Welcome to the SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
Empowering families as advocates and partners in improving education,
health, and mental health outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, and youth.
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SPAN is involved in a variety of key activities, including:
Building Bridges to Success: Parent Training & Information (PTI) Center | Helping families work together with professionals across the systems that serve children
New Jersey Inclusive Child Care Project (NJICCP) | Including children with disabilities in typical early childhood settings
Special Education Volunteer Advocates (SEVA) | Increasing the number of underserved families who can be provided with in-person support
Transition from School to Adult Life | Graduation, secondary education, employment & independent living
Community of Care Consortium | For children with special health care needs
Empowering Women in Community Leadership for Healthier Families | To reduce the risk of FAS/FASD & lead poisoning
Family to Family Health Information Center @ Family Voices-NJ | Keeping families at the center of children’s healthcare
Family WRAP | Wisdom, resources, advocacy, parent to parent support
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health NJ State Organization (NJ FFCMH) | Children’s mental health matters
NJ Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) | Preparing the next generation of health and allied health leaders to address the needs of children and young adults
Parents as Champions for Healthy Schools | Helping to promote student success
Sister to Sister Community Doulas of Essex County | Connecting Essex County’s underserved women and men to community doula supports
Special Education Parent Advisory Groups | Supporting parents and community members to collaborate with districts on critical issues relating to students with disabilities
Youth in the Know | Nothing about us without us!
Child Welfare Family Advocacy Program | In-court support for parents involved with child protective services
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Mentoring & Family Engagement Project | Supporting deaf/hard of hearing children and their families
Education & Health Rights of Children and Youth with Special Needs in Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice | Helping families work together with professionals across the systems that serve children
Essex County Family Council & Grandmothers as Caregivers | Strong, powerful, unified families and compassionate, understanding professionals
Military Family Support 360 Center | Assisting active duty and retired military, national guard, and reserve personnel throughout NJ with infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities
NJ’s Early Childhood Initiatives | Celebrating children’s development & improving early identification
NJ Statewide Parent to Parent (NJP2P) | Parents helping parents…it’s a simple concept that works!