
4.62% |
| 24 |
4.70% |
4.15% |
4.40% |
2.27% |
3.17% |
| **25 |
5.32% |
5.00% |
5.81% |
2.30% |
3.38% |
| Statewide |
4.72% |
5.06% |
5.23% |
2.68% |
3.54% |
| *Chicago - Cook County |
5.68% |
6.04% |
6.40% |
3.22% |
4.22% |
| *Suburban - Cook County |
4.95% |
5.25% |
5.55% |
2.75% |
3.40% |
| ** Collar Counties (2, 4, 5, 15, * 25) |
4.33% |
4.69% |
4.98% |
2.37% |
3.36% |
| Downstate (All Others) |
4.58% |
4.92% |
4.95% |
2.64% |
3.50% |
*Cook County Offices
- CFC 6 - North Suburban
- CFC 7 - West Suburban
- CFC 8 - Southwest Chicago
- CFC 9 - Central Chicago
- CFC 10 - Southeast Chicago
- CFC 11 - North Chicago
- CFC 12 - South Suburban
