{"id":6253,"date":"2022-09-20T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2022-11-30T12:29:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:29:15","slug":"columbus-speech-hearing-receives-nearly-one-million-dollar-grant-to-support-speech-hearing-early-identification-and-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/columbus-speech-hearing-receives-nearly-one-million-dollar-grant-to-support-speech-hearing-early-identification-and-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Speech & Hearing Receives Nearly One Million Dollar Grant to Support Speech, Hearing Early Identification and Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funding will help reach and provide services to Columbus communities that are medically underserved<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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CSH Director of Operations Manju Woods, CSH President & CEO James O. Dye, Ohio Association of Health Plans President & CEO, Kelly O’Reilly, and CSH Director of Client Services Davy Weaver<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

COLUMBUS, OH \u2013 <\/strong>Columbus Speech & Hearing (CSH), Columbus\u2019 premier speech and hearing nonprofit, today announced that it has received a $975,000 grant from Ohio\u2019s Medicaid managed care plans:  Anthem, Buckeye, CareSource, Molina and UnitedHealthcare. These funds will go toward expanding the nonprofit\u2019s Early Identification and Intervention program, providing follow-up evaluations, referrals, and speech-language therapy and audiology services to additional children in the central Ohio community.

\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled to receive this funding and are grateful to Ohio\u2019s Medicaid Managed Care Plans for recognizing the need in our community,\u201d says Davy Weaver, director of clinical services at CSH. \u201cWith it, we\u2019ll be able to provide services to those who need it most, especially in low-income neighborhoods, to help curb the growing problem we are seeing with speech and hearing challenges.\u201d<\/p>


\u201cThis funding will help us increase our targeted in-reach programs\u2019 capabilities, which we are incredibly thankful for as they are an invaluable resource to the children we serve,\u201d said James O. Dye, president and CEO of CSH. \u201cWe will be able to further our efforts to ensure that any child with a communications disorder or delay can be identified and have access to affordable, high-quality intervention services.\u201d<\/p>

Through CSH\u2019s Early Identification and Intervention program, thousands of preschool-aged children living in the greater Columbus area have received speech-language and hearing screenings to identify communication challenges early in their lives. In collaboration with Columbus Early Learning Centers (CELC) and local YMCAs, CSH will use this grant funding to expand upon these efforts through the following initiatives:<\/p>