ABS Kids announces new expansion plans, opening seventh clinic in 2024
ABS Kids, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has opened a new clinic in Ogden, Utah.
The city’s first ABS Kids is now operating in 13 cities across Utah. The company celebrated the opening with a sensory-friendly summer festival.
The company currently has a total of 35 centers across California, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah, and plans to expand into South Carolina later this year, according to a press release.
“ABS Kids’ vision is to make high-quality, family-centered ABA therapy available across the nation,” ABS Kids president and founder Jeff Skibitski said in the release.
The company’s growth in 2024 indicates continued development in 2023. Last year, ABS Kids nearly doubled in size based on location.
Caravel Autism Medical Expands Operations in Iowa
Caravel Autism Health, a national autism treatment platform company based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has opened a new center in Bettendorf, Iowa. This is the company’s second center in the Quad Cities region. The company previously opened a clinic near Davenport, Iowa.
The company has locations throughout the northern and central U.S., including Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin. Currently, the company has 62 locations listed on its website.
The new clinic in Bettendorf offers comprehensive autism services and mental health support to patients and their families.
Caravel Autism Health was founded in 2009 and is reportedly set to be acquired by GTCR. It is one of the largest autism treatment providers in the United States.
Keystone Human Services merges autism department
Keystone Human Services plans to combine its autism services division under the same umbrella as its mental health division.
As of July 1, Keystone Autism Services is now part of Keystone Service Systems, according to a news release.
The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit behavioral health and intellectual/developmental disability care and services provider is looking to streamline operations.
Keystone Autism Services was founded in 2007 to provide support and services to adults with autism. We serve Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania, providing health, behavioral, vocational, educational, recreational and family services.
Keystone Service Systems includes KHS intellectual disability and mental health services, as well as Capital Area Head Start and Susquehanna Service Dogs.
Akron Children’s Hospital Brings Early Autism Intervention to Primary Care
Akron Children’s Hospital will establish an early intervention program at its Fairlawn Clinic through a pilot program supported by philanthropic organizations.
The $100,000 grant from the Americas Endowment Foundation will allow the health system to hire a credentialed independent social worker to work in the clinic to improve assessment, diagnosis and care coordination.
Social workers work with clinic physicians to streamline the evaluation and diagnostic process, and they also work with clinical specialists to help connect families with other community resources.
The social worker is expected to handle about 900 visits per year, and the position will be retained through insurance reimbursement, according to a news release.
