Director of SPAN Public Policy, Peggy Kinsell, in her role as the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities Subcommittee Chairperson, has helped initiate a report urging schools to include students with disabilities in emergency planning. “The absence of...
SPAN Executive Co-Director, Debra Jennings, was quoted in a Chalkbeat article on issues facing special education in Newark’s schools. “These programs are created, and then there’s more of an emphasis of putting children into these programs than figuring out a...
On September 19, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent notification to the Oversight Committee, stating:We wanted to let you know that, at the direction of Acting Secretary McAleenan, USCIS is resuming its consideration of non-military deferred action...
WholeLife NJ has announced the release of its “Eat, Play, Parent” app. Read more about this new resource below: WholeLife NJ: Eat, Play, Parent is your perfect healthy living, one stop shop, app! The app was developed by the School Health Specialist Team...
Hundreds of pediatric providers are now receiving quick access to mental/behavioral health consultative support, and connecting patients with referrals to mental/behavioral health services through the PPC. Show this flyer to your pediatrician and let them know that...
How did NJ’s Special Education system fared in the US Department of Education’s review of its Special Education State Performance Plan? While NJ was found to “meet requirements,” the US Department of Education has also issued a...
In this Education Week article, we learn that “New Jersey takes the top spot in the newly released ‘Quality Counts 2019,’ the 23rd annual report card of state education systems issued by the Education Week Research Center, while the nation as a whole...
The Help Me Grow National Center would like YOUR input! Please share the information and the links to the survey (English and Spanish) below. The survey takes about 7 minutes to complete (on average), and will be open until COB Friday, August 30, 2019. Here is...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, announced that the Supporting Family-to-Family Health Information Centers Act passed in the House of Representatives today and is heading to...
SPAN is pleased to announce that one of our Transition Coordinators, Erin Seigh, has been selected to be a parent advisor for Got Transition’s newly-created National Family Health Care Transition Advisory Group. The organization, in collaboration with Family...
