Founded in 1993, The Northern California Children’s Therapy Center (CTC) is a nonprofit organization committed to a mission that no child should go through life with a disability that could be aided or prevented through early intervention. CTC provides multidisciplinary services including: physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and Infant Development Program. CTC serves all children aged birth through 21 years, regardless of their ability to pay. CTC is a 501c3 (TIN: 68-0309705) governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community member and parents. CTC was founded by two therapists and 26 families who were all frustrated by the limited access to adequate therapy services due to the dismal insurance/funding support available for these services. The therapists and families realized that the traditional funding models available would not provide the intensive therapy that their children needed to learn to walk, talk, eat, learn, and care for themselves. The therapists agreed to give the highest level of therapy to children, regardless of the limitations set forth by funding agencies. The parents agreed to donate time and help fundraise to fill the gap between available reimbursements (if any) for therapy and the actual cost of providing the service. This partnership enables children to develop to their maximum potential and has remained the heart of CTC. CTC still depends on community donations to carry out our goal of serving all children’s intensive needs, regardless of whether there is adequate reimbursement or the families’ ability to pay for therapy. Currently, Children’s Therapy Center provides over 15,000 hours of service annually to approximately 350 children and their families…and this is on the rise. Since it’s inception, CTC has served thousands of children in our community with a wide variety of abilities. CTC specializes in working with children birth-five who are considered “high risk” for developmental delays, and children of all ages with established delays due to a variety of diagnosis including: prematurity, cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, specific developmental/learning disability, cleft palate, speech & language delayed, feeding disorders, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Down’s syndrome, orthopedic and neuromuscular disorders, and many other genetic, chromosomal, and/or psychological disorders. 70% of the children served by CTC are treated in their natural environment: home, preschool, daycares, parks, etc. CTC also offers services in our well-equip new clinic that opened in March 2014 on College Street in Woodland. In our clinic we are able to provide a wide variety services with specialized therapeutic and sensory equipment that is not available to children anywhere else in the area. Today, CTC’s fifteen therapists and two infant specialists serve over 350 children a year, and referrals continue to increase at a rapid pace. Our move into a new and bigger clinic in March 2014 increased our capacity by 20%. Within 3 months of this increased capacity, we started to develop a waiting list again. Most of CTC’s clients are in Woodland, Davis, West Sacramento, Sacramento, and Travis Air Force Base. However, our service area includes the following counties: Yolo, Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Sutter, and Placer. 92% of the children that we serve are under-funded or un-funded for their essential therapy services. This is why fundraising, community support, sponsorships, and grants are so essential. CTC maintains tremendously low administrative overhead (currently 8%), so donated funds go directly to helping children in need. Volunteers help us stretch every dollar and are used in our daily operations. The children, who receive services with CTC, often think that the therapists are their friends and that CTC is just a wonderful playground full of playmates. This is our goal, to make learning fun while making life-changing impacts. Because no child should go through life with a disability that could be aided or prevented through early intervention.
