Section 2050.40 Additional Program Components for Prevention Initiative Proposals

TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION

CHAPTER XI: DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

PART 2050 EARLY CHILDHOOD BLOCK GRANT

SECTION 2050.40 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM COMPONENTS FOR PREVENTION INITIATIVE PROPOSALS

Section 2050.40  Additional Program Components for

Prevention Initiative Proposals

In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2050.20,

applications for funding for prevention initiative programs and activities, as

defined in Section 2050.10(a)(2), must provide:

a)         evidence

that the program is derived from research on successful prevention services for

at-risk families, including specific references to research that discusses the

types of services and strategies to be offered by the program as effective in

addressing the needs of the families to be served, to include the

identification of the program model and research-based curriculum to be

implemented;

b)         the

steps to be taken to ensure that the program will serve those children and

families most in need of prevention initiative activities and services;

c)         a

description of the steps to be taken to coordinate services in the area, including

a description of how the community will be involved in the development of a

system for making referrals and providing follow up, and how case management

services will be used;

d)         a

description of how services will be targeted to family needs, to include how a research-based

family needs assessment will be conducted and used to implement an individual

family service plan for each family served in the program;

e)         a

description of the intensity of services that will be offered (e.g., the number

of hours that are available for families to participate in activities and

services);

f)         the

steps to be taken to encourage families to attend regularly and remain in the

program a sufficient time to make sustainable changes; and

g)         a

referral system that ensures that 3-year-old children are placed into other

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services that will be offered (e.g., the number

of hours that are available for families to participate in activities and

services);

f)         the

steps to be taken to encourage families to attend regularly and remain in the

program a sufficient time to make sustainable changes; and

g)         a

referral system that ensures that 3-year-old children are placed into other

early childhood education programs that meet their specific developmental needs

and the services to be provided to ensure a successful transition into those

other programs.