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Air Force
School Liaison
7 W Arnold
Bldg 2040
Fairchild AFB, WA 99011
509-247-2559
312-657-2559
Contact information for key programs and services at this installation.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, requires states and territories to provide early intervention and special education services to eligible children and young adults. Early intervention services, or EIS, are available for children from birth to 3 years old, and special education services are available to children from 3 to 21 years old. Installation EFMP Family Support providers can provide specific information and resources for these services.
All states and territories must provide early intervention services to children who have, or are at risk for having, developmental delays, from birth to their third birthday.
Most CONUS locations, local school districts or health departments provide these early intervention services. The program is called different names in different areas, but it is often referred to as Part C because that is the section of the law that pertains to early intervention. The Education Directory for Children with Special Needs has a list of resources specific to each state to help you determine who you should contact. Your installation EFMP Family Support provider can also answer your questions.
If you are moving OCONUS or to a CONUS location with a DODEA school (and you live on installation), your child will receive EIS through the Defense Department’s Educational and Developmental Intervention Services, or EDIS, program.
When moving, you should hand carry copies of your child's most current individual family service plan, or IFSP, and the most current evaluation reports to your new home to ensure they are not lost.
All states and territories provide special education and related services to eligible children between the ages of 3 through 21.
When a child transfers to a different district in the same state, the new school must provide a free, appropriate public education, including comparable services, until the previously held IEP is adopted or a new one is developed and implemented. When a child transfers to another state, the receiving school must provide comparable services until an IEP review can determine if a new evaluation or IEP is appropriate.
If you are moving and your child receives special education and related services, you should hand carry all necessary school and medical documents, including the most current IEP and current evaluation reports. Hand carrying these documents ensures that they are not lost and allows the new school to begin the process as soon as you arrive.
The EFMP Family Support program assists service members and their families in identifying and accessing essential programs and service. EFMP-FS works to empower families by delivering comprehensive information and referral services, non-medical case management, targeted training, and opportunities for families to connect while they are stationed at Fairchild and while they are in the process of relocating. POC’s are Teresa Jensen and Bekki Juarez, 509-247-2246. The organizational email is: 92fss.efmp@us.af.mil.
Students with mild handicapping conditions as determined by state guidelines who are functioning below grade level in reading, math, and/or language receive special education support. Assistance is provided to the extent needed through modification of curriculum and remediation to existing content. Related services in communication, occupational and physical therapy, as well as adaptive physical education are provided for those students who have sufficient deficits to qualify in those areas.
These are individual cases and should be referred to Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and the Schol Liaison Office (Steve McMullen, 509-247-2559) so that all services may be coordinated.