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We partner with leading hospitals and pediatric clinics to provide personalized, high-impact support to children and families facing school-related challenges.

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Friends: We're shifting our focus to other platforms. For updates on everything we're up to, come find us on:

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Ensuring that families who do not speak English get properly translated information and access to trained interpreters is essential.

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We believe school districts can significantly reduce compliance failures and service delays for students by focusing on common-sense improvements in three areas:

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2. Communicate with families more clearly and responsively, in language they can understand. Poor communication makes an already complex and stressful process even more confusing and opaque for families.

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1. Improve district special education tracking systems and staffing. Many compliance failures are rooted in a lack of staff capacity and inadequate tracking of IEP cases. Better tech systems & increased staffing would help school districts to process requests more efficiently.

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ICYMI: In the Boston area, we found that many students are experiencing significant lag time in receiving special education support and services. Our latest report explores the alarming pattern of delays for families and how to fix it: https://t.co/541LaBsUjN

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In our latest report, “Lag Time”, we explore how 1 in 4 Boston-area families encounter barriers that impede them from accessing essential educational supports. https://t.co/541LaBts9l

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1 in 4 families encountered a compliance failure while attempting to enroll in a school or access special education services for their child

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Our new report, Lag Time, focuses on the barriers impeding families from accessing essential educational supports. Here's what we found:

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Bureaucratic barriers are impeding families from accessing essential educational supports. Violations of federal civil rights laws and policies are common.

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Federal and state laws clearly define the process for accessing special education services for a child. But for Boston-area families, we found bureaucratic delays are alarmingly common—and sometimes stretch for months. Click the link to read the report: https://t.co/541LaBsUjN

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NEST Health Launches Virtual Primary Care Option for Families
https://t.co/tMmigp1jkz

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The Child Care for Working Families Act (CCWFA) reintroduced by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) will make child care and early education affordable for parents of all backgrounds.
https://t.co/4M84oEo3RY

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The pandemic widened economic and racial educational gaps, but parents aren't fully aware of how their kids are being affected.
https://t.co/T0GbWCoEHr

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“We think this approach to integrating health care and education holds tremendous promise: It creates a much-needed bridge between two complex systems where families often get lost.”
https://t.co/pJz7R3ciGC

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New Orleans early childhood education providers are increasing programming, staff, and facilities ahead of a major expansion in publicly subsidized seats. The expansion starts in July and is funded by $21M in new property taxes approved by voters last year.https://t.co/wfPdBA17zl

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The US education system has always been unevenly resourced and unequal. While the pandemic had a significant impact on all schools, it disproportionately affected the most vulnerable.
https://t.co/hsoL1XeUKM

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Our new pediatric partnerships bring education support to families through a familiar and trusted source: their doctors.
https://t.co/xZLrQiLVfX

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Powerful story about @ChildrensNatl holistic approach to helping young people recover from gun violence. We're honored to partner with them later this summer.  https://t.co/TxNYCbynKC

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A troubling report from @hechingerreport explores the disparities in access to early therapies affecting toddlers of color
https://t.co/r8ySigRu8Y