Empowering families as advocates and partners in improving education, health/mental health and human services outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, youth and young adults.

Center for Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth with Disabilities. The Center on Youth Voice, Youth Choice (CYVYC) Early Hearing Detection & Intervention. Education & Health Rights of Children and Youth with Special Needs in Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice. Family to Family Health Information Center @ Family Voices-NJ. Family WRAP.

SPAN was founded in 1987, in Westfield, NJ, by parents of children with special needs. We received non-profit status and our first Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) grant in 1989 as well as pilot funding from NJ Department of Health for Project CARE.

Find support, trainings, assistance and other information and resources here. We often advocate on behalf of children and families with the greatest need by issuing public comments on important education or healthcare issues. View them here. Stay up to date with what SPAN is doing. ¿Qué es el reencuadre y cómo impacta nuestra crianza?

The Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN) is an independent 501 (c)3 organization committed to empowering families as advocates and partners in improving education, health, and mental health outcomes for infants, toddlers, children and youth. SPAN is …

SPAN Parent Advocacy Network is the Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2F) and the Family Voices Affiliate Organization (FVAO) in New Jersey.

For more information, contact your local CCR&R or call the Child Care Helpline 1-800-332-9227

In 2014, SPAN Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN), a parent-led and family-centered non-profit parent training and information center (PTI), was funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to provide support to individuals with disabilities through the transition from secondary school and into competitive employment and independent ...

Type of Services Provided: We are committed to children and families with the greatest need due to disability or special health/mental health needs; poverty; discrimination based on race/ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, immigrant or homeless status; involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems; ge...

SPAN is a "first stop" for New Jersey families, offering information, resources, and advocacy assistance to to families, professionals, policy makers and our parent center colleagues.