Dr. Lindsey Liston:

Part of the problem is we have to go to several different State agencies to get money in addition to the philanthropic and fundraising supports. That is because wraparound and therapeutic services embedded within schools are seen as a nice add-on; they are not seen as a natural evolution that allows inclusive education to actually happen. If that money came from the Department of education and was seen as the natural evolution of enabling education, rather than a fancy add-on that some schools could do with and others could do without, that would be far more effective than having us go to five, six or seven different Departments waiting for different funding calls to come through. Many of those calls are seed money for pilot projects. There are really effective pilots that produce really good outcomes, which are evaluated, but that was money left over at the end of a financial year and we do not really have that anymore.