What is the Family Support Committee and what does it do?

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The Family Support Committee (FSC) of Ramsey County, Minnesota, a subcommittee of the I.E.I.C., is made up of parents of young children with special needs, as well as representatives from a variety of public and private disability-focused groups in Ramsey County. Our goal is to reach out to parents of young children with special needs in Ramsey County and to help connect them to resources and information they may be seeking for their child and their family. We work closely with the county's Early Childhood Information and Referral (see below for contact information and more about E.C.I.R.R.C.).

The FSC publishes a newsletter several times a year and maintains this web site. We also host three family events, or family nights, each year. We sponsor these events to give parents and caregivers a place to connect with other families of young children with special needs, and also to provide a place where we can share information, resources, and support. (Please return to the Welcome page for information on our next event.)

Join Us!

We are always looking for new parents who wish to share their ideas or become a part of our committee. We have just added new pages to this site especially for your stories and tips. Whether you are interested in joining the committee, submitting a tip or story for the web site, want to make a suggestion about our family events or the web site, or just want to ask a question about the Family Support Committee, please contact the E.C.I.R.R.C. office:

Contact information:

• Call (651) 604-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Early Childhood Information and Referral of Ramsey County (E.C.I.R.R.C.)

The Family Support Committee is sponsored by Early Childhood Information and Referral of Ramsey County (E.C.I.R.R.C.) which is an interagency organization working jointly with Ramsey County, local school districts, and a wide variety of service providers in our community in order to help you locate and access services for your young child with special needs. Participating agencies include:

E.C.I.R.R.C. offers, at no cost to families, information, support and referral services that may help your child and your family. For families who have concerns about the development of their child, birth to five years old, please contact our office at (651) 604-3700. Our office hours are 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Ramsey County Human Services
• St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health
• Early Childhood Special Education and Family Education in the following school districts (ISDs):
  
  
  • St. Anthony/New Brighton Schools, ISD #282 www.stanthony.k12.mn.us/
    
  • Mounds View Schools, ISD #621 www.moundsviewschools.org/
    
  • North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale Schools, ISD #622 www.isd622.org/
    
  • Roseville Area Schools, ISD #623 www.rosevillearea.k12.mn.us/
    
  • White Bear Lake Schools, ISD #624 www.whitebear.k12.mn.us/
    
  • St. Paul Public Schools, ISD #625 www.stpaul.k12.mn.us/
    
    
• Private agencies within the community, such as:
  
  
  • The Arc of Minnesota www.thearcofminnesota.org/
  • Head Start www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/
  • Resources for Child Caring www.resourcesforchildcaring.com/
  • Lifetrack Resources www.lifetrackresources.org/

Please see our Resources page for helpful links, or call us at (651) 604-3700, 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. We're here to help!