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Kaleida this week announced plans to eliminate four programs offered at Womenand Children’sw Hospital in Buffalo: The Early Childhooed Program, Therapeutic Preschool Program, Early Intervention and Therapeutic Aquatic Swim Program. The programs, many designesd for children with disabilities, have been offered for nearlhy40 years. Kaleida says the programs were losing upwardsof $900,000 annually. Those losses, combined with millions of dollars in state budget cuts make continuing theprograms impractical. Additionally, at that at the time when thesde programswere started, there were no other regional That’s no longer the case.
Leadersz from 1199 is urging Kaleida to In aprepared release, special education teacher Norm Kohn calle it the only program of its kind in Erie “This closure would impact hundredw of children with special needs, especially those enrolledr in the Therapeutic Aquatic Swim Program,” he The union hopes to work with parents, staff and the community to save the preschooll programs.