ACTS advocates for support of early childhood special needs programs to ensure young children receive the help they need
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Formed in 2002, Agencies for Children’s Therapy Services (ACTS) is an association of 40 agencies providing Early Intervention, Pre-K, and School-Age Special Education services.
The agencies of ACTS predominantly provide service in home and community settings, through sub-contracts with independent therapists, though we also provide facility-based individual/collateral, parent-child group, group developmental intervention, and family/caregiver support group services. The clinical focus includes the full spectrum of services, including evaluations, therapy, and service coordination.
ACTS is the first and most active organization that solely represents the views of Early Intervention Providers who predominantly serve children and families in their home and community settings. We serve over 30,000 infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, the Mid-Hudson Region, the Capital District, and the North Country.
Learn about about ACTS and our mission.
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OPINION: Gov. Cuomo, Make Insurance Pay Its Fair Share
Times Union 06/30/2021 by Steve Sanders If there is such a thing as a “no brainer” for the Governor, then mandating insurance coverage and more clinical help for very young children with disabilities would surely be it. These services are embodied in the state’s Early...
Testimony To Joint Legislative Budget Hearing: Health
TESTIMONY to JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET HEARING: HEALTH February 25, 2021 Thank You for the opportunity to provide testimony regarding the Governor’s budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2021-22. My name is Steven Sanders. I am Executive Director of ACTS (Agencies for...
Letter to Congress on IDEA waivers & COVID – Signed by ACTS
ACTS signs letter to Congress response to COVID-19, it is crucial to protect rights of Children with Disabilities.
ACTS Testimony At Legislative Budget Hearings
ACTS TESTIMONY AT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET HEARINGS January 29, 2020 Thank You for this opportunity to testify. My name is Steven Sanders. I am Executive Director of Agencies for Children’s Therapy Services “ACTS”. This Association represents providers in the Early...
Public Comment To SED Regarding Proposed Rulemaking, EDU-40-18-00009-P
The one item of the proposed rulemaking that I wish to draw your attention to is found in Section 2 of the proposal which would “add a new subdivision (ppp)of section 200.1 of the Regulations of the Commissioner.”
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