ABC of NC scholarships

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ABC of NC (in Winston-Salem, NC) is happy to announce that we now

have scholarships for our center-based program!

We hope to distribute these scholarships early in 2005 with children

entering our center as soon as possible. If you wish to be

considered as a recipient, you should complete the enclosed

application and family financial statement. In addition, please

attach a photocopy of a 2003 tax return for every member of your

household who filed, including children, showing income and expenses

reported to the Internal Revenue Service. Also attach copies of all

applicable information about your child including evaluations,

diagnoses and reviews. Please be assured that all information from

the applications will be kept completely confidential within the

committee except for disclosure to outside agencies to confirm

accuracy. Please do not include a photo of your child.

Please return the information package either by mail, postmarked by

the deadline, or in person to the ABC of NC center by Monday,

January 31, 2005 at 5 p.m. The center is located in Highland

Presbyterian Church, 2380 Cloverdale Avenue, Winston-Salem, 27103.

Our mailing address is 353 town Road, #188, Winston-Salem, NC

27104. We will not consider any late applications.

Our Scholarship Committee will review the applications and will

notify all recipients of their results by the end of February 2005.

We will assess each child and their families individually and will

consider funding both part-time and full-time center programs

depending on age and functioning level. The committee will

distribute funds for a determined period, giving time for families

to apply for and obtain alternate funding. We reserve the right to

review recipients at any time as their level of commitment and

circumstances change and to modify or discontinue scholarship

funding as deemed appropriate by the committee. If you are a

current client, we cannot retroactively apply scholarship funds to

your programs.

We feel that it is important for families to understand the

philosophy behind our aid policies. The committee will base

decisions regarding funding for a current or prospective client on

three factors; financial need, dedication of the parents to ABA

programs and, to a lesser degree, the success potential of the

child. ABC of NC does not discriminate on the basis of race,

religion, color, creed, sex, age or national origin.

Any family with a child diagnosed with or determined at-risk for

autism spectrum disorder may apply for the ABC of NC scholarship

fund. Please note that we are licensed by the state to provide

services to children with autism spectrum and related disorders and

may not be able to serve children with additional diagnoses. Our

license allows us to serve children age 12 and under so we cannot

consider applicants over age 11.

ABC of NC is a not-for-profit organization and our mission is to

provide quality ABA services to as many children with autism as

possible. We wish that there were enough funds for all the families

who need them. Please be assured that we are working towards

opening up channels of public funds that will make that goal

possible.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. The best

way to reach me is by e-mail: Felice.Brenner@....

To find out more about ABC of NC you can visit our website at

www.abcofnc.org