Kids can’t wait for services when facing developmental delays and disabilities. New York’s Early Intervention system is so underfunded that providers like speech, occupational and physical therapists are paid the same as they were in the 1990s! As a consequence, many are leaving the field. That shortage is creating long waitlists for New York’s children. New York State budget negotiations are starting now in January. Tell Albany you want Early Intervention to be funded with an 11% rate increase. Send a letter through our Action Network here: Send Lette
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