SPAN Earns Funding to Continue as New Jersey’s Parent Training and Information Center!
Dear Families, Friends, and Community Partners, We are thrilled to share that SPAN Parent Advocacy Network has received our official Notice of Award from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to continue serving as New Jersey’s...State of Language Access in NJ Progress Report
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Certain members of Congress are pushing forward budget proposals that would slash funding for essential health programs like Medicaid—putting millions of lives and livelihoods at risk. We need to raise our voices now and send a clear message to policymakers: Medicaid...SPAN Focus Group Opportunity
Opportunity to participate in a focus group. SPAN is partnering with the NJ Department of Health to conduct focus groups with parents of children diagnosed with Congenital Cytomegalovirus, or CMV. If your child has been diagnosed with CMV and you are interested to...In Memoriam: Beverly Roberts
It is with profound and utter sadness that we pause to remember our dear friend, Bev Roberts,
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Releases the Civil Rights Principles for ECE
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 46 civil rights and education organizations, released the Civil Rights Principles for Early Care and Education (ECE). The signers of the principles call for an early care and education system that...Senate Approves Addiego-Sweeney Bill to Protect Students with Disabilities from Losing Educational Services to COVID Crisis
The Senate today approved a bill authored by Senator Dawn Addiego and Senate President Steve Sweeney that would help protect students with disabilities from losing out on special education services because of the coronavirus crisis by temporarily extending the timetable for those who could exceed the age eligibility.
NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence (NJSNCC) — Annual Virtual Conference, 2021
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers, & Cultivating Cultural Competency with the Diverse Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community