We are so pleased to finally announce our Newest Program at the Family Success Center! Because of the amazing support from the Honda USA Foundation, The IN Program is finally able to launch! I.N. stands for Inclusive Needs, and we are so proud of the work we will do this year. We will be opening up applications to send our children, teens, and young adults with disabilities to chance to receive a full paid scholarship to Camp ASCCA for the 2023 Summer break! A week long spend the night camp in Jackson Gap, Alabama that specializes in those campers with all types of disabilities. We will be working with our local Children's Rehabilitation Services, local doctors, nurse practitioners, and social workers to identify the needs of our local Special Needs families that are not currently being met, so that we can find ways to assist them. We will also be offering Support Groups for parents of special needs children who need a place to be with other parents who understand...

All of this will be lead up by our Newest Staff Member, Lori Shaw! Lori understands not only the medical side of the different types of disabilities that we will be serving this upcoming year, but she also understands the parental side as well! Lori is a 2000 Graduate of Jacksonville State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree. She has practiced as a nurse at Gadsden Regional Medical Center since her graduation. She has worked in the Emergency Room for the past 22 years as a staff nurse and charge nurse. She and her husband Chad currently reside in Glencoe with four of their children. Brason, Penelopy, Paxton, Parker. Her son Paxton has oculocutaneous albinism and mild cerebral palsy. He currently attends school at Alabama institute for the deaf and blind. Daughter Bryanna lives nearby. Lori is very proud and excited to join the staff of the family Success Center and the IN program. She looks forward to serving the community in this new capacity.