NEW - To find an Interagency Transition Agreement, Interagency Transition Plan, or Interagency Transition Self Assessment for your area, Please go to Kentucky Partnership Website - KECTP
Interagency Collaboration
Collaboration at this transition point will require communication between the family and potential center based programs they are intereste in prior to selection. If family selects more than one program (eg: Head Start and a Child care Center), special attention should be given to making sure those agencies are aware of jointly serving the child and family. Communication between/ among the family and partnering agencies/ programs will assure transition success for all involved. If you would like to know more about regional and local resources, click on the
KY Regional Resource Guide Version 6.1 or contact the local Family Resource Center with the local school district.
In KY, interagency collaboration for early childhood includes state, regional, and community transition planning for children prenatal to age six and their families. Kentucky provides guidance from the state agencies within the
Early Childhood Interagency Transition Agreement. Regions utilize the state agreement in decision making and local county teams use both to determine additional procedures unique to their community agencies, children and families. This systems approach allows agencies and families at each level the opportunity to identify strengths and possible areas of improvement.
The KY transition planning process includes Interagency Transition Agreements (ITA) which document policies and procedures with roles and responsibilities (who does what when); Interagency Transition Plans (ITP) which document needs/activities (training, cross program visitation schedule, etc.) across the agency programs; and Interagency Transition Self Assessments (ITSA) which allows communities to discuss and agree upon the current level of recommended transition practice implementation across the community. This acts as a “needs assessment” to determine where transition gaps may occur and the implementation level of recommendations within the
KY Early Childhood 2005 Report.