State and Jurisdictional Eligibility Definitions for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Under IDEA Part C
- Alabama
- Alaska
- American Samoa
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Department of Defense
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
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- Maine
- Maryland
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- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
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- Northern Mariana Islands
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
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- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virgin Islands
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Tennessee
Part C Developmental Delay Eligibility Criteria
25% delay in two developmental areas or a 40% delay in one area
At-Risk Served Under Federal Part C Policies
State Part C Eligibility Policy
Additional Links
Selected Categories of Diagnosed Conditions
Hearing Impairment
List of diagnosed conditions includes:
- Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
- Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing
- Other and unspecified hearing loss
Vision Impairment
List of diagnosed conditions includes:
- Blindness and low vision
- Visual impairment - unspecified visual loss
- Other conditions leading to vision loss
Prenatal Exposure to Substances
List of diagnosed conditions includes NAS and drug withdrawal syndrome in infant of dependent mother.
Prematurity
Premature Infant Eligibility Criteria includes:
- <30 weeks GA OR
- 30-36 weeks GA plus at least one of the following criteria:
- Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) less than 10th percentile
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
- Seizure activity in neonatal period
- Meningitis in neonatal period
- Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) grade III/IV
- Abnormal computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US) findings, including ischemia, thrombosis, significant hydrocephalus, major malformations, or disorders of myelination
- Microcephaly at less than 10th percentile for gestational age
- Metabolic derangement: inborn error of metabolism, prolonged hypoglycemia more than eight hours, bilirubin reaching exchange level OR
- 30-36 weeks GA plus at least two or more of the following criteria:
- Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration (APGAR) score of less than three at five minutes
- Prolonged ventilation for apnea or hypoventilation for more than 48 hours
- Prolonged hypoxemia for more than 24 hours
- Hypotonia for more than 48 hours
- Prolonged hypotension for more than eight hours
Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age
Not included on state list of diagnosed/established conditions.
Prenatal Exposure to Zika
List of diagnosed conditions includes Zika Virus Disease.
Summary of State and Jurisdictional Eligibility Definitions
- Eligibility for IDEA Part C Services
- Selected Diagnosed/Established Conditions
- Frequency of Developmental Delay Definitions
- Developmental Delay Eligibility Criteria
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