STATE PERFORMANCE PLAN / ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: PART C - for STATE FORMULA GRANT PROGRAMS under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - FFY 2024 Utah

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State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report Part C for FFY 2024 outlines Utah’s systems and reporting for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families under IDEA. It describes the Lead Agency role of Utah’s Department of Health and Human Services operating Baby Watch, including partner engagement and quality performance processes. The plan details a state-identified measurable result focused on improving positive social-emotional skills, explains data collection using BDI-2 NU and BDI-3, and presents fiscal and data technical assistance impacts and monitoring expectations.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages84

Reading Time3 h 32 min

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Introduction

Instructions

Intro- Indicator Data

Executive Summary

Role of Utah's Lead Agency

Additional information related to data collection and reporting

General Supervision System

Describe monitoring selection and mechanisms

STATE PERFORMANCE PLAN / ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT: PART C for STATE FORMULA GRANT PROGRAMS under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act For reporting on FFY 2024 Utah PART C DUE February 2, 2026 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON, DC 20202 Introduction Instructions Provide sufficient detail to ensure that the Secretary and the public are informed of and understand the State’s systems designed to drive improved results for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and to ensure that the Lead Agency (LA) and early intervention service (EIS) providers and EIS programs meets the requirements of Part C of the IDEA. This introduction must include descriptions of the State’s General Supervision System, Technical Assistance System, Professional Development System, Stakeholder Involvement, and Reporting to the Public. Intro- Indicator Data Executive Summary Role of Utah's Lead Agency: The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is the State’s Part C Lead Agency (LA) that operates the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program (Baby Watch) . Baby Watch oversees Early Intervention (EI) service activities for infants and toddlers with disabilities up to three years of age and their families. Baby Watch has multiple mechanisms in place to ensure the timely delivery of high quality, evidence-based technical assistance and support to 14 local EI programs so that eligible children and their families achieve better outcomes. Lead Agency Engagement with Partners: Baby Watch solicits ongoing stakeholder discussion and input from groups about setting policies, development and tracking of data measures, as well as methods for ensuring family awareness. Baby Watch is always engaging valuable partnerships, and continues to be successful in its mission to provide individualized support and services to Utah children and their families. Quality Performance: As a goal, Baby Watch remains determined to meet or exceed indicator target levels. Program policies and processes focus on data being timely, complete, and accurate. Baby Watch contracts with local EI programs to provide services, and requires them to address data needs and follow through to verify correction of non-compliance. State-identified Measurements: Baby Watch tracks a State-identified Measurable Result (SiMR) indicator seeking to substantially increase the rate of growth in positive social-emotional skills (including social relationships) for culturally diverse infants and toddlers with disabilities in Utah by the time they exit Part C. In FFY 2024, this measure was determined using evaluation tool’s (BDI-2 NU and BDI-3) entry and exit raw scores/Developmental Quotient. The calculation identified that 24.79 percent of children moved closer in functioning to that of same-aged peers, as reflected in Summary Statement 1 for indicator C11 . Additional information related to data collection and reporting Baby Watch reached out to and received federal technical assistance that addressed various topics and assisted Baby Watch to produce the following impacts/actions: In order to continue to improve fiscal staff and the Part C Coordinator’s knowledge of implementation of IDEA fiscal requirements to ensure appropriate use and oversight of IDEA funds, increase capacity to collect, report and use special education fiscal data. Both the Baby Watch fiscal team and program team are working closely with TA from the Center for IDEA Fiscal Reporting (CIFR) to develop a fiscal specific risk assessment, policy, and procedures that will further support the Baby Watch fiscal monitoring processes. TA did an on-site visit in June 2025 and continue to meet with and support Baby Watch in completing these tasks. Baby Watch served on Part C Data Manager Advisory Panel and DaSy Part C DM Support Team to identify state needs, review new data tools, and participate on calls throughout FFY 2024. As a result, Utah was at the forefront of Part C dat

FAQs

What is the purpose of this Part C State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report for FFY 2024?

It provides sufficient detail on Utah’s systems to improve results for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and to ensure Lead Agency and early intervention stakeholders meet Part C requirements under IDEA.

Which agency operates Utah’s Part C Lead Agency responsibilities?

Utah’s Department of Health and Human Services operates the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program (Baby Watch) as the State’s Part C Lead Agency.

How does Baby Watch determine the state-identified measurable result for the FFY 2024 reporting year?

It tracks a SiMR indicator using evaluation tools (BDI-2 NU and BDI-3) entry and exit raw scores/Developmental Quotient, reporting the percent of children moving closer to same-aged peers as reflected in Summary Statement 1 for indicator C11.

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