Paso Del Norte Childrens Development Center

Programs: The early childhood intervention (eci) program provides rehabilitation services to children (birth to three years of age) who have developmental disabilities in el paso county. The eci program served a total of 1,439 children (unduplicated count) in fy 2017. The average delivered hours per child was 2. 96 hours per month. The state expectation was 2. 79 hours. The monthly average number of children enrolled was 661; the program contract number was 592 children. All delivered services and billing of eci services is now 100% electronic as of august 2016. The program continues to meet the highest rating of: "meets requirements of part c".

the community resource center provides information and referral services, support services including recreational activities, respite, transition planning, parent advocacy training, case management, applied behavior analysis and training for the general public on topics related to children with special needs. The community resource center served a total of 2,454 clients for the fiscal year 2016-2017 and provided respite services to 300 children with a total of 30,298 hours of service.

el papalote inclusive child development center provides childcare and early education services for children with and without special needs. Including traditional childcare, before and after school, respite care and socialization. Maintained a 90% capacity thoughout the year and 103% in the summer. Services were provided to 151 children with special needs and 81 children without special needs (unduplicated counts).

pediatric services: the center started a new program in fiscal year 2013-2014 to continue providing services to children that age out of the eci program at three years old. This program will help the children transition from eci to services provided by the schools. El papalote in partnership with episd started two pre-kinder classrooms for children three and four years of age.