The Handicapped Children's Early Education Program

Abstract

All 21 of the first cohort of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) demonstration projects were contacted to determine whether each had maintained continuation funding of the direct services components of the demonstration model. Of these projects, 18 (86%) had maintained continuation funding of their direct services components with monies from 16 different funding sources. Further, they maintained their models basically as developed and expected to continue direct services in the future. Many of the projects were continuing to disseminate information to target audiences and to stimulate increased comprehensive services for preschool handicapped children and their families. These results indicate the viability of demonstration seed money programs under appropriate conditions.