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The Impact of the Early Intervention Workforce Shortage in California

Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

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The Impact of the Early Intervention Workforce Shortage in California

with Teresa Anderson, Executive Director, CPCIDD
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
12:00pm-1:30pm (PST) | Virtual Event

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The California Policy Center for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CPCIDD) is a non-partisan, non-profit policy center established to conduct research and identify best practices that inform, support, and improve upon statewide policies that impact the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in California. CPCIDD looked at the impact of the Early Intervention workforce shortage on families who have infants and toddlers who are at risk for, or have, developmental delays.

The report is now completed and contains information from surveys, focus groups and one to one interviews with families, family resource center staff, early intervention service providers, and regional center service coordinators.

Teresa Anderson, Executive Director of California Policy Center for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Teresa has provided legislative and regulatory advocacy in health care and Developmental Services with much of her efforts focused on increasing access to care, vulnerable populations, workforce issues, and criminal justice/civil rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development from Sacramento State University and a Masters Degree in Public Health from Drexel University, and a Juris Doctorate from Lincoln Law School.

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