OCDEL provides additional guidance on how to operate the infant/toddler early intervention program through the issuance of Bulletins and Announcements:

Bulletins

• 00-94-04 - Early Intervention Program Issues for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• 00-95-08 - Early Intervention Principles
• 00-98-07 - Eligibility and Freedom of Choice in Medicaid Waiver for Infants, Toddlers and Families

Announcements

• ELS-EI-06 #01         Draft Allocations for Planning
• ELS-EI-06 #02         Common Process for Measuring Child Progress 
• ELS-EI-06 #03         Early Intervention Reporting System Roles and Responsibilities
• ELS-EI-06 #04         Natural Environments
• ELS-EI-06 #05         Common Process for Measuring Child Progress-Additional Tools
• ELS-EI-06 #06         Guidance on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendment of 2004
• ELS-EI-06 #07         Clarification of Waiver of 4300 Fiscal Regulations
• ELS-EI-06 #08         FY 2006-2007 Infants, Toddlers and Families Medicaid Wavier Fee Schedule, the Maximum Fee Schedule for State and County Funded EI Services and the Medical Assistance/EI Fee Schedule
• ELS-EI-06 #09         Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program 
• ELS-EI-06 #10         Acceptable Signers of the Beneficiary Choice Form for the Infants, Toddlers and Families Medicaid Wavier
• ELS-EI-06 #11         EIRS/PENNDATA Transition Data Transfer Protocol
• ELS-EI-06 #12         Medicaid Waiver for Infants, Toddlers and Families Renewal
• EI-07 #01                Complaint Resolution
• EI-07 #02                Service Coordination
• EI-07 #03                Mediation Procedures for EI, Part C
• EI-07 #04                OCDEL Operating Agreement, ITF Provider Agreement and County/Provider Contract
• EI-07 #05                Draft Allocations for FY 2007-2008
• EI-07 #06                IEP and IFSP Submission & Review Protocol 
• EI-07 #07                EI Service Coordination Support Plan
• EI-07 #08                EI Provider & Service Coordination Monitoring Tools
• EI-07 #09                ECAP Common Process for Measuring Child Progress
• EI-07 #10                FY 07-08 Infants, Toddlers and Families Medicaid Waiver Fee Schedule, Medical Assistance/Early Intervention (MA/EI) Fee Schedule and State and County Funded EI Services Schedules
• EI-07 #12                PA Pre-K Counts and Early Intervention Working Together
• EI-07 #13                Third Party Insurance Denials and Leader Services
• EI-08 #01                FY 2007-2008 Revised Allocation 1^st Re-budget, FY 2008-2009 EI Allocations For Planning Purposes and MA Fee Schedules
• EI-08 #02                Reportable Incidents
• EI-08 #03                Extent and Duration of Early Intervention Programs for Preschoolers, Including Services During Scheduled Breaks in Their Program

For more information or to search for OCDEL bulletins and announcements, visit the Department of Public Welfare web site.