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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, operated by
SOS-AD, and Exceptionally Excited Kids, located in
California. United Cerebral Palsy now has come on
as an e-partner in the program.
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.
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, operated by
SOS-AD, and Exceptionally Excited Kids, located in
California. United Cerebral Palsy now has come on
as an e-partner in the program.
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.
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