SLED Opportunity · HAWAII · HAWAII
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The State of Hawaii seeks a contractor to provide a standardized infant and toddler developmental evaluation tool for early intervention services mandated under IDEA Part C, assessing developmental delays in children birth to three years.
The Early Intervention Section (EIS) within the State of Hawaii, Department of Health provides early intervention (EI) services for infants and toddlers ages birth to three (3) years with a developmental delay in one (1) or more of the following developmental areas: communication, cognition, fine motor, gross motor, social, self-care/adaptive; and/or have a medical diagnosis that has a high probability of contributing to a developmental delay in any of the areas previously mentioned. EI services provided are mandated under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C and are delivered statewide through eighteen (18) EI Programs (Two (2) State-operated and sixteen (16) Purchase of Service (POS) contracted EI Programs). The EI Programs are require to use a standardized Infant and toddler developmental evaluation tool that measures mastery of developmental milestones in these five (5) developmental areas in order to determine eligibility. Eligibility is based on Hawaii’s Developmental Delay which includes five (5) developmental areas (motor, cognition, communication, social-emotional, and adaptive). Currently, EI Program staff are trained in administering the Battelle Developmental Inventory, Third Edition (BDI-3). EI Programs have been utilizing the BDI-3 tool since November 2023 and prior to that using other versions of the BDI (e.g., BDI-2) to determine if a child’s eligibility for EI services. The STATE’s EIS is in need of CONTRACTOR who is able to provide the Scope of Work below in order for the States EIS’s to continue to utilize a standardized Infant and toddler developmental evaluation tool kit.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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