TITLE 16

JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER 1

EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

16-101.  Legislative findings. The legislature finds that there is an urgent and substantial need:

(1)  To enhance the development of all infants and toddlers with disabilities in the state of Idaho in order to minimize developmental delay, and to maximize individual potential for adult independence;

(2)  To enhance the capacity of families to meet the special needs of their infants and toddlers with disabilities;

(3)  To reduce the educational costs by minimizing the need for special education and related services after infants and toddlers with disabilities reach school age;

(4)  To reduce social services costs and to minimize the likelihood of institutionalization of individuals with disabilities;

(5)  To reduce the health costs of preventable secondary impairments and disabilities by screening and monitoring children at risk and improving the long term health of infants and toddlers with disabilities; and

(6)  To comply with federal law as it pertains to services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

History:

[16-101, added 1991, ch. 253, sec. 1, p. 621.]