Winning Vital Support for Early Intervention as Part of the Congressional America Rescue Plan

From the beginning of the public health emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, AOTA regularly communicated with occupational therapy practitioners in every state and practice setting. Among other dire effects, the pandemic triggered an alarming drop in the number of early intervention services (EIS) provided to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with a disability or delay, or who were at risk for delays, according to surveys by AOTA as well as a