23 Project Description Project Find Michigan conducts continuous public awareness and referral activities designed to locate, identify, and refer, as early as possible, all children, youth, and young adults with disabilities who may be eligible for special education services through Michigan’s Administrative Rules for Special Education (MARSE) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B. In Michigan, eligible children, youth, and young adults may receive special education services from birth to age 26. Project Find Michigan Project Goals Project Find Michigan provides outreach to locate, identify, and evaluate children and youth from birth to 26 who may be eligible for special education services. To reach eligible children, and fulfill regulatory requirements, Project Find Michigan targets specific audiences, including the homeless, migrants, wards of the court, those advancing from grade to grade who may have a suspected disability, high school drop outs, Native Americans, as well as primary referral sources. www.michigan.gov/ose-eis Project Snapshot Project Find Michigan www.projectfindmichigan.org Project Mission Project Find Michigan helps individuals, parents, and those who work with families (known as primary referral sources) to connect with special educational services if needed. Project Structure Project Find Michigan is located in the Office of Innovative Projects at Clinton County Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) in DeWitt. Stakeholders include Project Find Coordinators at intermediate school districts (ISDs), parents, primary referral sources, and agency partners such as the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Department of Human 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 with the 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 such as advertisement, billboards, and radio public service announcements. • A Web presence at www.ProjectFindMichigan.org.

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Page 1: Project Find Snapshot, Feb. 2009

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.