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Sonia Lopez
33 minutes ago
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March 2025

Early Intervention and Preparing for Tax Season.

Some tips for concerned parents and some tips for this tax season

Early Intervention

What is it?

If you’re concerned about the development of an infant or toddler, or you suspect that a little one has a disability, this organization will summarize one terrific source of help—the early intervention system in your state. Early intervention services can help infants and toddlers with disabilities or delays to learn many key skills and catch up in their development. There’s a lot to know about early intervention. Early intervention is a system of services that helps babies and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. Early intervention focuses on helping eligible babies and toddlers learn the basic and brand-new skills that typically develop during the first three years of life, such as physical (reaching, rolling, crawling, and walking); cognitive (thinking, learning, solving problems); communication (talking, listening, understanding);social/emotional (playing, feeling secure and happy); and self-help (eating, dressing).

Visit: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/ei-overview/ for more information.

“When a baby or toddler has developmental issues, they need to be addressed as soon as possible. So—45 days, that’s the timeframe from referral to completion of the IFSP for an eligible child.”

Examples

Early intervention services

If an infant or toddler has a disability or a developmental delay in one or more of these developmental areas, that child will likely be eligible for early intervention services. Those services may include:

Assistive technology (devices a child might need)
Audiology or hearing services
Speech and language services
Counseling and training for a family
Medical services
Nursing services
Nutrition services
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Psychological services

Staying Organized for Tax Season

4 Organizational Tips to Make Tax Filing Easy --

Designate an easy-access place for tax documents. Businesses start mailing tax forms to taxpayers in January. When they begin to arrive, take a moment to pull out a file folder, label it, and set it somewhere safe. As new tax documents come in, add each one to your new Tax Day folder so everything you need is in one place at tax time.
1. Group tax documents by category. Depending on the complexity of your tax return, you may want to use file folders, paper clips, boxes, or other methods to categorize documents.
Visit: https://blog.taxact.com/organizing-your-tax-information/

Use last year’s return. Last year’s return is a great starting point for this year’s tax filing. By looking at your return from last year, you can quickly see what tax information you probably need now. In addition, you may need to use some information from last year, such as depreciation or inventory information, to complete your new return.
Consider if you’ll itemize. Most taxpayers tend to take the standard deduction. However, if your itemized deductions add up to more than the standard deduction you qualify to claim, itemizing might be a better idea.

Tips and Useful Resources

Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is a substance use treatment organization offering comprehensive behavioral health programs, including medication-assisted recovery, to individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Visit: https://www.fgcinc.org/ for more information