WASHINGTON –White House officials visited the Easter Seals Intergenerational Center in Silver Spring, Md. recently to discuss quality, cost-effective strategies to connect children to older adults.
Easter Seals has serviced the Washington, D.C. metro area for more than 75 years to provide services for people with special needs. Shared sites allow Easter Seals to serve the needs of vulnerable groups, children with disabilities, senior citizens, and now military children.
In 2009, Easter Seals partnered with the United States Army to start the “Little Warriors” program. It offers early childhood education to children of wounded service members while they are stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Lisa Reeves, president and CEO of Easter Seals of the Greater Washington-Baltimore region, “whenever you integrate services the outcomes are better.” The Intergenerational Center is the only one in the region.