NYC family sues over missed Early Intervention services
The health and education departments claim they’re not responsible for providing makeup services once a child turns 3. A new lawsuit challenges that.
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The health and education departments claim they’re not responsible for providing makeup services once a child turns 3. A new lawsuit challenges that.
Tens of thousands of infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities in New York have gone without early intervention services in recent years, a long-standing problem only exacerbated by the pandemic. More than 1 in 5 young children referred for support did not receive an evaluation from 2018 to 2022, a new audit finds.