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• IDHS Reports and Notices

  Below you will find the links related to information notices issued by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Bureau of Early Intervention and links to the mandatory IDHS reporting for Illinois Early Intervention. 

  IDHS Reporting:

  Please visit the IDHS Reporting page to find the following reports:

  • Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) Annual State Grant Application under Part C of IDEA: Current (FFY2025) and Past Reports
  • IDEA Section 618 reports:  Child Count, Exit Data, and Dispute Resolution Data: Current and Past Reports
  • Annual Performance Reports (APRs):  Current and Past Reports
  • State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP): Current and Past Reports
  • Monthly Statistical Reports: Current fiscal year and Past Reports

  Research and Initiatives:

  The Research and Initiatives page hosted by Provider Connections provides current resources related to IDHS Bureau of EI research and initiatives.

  IDHS Notices:

  Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of all notices and news for providers. The links below are titled by the memo's "RE:" (subject line) followed by the date of the memo.  For a list of early intervention announcements in addition to IDHS notices, please visit the Provider Connections News Posts website. 

  Most Recent Notices

  • Provider Information Notice - Early Intervention Cost Model Webinar on Dec. 16, 2026 - 12/9/25 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice- Pause on Planned Implementation of Family Fees for Jan. 1, 2026 - 12/4/25 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider Quarterly Meetings - 12/4/25 (pdf)
  • Federal Government Impact Updates from IDHS - 10/30/2025 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meetings - 09/04/2025 (pdf)
  • 8/1/25 IDHS and HFS Virtual Briefing - 07/28/25 (pdf)
  • Provider Payment Issues - Successfully Completed - 07/25/2025 (pdf)
  • Provider Payment Issue - 07/16/2025 (pdf)
  • Rescheduling of Upcoming Illinois Interagency Council (IICEI) Meetings - 07/07/25 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Provider Information Notice - Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2025 - 06/26/2025 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Proposed Changes to EI Administrative Code - 6/20/2025 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meetings - 6/2/2025 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Provider Information Notice - Rate Increase Tentative Effective Date July 1, 2025 (Pending Budget Approval) - 4/23/25 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – LVV Workgroup Participation Interest Form – 03/26/25 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meeting (on Feb. 28, 2025) - 2/25/25 (pdf)
  • Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Budget for the State of Illinois - 2/19/25 (pdf)
  • Proposed Rulemaking – Changes to the Illinois EI Program Administrative Code - 2/3/25 (pdf)
  • Updates to the Elevated Blood Lead Levels for Early Intervention Eligibility - 12/30/24 (pdf)
  • Birth to Five Illinois & LIC/CFC Partnership - 12/13/24 (pdf)
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce- Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment - 11/27/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meeting (on Dec. 6, 2024) - 11/27/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meeting (on Sept. 6, 2024) - 8/27/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Payment Issues Update - 8/23/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Medicaid Provider Revalidation - 8/7/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Payment Issues - Successfully Completed - 8/7/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Payment Issues - 7/31/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Payment Issues - 7/24/24 (pdf)
  • End of Fiscal Year 2024 Provider Claim Processing - 7/3/24 (pdf)
  • Reminder: Provider Quarterly Meeting - 6/21/24 (pdf)
    • Agenda-June EI Provider Quarterly Meeting
  • Provider Information Notice–Provider Payment Issues Update - 6/20/2024 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Addition to Provider Connections website and Cross State Research Survey - 06/07/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Provider Quarterly Meeting - 06/21/24 (pdf)
  • Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Audit Compliance - 05/06/24 (pdf)
  • Postponement of Illinois Interagency Council Meeting – 04/04/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Provider Quarterly Meeting - 03/01/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Proposed Administrative Rule Changes - 03/01/24 (pdf)
  • Notice of Changes to Early Intervention Administrative Code and Public Comment
  • Provider Information Notice – Cost Modeling Practitioner Survey and Time Use Study - 02/14/24 (pdf)
  • Incentive Payment Update - 1/11/24 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider Incentive Payment W-9 Process - 11/3/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider Incentive Payment Update - 10/27/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – EI Approved Assessment Instruments – Part 1 (memo) – 10/25/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – EI Approved Assessment Instruments – Part 2 (Tools being removed from the Approved List) – 10/25/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider Payment Issues - Update 10/19/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider Payment Issues - Update 10/13/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meeting - 08/22/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider Payment Issue - Update 08/17/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Provider Payment Issue – Update 08/10/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Provider Payment Issue – 08/03/23 (pdf)
  • Incentive Payments for Our Dedicated Service Providers and Service Coordinators - 07/26/23 (pdf)
  • Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2023 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meeting (pdf)
  • Updates to Policies and Procedures following the Expiration of the Public Health Emergency - 05/12/23 (pdf)
  • Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (I/ECMHC) Raising Awareness Campaign - Office of Early Childhood Development
  • EI Workforce Survey Request - 04/14/23 (pdf)
  • AT Stakeholder Update - 04/12/2023 (pdf)
  • FFY 2022 - Annual State Grant Application – Revised – 03/2023
  • IDHS: FFY 2023 - Illinois Annual State Grant Application
  • New Erikson IECMH Certificate Opportunity (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Family Survey Reminder - 03/01/23 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Stakeholder Survey Reminder - 03/01/23 (pdf)
  • EI/ES Family Survey Notice - 02/2023 (pdf)
  • EI Stakeholder Update - 2/21/2023 (pdf)
  • Save the Date - FY24 Health & Human Services Budget Briefing (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice - Provider State Licenses - 01/05/23 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Urgent Request for Feedback due 12/20/22 (pdf)
  • EI Stakeholder Update - Transgender Day of Remembrance -11/18/2022 (pdf)
  • EI Stakeholder Update - 11/3/2022 (pdf)
  • Notice of Early Intervention Provider Quarterly Meeting - 09/01/2022 (pdf)
  • Welcoming Applications for IICEI Members - 08-05-22 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – EI Rate Increase with Rates– 07-14-22 (pdf)
  • Provider Rate Increase Effective July 1, 2022 (pdf)
  • EI CBO Insurance Billing Unit – 06-24-22 (pdf)
  • EI-ES Services -Parent Notice 06-2022 - includes English and Spanish (pdf)
  • Division of Early Childhood (DEC) Strategic Roadmap Town Hall on June 23, 2022 (pdf)
  • Funding Opportunity to Support ECEC Enrollment Campaign due June 16, 2022 (pdf)
  • Notice of Early Intervention Provider Quarterly Meeting - 05-26-22 (pdf) and Provider Quarterly Meeting PowerPoint – 06-02-22 (pdf)
  • EI Stakeholder Update – Revised Illinois Early Intervention Provider Handbook – 05-20-22 (pdf)
    • Summary of Updates for Provider Handbook Revisions – R07-2022 (pdf) 
    • Final DRAFT Provider Handbook R07-2022 (pdf)

  Past Notices

  • Early Intervention Stakeholder Update – EI-ES Services – 05-09-22 (pdf)
  • Revised Live Video Visit Resource Compilation – 04-22-22 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Live Video Visit Fundamentals - 04-21-22 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Live Video Visit Authorizations – 04-21-22 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Stakeholder Update – 04-18-22 (pdf)
  • Provider Quarterly Meeting PowerPoint 04-01-22 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Stakeholder Update – 03/14/22 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Stakeholder Update – 03/02/2022 (pdf)
  • Changes to Illinois Early Intervention Policy and Procedure - Transition and Extended Services - 03/2022 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention Program Updated COVID-19 Family Guidance - 03/01/22(pdf)
  • Illinois Early Intervention Stakeholder Update – New COVID-19 Mitigation – 03/01/22 (pdf)
  • Interim COVID Guidance – Masking Requirement Lifted – 02/28/22 (pdf)
  • Early Intervention (EI) Family Participation Fee Credit Process - 01/27/22 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Discontinuation of Required Consent for Live Video Visits - 01/25/22 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice – Updated Early Intervention Evaluation and Assessment Instruments - 01/24/22 (pdf)
  • Provider Information Notice: Clarifications on Provider Enrollment, Supervision, and Reporting - 01/14/22 (pdf)
  • Special Announcement - Illinois Early Intervention Extended Services for CFCs and ProvidersPDF - October 28, 2021
  • Special Announcement - Illinois Early Intervention Extended Services for FamiliesPDF - October 28, 2021
  • Urgent Notice - Update of IMPACT Contact Information by September 15, 2021PDF - August 25, 2021
  • FFY 2021 Illinois Annual Part C Grant Application
  • Important: Update to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Early Intervention Teletherapy - 04/05/20 PDF - April 5, 2020
  • Additional FAQs - EI COVID-19 Policy/Procedures - 3/23/20PDF - March 23, 2020
  • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers -Early Intervention COVID-19 Policy/ProceduresPDF - March 19, 2020
  • Early Intervention COVID-19 Policy/Procedures - Assistive Technology Requests PDF - March 19, 2020
  • Early Intervention COVID-19 GuidancePDF - March 16, 2020
  • Update to Social Work and Other Counseling Evaluation/Assessment CodePDF - September 11, 2019
  • Update to Rate Increase Effective with Dates of Service 07/01/19PDF - July 9, 2019
  • SFY20 Rate Increase AnnouncementPDF - July 1, 2019
  • Provider Notice - Changes to Evaluation/Assessment Codes for Early Intervention DTs, OTs, and PTs Effective 01/01/19PDF - December 18, 2018 (Amended December 19 & 21, 2018)
  • Provider Notice - Inactivations due to No Authorizations or ClaimsPDF -August 28, 2017
  • Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017- Annual State Grant Application -February 21, 2017
  • 2017 Annual Update to the Therapy Code ListPDF -January 10, 2017
  • Revised Illinois Early Intervention Provider HandbookPDF - December 1, 2016
  • Revised Early Intervention Assessment InstrumentsPDF- July 18, 2016
    • Approved EI Evaluation and Assessment Instrument List 
  • Illinois State Systemic Plan (SSIP) – Phase II that was submitted for approval to the Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) on March 30, 2016.PDF - March 31, 2016
    
  • FAQ on "Insurance" portion of CFC Procedure ManualPDF - March 3, 2016
  • FAQ on "Evaluation and Assessment" portion of CFC Procedure Manual PDF - December 15, 2015
  • Notice to Providers regarding Evaluation-Assessment Clarification – November 20, 2015
  • ICD Code Conversion (Provider Informational Notice)PDF - September 29, 2015
  • Part C Illinois Annual Performance Report for SY14 (07/01/13-06/30/14)PDF - March 2015
  • Provider Notice - Early Intervention Services Based on Scientific Based ResearchPDF - June 2012 - This Early Intervention provider notice is an Addendum to the Early Intervention Service Descriptions, Billing Codes and Rates (Provider Handbook) (pdf) to inform Early Intervention providers about new guidance regarding early intervention services.
  • Audiology Evaluations and Early Intervention: Clarification of Billable ServicesPDF - March 10, 2011 - This notice is to clarify early intervention (EI) evaluation and assessment services performed by audiologists that are billable to the Early Intervention Services System.
  • Part C Illinois Annual Performance Report - 07/01/09-06/20/10PDF - January 2011 -The federal fiscal year (FFY) 2009 Early Intervention (Part C) Annual Performance Report (APR) provides target data for the state and its 25 Child and Family Connections (CFC) offices for the time period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 and responsive APR information for all indicators.  Information to address actions required by the Office of Special Education letter in response to the Illinois' February 2010 APR has been included.
  • Part C State Performance Plan 2005-2012PDF - February 2011 - The Illinois State Performance Plan (SPP) is the culmination of an ongoing process of performance measurement and strategic planning for the Illinois Early Intervention (EI) Program.  Throughout this document, you will read how the program has made good use of data for analysis, problem solving, policy development, and planning.
  • Clarification of Existing Policy/Procedure Regarding Developmental Services Provided by Speech Language Pathologists to Children Eligible for Early InterventionPDF- November 2010
    • Frequently Asked Questions (pdf)
  • Clarification on the Use of the Developmental Justification of Need Guidelines and WorksheetPDF - May 2010- Online module titled "Natural Environments & the Developmental Justification of Need Requirement can be found by searching the "Training" page

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