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Our COO, Ryan Erickson, shared Kids on the Move's exciting vision for the future on ABC4 Utah - Utah's CW30 (KTVX/KUCW) Good Things Utah. Together, we can make a life-changing difference for countless children. Watch the segment below or read the article using the link to discover how your support can help us build a brighter future. https://lnkd.in/ggQKX89W

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Talking now about an incredible organization that helps local families and children get the individualized care that they need. I'm here with Ryan Erickson from Kids on the Move to share more about their new facility in Orem and also their upcoming plans to expand. Welcome to the show. Kids on the Move has been around now for four decades. Tell us what Kids on the Move does for families. Kids on the Move is an incredible organization. As you said, it's been around for 40 years, and it started with two mothers who didn't take no for an answer who had children with disabilities. And they were told that don't expect much with their child. And so they didn't take that as an answer. And they said, you know, we're gonna do something about it. So they started programs, they hired therapists and they just got some grants. And they said we're gonna, we just, we think that every child deserves a chance to learn and grow. And so they took that initiative on 40 years later, we have five programs. We're serving over 3000 children every year. We have 250 employees and we're just keep growing. And children with what types of disabilities across the spectrum. Any child that has any kind of delay, mental, physical, were there to help. Alright, this is not just in Utah County. You also serve Salt Lake County. And like you said over 40 years, it is growing and growing. So you just opened a brand new facility in Orem. Tell us about that. Yeah. So it's exciting. We did just open up a new facility that enables us to help even more children in that facility. We're helping children with autism. And So what that does is it enables us to help 75 additional children every day and and that's an incredible thing. But the the challenge is, is. We're full already. We just opened the doors and we're already full. Wait a second. Really. Yeah. So you open the doors and you say, ohh, now we need to look for more expansion. Absolutely. Ideas and where we're going to be next. So where are you looking? Yeah, we're looking across Utah County and beyond. Really. What we're trying to do is launch a new initiative called Hope and Motion, Right. What is the Hope and Motion strategic initiative? So Hope and Motion is clearly designed to help families go to that next level. So right now in the state of Utah. Actually, across the world, care for children with disabilities is kind of a patchwork thing where mom and dads have to face the challenge of taking their child to daycare or preschool or school. And then how do I get all of the therapy that my child needs? And so they have to go all across the county to find those services and be that person who is the one that knows all of the information about their child. And so it kids on the move. We want to take that initiative and we want to say we can help you out. So we're, we're starting a new program that allows you to bring your child to. Our facility where they can spend the whole day and get all of the care, the education and the therapy that they need so that the parents can do the things that they need to do. Yeah. Rain. I'm thinking working parents. It's really hard to juggle therapy, but then also daycare and also school. Yeah, it's almost impossible. It is almost impossible. And so many times they're forced with the question, do I give my child the therapy that they need or do I give them the education that they need? And we don't want them to have to make that choice. We want them to be able to have their child achieve the dreams and goals that they've always had. For them and we do believe that every child has a chance to to fulfill all the goals that they have in life. What ages of children are you primarily seeing? So it depends on the program anywhere from zero all the way up to high school. In our autism program, we're helping children all the way through high school and all of our other programs with our physical therapy, speech therapy, it ranges, but most of all ages of children. So is it the autism program that you're running out of space for that's the one you're hoping to expand? Well, all of our programs have run out of. OK, so we're trying to expand all of those and we're also launching that new that new program that we mentioned. And so we need space for that as well. So you do alright. They're hoping to raise everybody 150 million to build that new space. I can't believe it. You put one in and it's already full, so we gotta go again. How can our viewers help you? Yeah. So if they go to ktm.org and on the top right hand side, there's a tab called Hope in Motion. On Hope and Motions page, it gives you all the information about what we're trying to do and the goals that we have. So this is all. About focusing on the client and focusing on individualized treatment for each of these children. And you need our viewers help. abc4.com/G TU for more. And right there at the bottom of your screen. I know so many families out there that have been touched by kids on the move. So now is your chance to give back. Brian, thank you for being here. Thank you.

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