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Welcome to SOAR Space! SOAR is an email initiative to support the Expand the Promise for Individuals with Autism Act (EPIAA), which delivers CRITICAL autism services nationwide. SOAR was co-created by two non-profits, the Hawkeye Ranch Center for Autism, located in Colorado, and Exceptionally Excited Kids, located in California.
United Cerebral Palsy now has come on as an e-partner in the program! Please join them by clicking the blue badge below to learn more about their incredible organization which helps all disabilities to thrive. Just click the badge below. All non-profits are invited to help with the SOAR initiative!
SOAR BANNER: If you are participating in SOAR in any fashion, you may use the following SOAR banner on your profiles, bulletins, emails and blogs. Just download the pic:
To view the EPIAA's findings, please scroll down to your left. This is directly from the act as presented to the Senate and sent to the Senate Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pension.
SUMMARY OF THE EXPAND THE PROMISE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM ACT
The EPIAA is a bi-partisan act that will set aside approximately $350 million for critical interventions, therapies, and services for children and adults on the autism spectrum. The EPIAA will help establish the following:
A task force with the autism community's involvement that reports to Congress regarding the latest in behavioral treatments, evidence-based biomedical treatments and services. Gaps in services and research will thus be updated and indentified.
The EPIAA has a grant structure that includes:
$20 million annually in grants for treatments and services, and an additional $20 million in demonstration grants for services for adults.
$10 million for immediate post-diagnosis care, which will improve access to immediate needs. This will grow to $20 million by Fiscal Year 2012.
$13.4 million annually for assistance in training and technical assistance, and an additional $6 million for protection, legal representation and advocacy initiatives for families dealing with developmental disabilities.
