CPP Online Handbook: Child Eligibility
How Does a District Advisory Council Determine Eligibility?
District advisory councils can define and expand the list of risk factors in their community. However, in doing so, those district advisory councils must be able to clearly demonstrate how those risk factors affect a child’s ability to be successful in school.
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Programs must be able to provide justification in all of the children’s files for funding children through CPP. |
Multiple methods should be used to determine a child’s eligibility, and qualified personnel should conduct all assessments. These comprehensive assessments should include a combination of approaches, such as:
- parent interviews
- observations of children in natural settings
- collection of demographic data
- standardized developmental screenings
- vision and hearing screenings
Many communities use the same screening tools for all children.
Then they use the results to determine eligibility for a variety
programs, such as CPP, Title I, and Head Start. A good screening
process will also identify children who should be referred to Child
Find for possible evaluation.
District advisory councils should use the information gathered
through their child
screening process, as well as any other sources available, to
determine which risk factors are present in their community and are
having the greatest effect on young children and their families.
Results from the screening, paired with observation data and
family input, can also be used to develop an individual learning
plan for each child.
If you need samples of other district's eligibility forms, please
contact your regional consultant.
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