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<li style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:12px">Parent training (attending a conference or training)</span>
</li><li style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:12px">Programs or activities supporting your child (special therapies, swimming, horseback riding)</span>
</li><li style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:12px">Materials or resources that support your child (cane, chairs, communication devices)</span>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12px">Four grants will be awarded to families up to $500.00 each.</span></div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12px">Grant recipients will be asked to attend the May 15, 2021 Advisory Council meeting and share how they used awarded grant funding.</span></div>
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