Chris Christie on Families & Children

$9.7 more for Early Childhood Intervention Program

• Funding for the Early Childhood Intervention Program increased $9.7 million over FY2011, for a total budget of $92.6 million. The program support children from birth to age three with developmental delays and disabilities. Services include developmental intervention, and physical & occupational therapy. 21,292 children received services in FY2010.
• State and federal funding for Special Child Health Services was protected at $3.3 million. Counties provide case management services to 12,000 medically fragile children birth through age 21 in need assistance to access comprehensive health services. Eligible children without insurance get assistance including hearin aids & orthotics.

  $500,000 was preserved for the Autism Registry, which makes it easier for families to be connected to the appropriate diagnostic, treatment and support services in their communities. More than 6,000 children have been registered