BCW Part C Grant Application and Public Reporting

Part C Grant Application Information

Babies Can't Wait (BCW) is Georgia’s statewide early intervention program for infants and toddlers with special needs, from birth to three years of age and their families. The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is the lead agency for the administration of the BCW program. As required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C section 34 CFR §§303.110-303.113, “the State must publish its Part C application or policy in a manner that will ensure circulation throughout the State at least 60-days prior to the date on which the application or policy is submitted and allow an opportunity for public comments on the application or policy for at least 30 days during that 60-day publication period.”

In order to meet this requirement, BCW invites interested persons to participate in a 60-day public comment period for the Part C Grant Application Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 from March 1, 2021 - May 3, 2021.

The deadline for all comments is May 3, 2021

Send comments by mail to:

Babies Can’t Wait

Attn: Kimberlee Spencer

Part C Coordinator / Early Intervention Deputy Director

2 Peachtree Street NW, 11 Floor

Atlanta, GA 30303

Email comments to: [email protected] (Subject line: Part C Public Comment)
Fax comments to State BCW Office Fax: (404) 738- 0103 Attn: Kimberlee Spencer
In-person comments at a public hearing - DPH invites interested persons to attend virtual public hearings and present public comments. To allow an opportunity for all to be heard, comments will be limited to five minutes.

**Note: If interpretation/translation services are needed during the public comment hearing please notify [email protected]

Babies Can't Wait Annual Performance Reports and State Performance Plans

Each year Babies Can't Wait is required to submit an Annual Performance Report to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) on key program compliance and performance indicators. Information on statewide and local performance for each of the indicators is posted below within the Public Reporting Data documents.

SSIP Phase Reports

FY21 SSIP Phase III Year 5 (445.93 KB)

FY 20 SSIP Phase III Year 4 Report (528.79 KB)

FY19 SSIP Phase III Year 3 report (798.23 KB)

FY 18 SSIP Phase III Year 2 Report 04-02-2018 final.pdf (884.76 KB)

FY 17 SSIP Phase III Year 1 Report 3-29-17 final.pdf (846.68 KB)

BCW APR Reports

FFY19 BCW APR PUBLIC REPORTING DATA (876.51 KB)

FFY18_BCW_APR_Publicreportingdata_06032020.pdf (400.72 KB)

FFY17_BCW_APR_Publicreportingdata_08142019.pdf (355.63 KB)

FFY16_BCW_APR_Publicreportingdata_08042019.pdf (402.69 KB)

Current Grant Application

Part C Grant Application 2021 (2.89 MB)

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