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285 kids on the waiting list AN ESTIMATED $200k more per year over the next 5 years With such a long waiting list, many of our students are not fully enrolled in our developmental program until age three and do not receive services during the extremely formative years between ages zero and three when 85% of a child’s brain is formed. Early access to special education and therapy interventions maximize opportunities for the brain to “rewire around any limitations the child may be experiencing.” We have so many ways we want to work towards eliminating our 2-3 year waiting list, one of those ways was opening our Family Learning Center. When the Family Learning Center is operating at full capacity, it will serve approximately 275 additional children and families. However, for this new building to be fully functioning and to expand our services we need to increase our budget by an estimated $200k per year over the next 5 years. JOURNEY | 13