A austim program in Kelowna will be closing its doors on Dec. 20 due to a lack of funding.
Starbright Childrensa国际传媒檚 Development Centre announced yesterday that the fee-for-service program will cease operations just before Christmas.
sa国际传媒淚t is with an extremely heavy heart that we tell you that due to funding pressures that have escalated year by year, the Autism Program of Starbright Childrensa国际传媒檚 Development Centre will end on December 20th of 2019,sa国际传媒� states a post of the organizationsa国际传媒檚 Facebook.
sa国际传媒淵esterday, November 19th, our staff learned of the devastating news. That same evening, the parents of the children in our autism program were let know, as were the parents on our waitlist for the autism program. The therapies and programming offered by Starbright through its other departments will continue to provide their early intervention services with the passion and compassion for which the centre is known.sa国际传媒�
Upon hearing the news, ,any members of the community took to Facebook to express how big of a loss the program will be for the community.
sa国际传媒淰ery sad news, the autism program was a huge part of our life for over three years,sa国际传媒� said Cheryl Poff. sa国际传媒淚 feel terrible for all the wonderful workers in the program.sa国际传媒�
sa国际传媒淪uch sad news,sa国际传媒� said Jenn Steinbrecker. sa国际传媒淲ithout the services and support provided by Starbright my family would not be thriving like they are today. Sully and I love all of you.sa国际传媒�
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