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A new statewide coalition that launched Thursday, Raising New York, seeks to tackle the social, emotional, economic and educational inequities among the state's youngest residents.

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After 2 years, how is the “First 1000 Days on Medicaid Initiative” shaping up?

Even as preschool special education providers began inking contracts with Monroe County this week, the county has continued to clarify what those contracts mean.

Advocates are demanding Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to keep her promise to thousands of children in the county in need of Pre-school Special Education…

Advocates for children with disabilities packed the Monroe County Legislature tonight over the funding crisis in preschool special education. 

Families and advocates confronted leaders Tuesday night over preschool special education service rates in Monroe County.

We call on County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo to instruct the Monroe County Department of Health to publish a new Preschool Special Education rate structure that…

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Providers of preschool special education say Monroe County went back on its promise to raise the reimbursement rate for services across the board by 15…

When Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced she was proposing a 15% "across-the-board" increase in reimbursement rates for preschool special education, providers and advocates hailed…

The Children’s Agenda is seeking stories to help to address provider shortages within the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education systems across New York State.

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Parents and advocates for special education students in Monroe County celebrated Tuesday. That's because Monroe County lawmakers voted to increase reimbursement rates for preschool special…

Monroe County's Early Intervention services are in crisis, just as they are in counties across the state.

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The budget proposal approved Wednesday by the New York state Assembly includes a pay increase for therapists who work with the state’s youngest residents.

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo on Tuesday proposed a 15 percent rate hike for preschool special education providers, a welcome boost that could have significant…

Legislation submitted by Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo would see a 15 percent increase - across the board - for County-set reimbursements for Preschool Special…

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo proposed an increase in pay Tuesday for special education providers who haven’t seen one in almost a decade.