In December 2003, IAEJ composed and sent 10 letters to the directors of various Departments of Education in municipalities and locations with large Ethiopian populations.

IAEJ requested information from each department on: The number of Ethiopian students in Special Education programs; the services offered to Ethiopian parents of children in Special Education; and the bureaucratic processes parents must negotiate.

Each letter was also copied to the Regional office under whose jurisdiction the selected departments fall. IAEJ's strategic unit is currently waiting for responses to all letters, as the beginning of a larger mapping project of national dimensions.