Early Steps Policy

The Early Steps Policy Handbook and Operations Guide are intended to guide state and local decisions and actions related to implementation of the Early Steps system. These guiding documents represent the official position of the Early Steps State Office and the commitment to ensure Florida has a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multi-disciplinary, interagency system to provide early intervention services and supports to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C, the CMS Developmental Evaluation and Intervention Program (§§391.301 – 391.308, F.S.) and the Developmental Disabilities Program (Ch. 393, F.S.)

*NEW* Early Steps Policy Handbook and Operations Guide -- effective March 1, 2008. These documents replace the Early Intervention Program Plan and Operations Guide (PPOG), the Early Steps Service Delivery and Guidance Paper, Early Steps Personnel Development and Training Guide, and the System of Family Involvement Paper, all of which are obsolete as of March 1, 2008.

• *NEW*Annual Complaint Summary 06-07(pdf - 107kb)

Early Steps Policy Letters of Clarification