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
Interagency collaboration for this transition point involves all agencies/programs in the community or region providing sevices during program entry or exit. Effective collaboration requires joint planning and partnering at the local level. In Kentucky, interagency collaboration includes Interagency Self Assessment, development of Community Transition Plans, and State, Regional, and local community interagency early childhood transition agreements for all children prenatal to age six. Click here for
KY Early Childhood 2005 Report. 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 Transition Report 2005. To find an Interagency for your area, click on
Interagency Transition Planning.