News Report | May 1, 2023
California Awards $6.5 Million Grant To Special Needs Network For Critical New Workforce Development At Two Regional Centers
California's Frank D. Lanterman and Kern Regional Centers have awarded a $6.5 million grant to the Special Needs Network (SNN). The funds will be used to address critical professional staffing shortages to serve children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Specifically, the funds will allow SNN to train 200 professionals and connect them with agencies that provide critical early services for children with developmental disabilities in communities of color through a program called Creating Opportunities and Resources for Equity in Early Intervention (C.O.R.E.).
The two regional centers are among 21 private non-profit corporations that . . .