INTERAGENCY SERVICES AND COORDINATION

The BRIC is involved in many interagency coordination and collaboration projects throughout the area. These include but are not limited to such efforts as the provision of mental health services to students with emotional/behavioral disorders via Day Treatment ( DTP ) and Children’s Therapeutic Support Services ( CTSS formerly know as FCSS ). In addition the BRIC administers annual applications for funding, secures contracts with local Collaboratives and County Social Service Agencies and Coordinates services with a variety of Human Service providers including Stellher Human Services and Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center.

One of the more popular BRIC interagency projects is the well established School/Home Interventionist(s) ( S/HI ) program. BRIC has applied annually for base funding for these services ( 52% ) and works closely with Stellher Human Services and the local Districts where Interventionists are assigned.

The primary goal of the program is to meet the needs of “at risk” students in the general education population who may be at risk of failure and possible referral for special education evaluation. The program works to prevent the need for high cost special education services by meeting the needs of more students in the general education classroom.

BRIC also hosts and facilitates the various Interagency Early Intervention Committees ( IEIC ) across the Cooperative. These IEICs work directly with a variety of human service, public health and head start agencies in the provision of collaborative services to young children with disabilities and their families ages birth through six years of age.