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21 mar 2024 · The proposed legislation almost exclusively addresses changes to Part B services for children ages three to five. Future legislation will still need to address improvements for Part C services for infants and toddlers. Too few children, particularly infants, are identified early in Maine.
5 gru 2023 · Maine's education commissioner faced pointed questioning from lawmakers on Tuesday morning over continued problems in the state's system for providing services to young children with disabilities. Child Development Services, a quasi-independent organization overseen by the state Department of Education, has been under scrutiny in recent years ...
2 lut 2024 · The state's Child Development Services has faced heavy criticism for years over long waitlists, leaving some children unable to access services in the manner required by federal law for months or years.
1 lut 2024 · The recommendations include a proposal to transition oversight of educational plans for preschool-aged children with disabilities from the Child Developmental Services (CDS) agency to local public school systems. Today’s recommendations were previewed by Governor Mills in part one of her State of the State Address earlier this week.
31 sty 2024 · Education Commissioner Pender Makin told employees a federal agency is 'interested' after multiple reports showed CDS is failing disabled children.
28 sty 2024 · Remington McBlais, 6, went to school an entire year without the supports he was entitled to from Maine’s Child Development Services.
16 lis 2023 · A watchdog agency has found that Maine's child protection program repeatedly failed to ensure the safety of children in a home where an infant died of abuse years later. The review was sparked by a spate of child deaths over the course of a month in 2021.
