Massachusetts Early Intervention ICC retreat — via Zoom

9:00 – 11:00 Subcommittee* Breakout Time (Please review descriptions below)

11:00 – 11:30 Lunch

11:30 – 11:45 Opening, Land Acknowledgement and ICC Orientation

11:45 – 12:50 Early Intervention Division Director’s Update - Dr. Emily White (DPH)

12:50 – 12:55 Break

12:55 – 1:25 Part B Indicators - Dr. Yi-Juin Liu (DESE)

1:25 – 1:55 Subcommittee Updates

1:55 – 2:00 Closing

2:00 Adjourn

ICC Subcommittees:

*Family Engagement - The Family Engagement committee will research strategies to promote social emotional health of families in EI, with the goal of distributing to broader audience, with input from the EI Division.

*Racial Equity - The racial equity task group will research strategies to promote diversity in providers, with input from the EI Division.

*Fiscal - The Fiscal Committee will explore new and revised funding mechanisms for EI, with input from the EI Division and work to increase funding for interpreter services, with input from the EI Division.

*Staffing Recruitment and Retention Task Group -The SRR TG will work to address the workforce crisis within EI programs, including all contracted vendors by identifying barriers to SRR, and develop recommendations to address these challenges in the short and medium term, including consideration of financial racial equity aspects in staffing, with the input from the EI division.