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About Us
Child and Family Connections (CFC) serves families with children under the age of 3 with suspected developmental delays. CFC provides a system point of entry into the Illinois Early Intervention System. CFC provides service coordination of early intervention services including evaluations, connecting eligible families to therapies, community resources and transition.
The program encourages parents to talk with their child's doctor at every visit about the milestones their child has reached, and what to expect next. They can also ask the doctor to conduct a five-minute screening that will help assess whether the child should receive any type of early intervention.
Who Can Receive Services
Children who are residents of Lake County, under the age of 3, and have met criteria for eligibility, the most common being a 30% delay in development or documentation of an automatically eligible medical diagnosis that may cause developmental delays.
Child and Family Connections (CFC) serves families with children under the age of 3 with suspected developmental delays. CFC provides a system point of entry into the Illinois Early Intervention System. CFC provides service coordination of early intervention services including evaluations, connecting eligible families to therapies, community resources and transition.
Tip for Parents
The program encourages parents to talk with their child's doctor at every visit about the milestones their child has reached, and what to expect next. They can also ask the doctor to conduct a five-minute screening that will help assess whether the child should receive any type of early intervention.
Who Can Receive Services
Children who are residents of Lake County, under the age of 3, and have met criteria for eligibility, the most common being a 30% delay in development or documentation of an automatically eligible medical diagnosis that may cause developmental delays.
Early Intervention Clearinghouse
Important Information from the Early Intervention Clearinghouse.
Additional Information
CFC links families to EI services and teaches families how to play with their children in order to help them learn and increase essential skills in the following areas of development:
- Physical: how your baby moves and explores
- Cognitive: how your baby learns
- Communication: how your baby lets you know what he/she needs
- Social/Emotional: how your baby engages with you and shows feelings
- Adaptive: how your baby uses new skills
- Audiological services
- Development of Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP)
- Eligibility evaluations
- Monitoring of ongoing development for eligible children
- Parent liaison services
- Providing additional resource information to families
- Service coordination (similar to case management)
Click here to watch our 2 Minute Program Video