To the extent that federal funds are not jeopardized and in accordance with responsibilities required to be performed by the interagency coordinating council created pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1482, the council shall advise and assist the lead agency appointed pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1476 [repealed] in developing incentives that will encourage programs serving young children with disabilities to provide or improve services to families of preschool children with disabilities. The development of the incentives may include, but is not limited to:

(1) Identifying and publicizing model programs with parent involvement components or model practices for services to parents;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-2201

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Assuring that training opportunities are provided to educate program staff in current best practices for serving families; and
(3) Identifying and coordinating all available resources within the state from federal, state, local and private sources for existing programs and for future programs to hire staff to provide training and support services to parents.
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