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Project Description
Project Find Michigan conducts continuous public awareness and referralactivities designed to locate, identify, and refer, as early as possible, allchildren, youth, and young adults with disabilities who may be eligible forspecial education services through Michigan’s Administrative Rules forSpecial Education (MARSE) and the Individuals with Disabilities EducationAct (IDEA) Part B. In Michigan, eligible children, youth, and young adultsmay receive special education services from birth to age 26.
Project Find Michigan
Project Goals
Project Find Michigan providesoutreach to locate, identify,and evaluate children andyouth from birth to 26 whomay be eligible for specialeducation services. To reacheligible children, and fulfillregulatory requirements,Project Find Michigan targetsspecific audiences, includingthe homeless, migrants,wards of the court, thoseadvancing from grade tograde who may have asuspected disability, highschool drop outs, NativeAmericans, as well as primaryreferral sources.
www.michigan.gov/ose-eis Project Snapshot
Project Find Michiganwww.projectfindmichigan.org
Project Mission
Project Find Michigan helpsindividuals, parents, andthose who work with families(known as primary referralsources) to connect withspecial educational services ifneeded.
Project Structure
Project Find Michigan is located in the Office of Innovative Projects atClinton County Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) in DeWitt.Stakeholders include Project Find Coordinators at intermediate schooldistricts (ISDs), parents, primary referral sources, and agency partners suchas the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Department ofHuman Services.
Project Find Michigan provides:
• An 800 statewide toll-free line for referrals (800-252-0052).
• Printing and dissemination of Project Find materials in collaboration withthe Center for Educational Networking (CEN).
• Statewide Child Find Coordinator meetings.
• A traveling display board for outreach at targeted conferences.
• In-service workshops to primary referral sources.
• Statewide targeted media campaigns utilizing marketing strategies suchas advertisement, billboards, and radio public service announcements.
• A Web presence at www.ProjectFindMichigan.org.
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Project Find Michigan
13109 Schavey Rd., Ste. 4DeWitt, MI 48820Phone: (517) 668-0185 or (800) 252-0052Fax: (517) 668-0446www.projectfindmichigan.org
Staff Directory
Christine Callahan, Director of Innovative Projects(517) 668-0185 ext. [email protected]
Victoria Meeder, Marketing/Public AwarenessSupervisor (517) 668-0185 ext. [email protected]
Jeanne Heckman, Secretary(517) 668-0185 ext. [email protected]
For a list of Project Find/Part B Child FindCoordinators throughout the state, visitwww.projectfindmichigan.org.
State Performance Plan (SPP) IndicatorsAddressed by Project
Project Find Michigan directly addresses/impactsthe following SPP indicators:
• Disproportionate Representation in SpecialEducation and Related Services (#9)
• Part B Child Find (#11)
Project Find Michigan indirectly addresses/impactsthe following SPP indicator:
• Dropout Rates (#2)
Michigan’s complete SPP can be viewed anddownloaded at www.michigan.gov/ose-eis.
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