east central special svc. co-op

What east central special svc. co-op does

East Central Indiana Special Services (ECISS) is a non-profit special education cooperative headquartered at 215 East Parkway Drive, Cambridge City, Indiana, that delivers specialized educational services to students with disabilities across four member school districts in East Central Indiana: Western Wayne Schools, Franklin County Community School Corporation, Union County College Corner Joint School District, and Northeastern Wayne School Corporation. The organization operates with a multidisciplinary staff of approximately 20, including a director, coordinators, educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and assistants, a physical therapist, and administrative support. Service offerings span direct clinical support (speech, occupational, and physical therapy; psychological services), programs across 13 disability categories, early childhood/preschool intervention, and transition services for post-secondary readiness, complemented by a parent resource portal and staff resource hub.

ECISS functions as a cooperative service organization under which member districts pool demand for specialized expertise that no single district could cost-effectively maintain in-house. Its core technology is described as a "special education services delivery platform," though no proprietary software products, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, or distinct platform architecture were disclosed in the input data. There are no published products, no app store listings, no SDK offerings, and no integration partners identified — the technology stack appears limited to a Squarespace-hosted website and internal resource portals rather than a productized software platform.

The revenue model is structured as professional services delivered through cooperative agreements with the four member school districts, funded through district contributions and likely state/federal special education allocations. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is presumably negotiated bilaterally with each member corporation. The go-to-market is relationship-driven and community-led, with no outbound sales motion; customer acquisition would occur through the addition of new member school corporations to the cooperative. The organization is privately held, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity in its history.

Name

east central special svc. co-op

Legal name

East Central Indiana Special Services

Website

https://eciss.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

East Central Indiana Special Services is a non-profit special education cooperative that delivers specialized clinical and educational services — including speech, occupational, and physical therapy, school psychology, and educational diagnostics — to students with disabilities across four member school districts in East Central Indiana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAKAFAM

OT Evaluations, Assessments & IEP/504 Planning Support

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Occupational Therapy (OT) & Sensory Integration Services

SECONDARYEDAKAFAK

School Transition & Independent Living Skills (OT)

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Occupational Therapy (OT) & Sensory Integration Services

Keywords

• Special education services
• Cooperative education support
• Disability support services
• School district partnerships
• Transition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Special Education Services: ECISS provides specialized educational services and support to students with disabilities through partnerships with four school districts in East Central Indiana. As a cooperative service organization, funding likely comes from member school districts and possibly state/federal special education allocations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ECISS is a special education cooperative that delivers specialized educational programs and related services to students with disabilities across four member school districts in East Central Indiana. Its offerings span disability-specific instructional programs across 13 categories, speech/occupational/physical therapy, school psychology, educational diagnostics, early childhood preschool intervention, and transition services preparing students for adulthood. Services are funded through cooperative arrangements with member districts rather than direct consumer billing.

Product overview

East Central Indiana Special Services (ECISS) is a special education cooperative that provides specialized educational services to students with disabilities across four school districts in East Central Indiana. Rather than a traditional product portfolio, ECISS offers a unified set of educational support services including direct student services (speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, school psychology), disability-specific programs across 13 categories, early childhood intervention, and transition services. The organization partners with schools and families to ensure equitable access to meaningful educational experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Western Wayne SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember school district receiving specialized education services for students with disabilities, including access to speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and other special education support services.
• Franklin County Community School CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember school corporation receiving specialized education services for students with disabilities. ECISS provides staff and resources to support students across the district.
• Union County College Corner Joint School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember school district receiving specialized education services for students with disabilities through the cooperative arrangement.
• Northeastern Wayne School CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember school corporation receiving specialized education services for students with disabilities through the cooperative arrangement.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Frontline Education: Broad K-12 administration software provider whose special education management (Frontline SpEd) modules compete for the same district technology and compliance budget that funds cooperatives like ECISS.
• PowerSchool: Large K-12 student information system vendor with a special education module used by school districts — adjacent competitor for district special education management and compliance tooling.

Direct peers

• Soliant Health: School-based healthcare staffing firm placing SLPs, OTs, PTs, and school psychologists in K-12 districts nationally. Closest direct competitor on the talent-delivery dimension of ECISS's work.
• EBS Healthcare: Provides school-based speech, occupational, and physical therapy staffing and teletherapy services to public school districts — directly comparable service mix to ECISS's related-services portfolio.
• ProCare Therapy: School-focused therapy staffing company supplying SLPs, OTs, PTs, and school psychologists to districts nationwide. Comparable in clinician-pool model and K-12 district customer base.
• Sunbelt Staffing: Specializes in placing school psychologists, SLPs, OTs, and special education teachers in K-12 settings. Directly comparable customer (school districts) and service (special education staffing) to ECISS.
• TherapyTravelers: Travel and local therapy staffing firm focused on school-based OT, PT, and SLP placements. Overlaps with ECISS on the school therapy delivery model and customer type.
• PresenceLearning: Online special education and related services provider offering teletherapy and evaluations to K-12 districts. Alternative delivery model for the same special education services ECISS provides in person.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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