Governor's Early ACCESS report features local child

Early ACCESS is a partnership between families with young children, birth to age three, and providers from Iowa's AEAs, Departments of Education, Public Health, Human Services and Child Health Specialty Clinics. The purpose of the program is to encourage partnerships among families and staff to work together in identifying, coordinating and providing needed support and resources that will help the family assist their infant or toddler to grow and develop. 
     Fifty GHAEA staff are part of the Early ACCESS team, headed by Regional Administrator Angie Hance, that makes a difference in the lives of so many children. Intervention during the first three years of a child’s life can increase a child's rate of growth, social and emotional development, acquisition of knowledge and skills and use of appropriate behaviors to meet his/her needs, while decreasing the likelihood of special education and reducing the need for expensive and more intense services in the future. 

      Iowa Governor Terry Branstad recently released his annual report on Early ACCESS. It features a story about a young boy James who receives services through Green Hills AEA. Access the report here.