Early Childhood Planning Regions
IDEA, Part H (P.L. 99-457) & Nebraska's Early Intervention Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 43-2501 to 43-2516)
Planning for services for children birth to five with disabilities is done by regions. Nebraska is divided into 29 such planning regions .
Planning for the implementation of federal legislation, IDEA, Part H (P.L. 99-457) and Nebraska's Early Intervention Act, (Neb. Rev. Stat. Sections 43-2501 to 43-2516) is the focus of the Nebraska Interagency Coordinating Council working in conjunction with the interagency planning region network through the Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska Department of Social Services as co-lead agencies for IDEA Part H.
There are 14 basic elements of IDEA Part H, P.L. 99-457, as well as specific early intervention services, which must be provided. These 14 elements and services are delineated later in this section.
With the creation of Nebraska's Early Intervention Act, the Nebraska Health and Human Services (NHHS) School Nurse Coordinator recruited School Nurses from across Nebraska to work with the 29 planning regions in developing early intervention services for their regions. (A map of these regions follows later in this section.)
1. Wakefield | 2. Rural Fremont | 3. Rural Omaha |
4. Auburn | 5. Beatrice | 6. Milford |
7. Columbus | 8. Neligh | 9. Hastings |
10. Kearney | 11. Holdrege | 12. Chadron-Alliance |
13. Scottsbluff | 14. Sidney | 15. McCook |
16. Ogallala | 17. Ainsworth | 18. Lincoln P.S. |
19. Omaha P.S. | 20. Bellevue P.S. | 21. Millard P.S. |
22. Westside C.S. | 23. Papillion-LaVista P.S. | 24. Ralston P.S. |
25. Fremont P.S. | 26. Gr. Island Area Schools | 27. North Platte P.S. |
28. Sandhills Co-op | 29. Norfolk P.S. | Nebraska ChildFind |
