Bright Horizons Advocacy & Consulting Llc

BRIGHT HORIZONS PROVIDED A VARIETY OF ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR 175 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THIS PERIOD. AS STUDENTS RETURNED TO SCHOOL, OUR NUMBER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY CASES RETURNED TO MORE TYPICAL LEVELS. HOWEVER, THE CASES WE HAVE REMAINED MORE COMPLEX AND REQUIRED A HIGHER NUMBER OF SERVICE HOURS ON AVERAGE THAN WAS TYPICAL PRE COVID. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED INCLUDED RECIPIENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY SERVICES, VOCATIONAL ADVOCACY SERVICES, AND APPEALING ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WHO USE THIRD PARTY FUNDING OR USE OUR SLIDING FEE SCALE, BRIGHT HORIZONS STAFF ALSO SERVED AS SURROGATE PARENTS AS PRESCRIBED UNDER IDEA, FOR 43 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WITH DISABILITIES IN NEED OF EVALUATION FOR, OR PROVISION OF, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. SURROGATE SERVICES ARE PROBONO. WE ADVISED 9 PEOPLE WITH SSI APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR. WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR SSI RELATED ADVOCACY, CONSISTENT WITH SSA GUIDELINES AND PRACTICES OF BENEFITS ATTORNEYS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR PRACTICE AND THAT OF ATTORNEYS IS THAT WE DO NOT CHARGE A PERCENTAGE OF BENEFITS AWARDED.