Referral/Child Find

• This System Point of Entry Information provides a toll free number to refer a child to the NJ Early Intervention System.
  
  
• This Child Find Poster [English, Español] can be printed and used for public awareness of referral to the New Jersey Early Intervention System for children birth to age three.
  
  
• This Child Development Brochure [English, Español] lists developmental milestones for children birth to age three.
  
  
• To access information for preschool children (ages three through five) and students (ages five through twenty-one), call Project Child Find at 1-800-322-8174.

Central Directory -Resources

• This Central Directory (Resources) provides access to information about programs and services available for individuals with disabilities and their families.
  
  
• Go to Developmentally Disabled Uniform Application Act  for information on the Uniform Application(FHS-16) which is used to make an initial referral to the Division of Developmental Disabilities (birth to age twenty-one) and/or Special Education (ages three through twenty-one).
   
• Go to this Grace’s Law Brochure for information on P.L. 2008, c 126, which requires certain health benefit plans to provide limited coverage for children’s hearing aids.
  
  
• State law (P.L. 2009 c. 115) requires certain health benefits plans to provide coverage for medically necessary therapies for the treatment of autism and other developmental disabilities. This fact sheet explains your rights.