Preschool to Primary
Involves the inclusion of all agencies within the community and surrounding regional programs which provide and/or assist with services during program entry and/or exit. Effective interagency collaboration requires joint planning with partnering decision making. Kentucky interagency collaboration includes self assessment with decision making regarding interagency transition agreements and community plans. These items will be posted under the appropriate transition point and updated annually.
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 KY Early Childhood Interagency Transition Agreement (link). 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 (link). To find an Interagency Transition Agreement, Interagency Transition Plan, or Interagency Transition Self Assessment for your area, click on
Interagency Transition Planning