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This fact sheet gives you information about your rights to receive information and services in your native language from the regional center under the Early Start Program. Early Start serves newborns and children up to 3 years old who have developmental delays.
The Early Start program serves infants and toddlers from birth to 36 months old with disabilities. Regional centers and school districts provide early intervention services through Early Start, until a child’s 3rd birthday.
Early Start is a program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. This pub explains a change in the law about using private insurance for Early Start services. If private insurance will not cover the service, the regional center can pay for it. This pub tells you what to do if the regional center wants to change your child’s services and where to get help.