About the FICCIT
The Florida Department of Health (DOH), Children’s Medical Services, Early Steps Program, maintains a statewide interagency coordinating council called the Florida Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers (FICCIT).
DOH is the established agency lead for Part C, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
FICCIT is a federal Part C, IDEA requirement (34 C.F.R. §303.600-605) and meets quarterly with the role to advise and assist DOH to:
Identify sources of fiscal and other support for early intervention service programs under Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
Assign financial responsibility to the agency;
Promote methods for intra-agency and interagency collaboration regarding child find, monitoring, financial responsibility, provision of services, and transition;
Prepare applications under Part C of IDEA, including amendments;
Transition from Early Steps to the state education agency; and,
Review the Early Steps Annual Report which includes the status on early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
For questions about the council, please contact [email protected]
Quarterly Meetings
The council meets on a quarterly basis, and those meetings are publicly noticed. Those announcements will be found here, as well as in the Florida Administrative Register (FAR).
Upcoming –
November 4, 2026
Past –
May 7, 2026 – Meeting Minutes – Presentation
February 19, 2026 – Meeting Minutes – Presentation
FICCIT Membership Information
The Florida Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers (FICCIT) is composed of governor appointed members who are representative of the state’s population, as outlined by 34 CFR 303.601, who are representative of the state’s population. Membership is comprised of parents and caregivers of children with developmental delays and disabilities, professionals, representatives from the legislature, state agency representatives, and community organizations who are invested in improving Early Steps services for families statewide. Click here to view the current FICCIT membership.
Governing Policies
- By-Laws
- Public Comment Card
- 34 C.F.R. Part 303, Subpart G – State Interagency Coordinating Council
- Open Government – The “Sunshine” Law
