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ERIC Number: EJ1468239
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1053-8151
EISSN: EISSN-2154-3992
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Staff Travel Time in Rural- and Urban-Serving Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) Programs in Kansas
Christopher D. Tilden1; Nathan C. Kuhn1; Sushmita Samaddar1; Hilde A. McKee1; Silke A. von Esenwein1; Rebecca J. Gillam1
Journal of Early Intervention, v47 n1 p15-24 2025
Staff travel required to provide home visiting services can be a barrier to quality service provision. This may be of particular concern to rural programs, where the demands of staff travel are often thought to be greater than in urban settings. As part of a statewide needs assessment of the Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program in Kansas (Kansas Part C), a time study was conducted to examine travel time in rural and urban programs. While in the field, Part C providers spent 29.9% of their time traveling, over half (51.4%) of their time in direct service, 5.5% preparing documentation, and 2.0% communicating with clients and partners. Travel time did not differ significantly between urban and rural programs. This suggests that caution is warranted when adopting policy approaches, such as funding formula differences, designed to account for assumed (but not documented) differences in rural and urban programs, such as staff travel time.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kansas
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA