Renton Reporter: Renton council roundup: Disability Pride Month, Life Saving Medals – July 2024

Read more about the City of Renton’s 2024 Disability Pride Month proclamation at the July 1 City Council meeting joined by Kindering’s Director of Public Affairs Kristina Brown, and board member and dad of a Kindering alum Rome Johnson.

ARC Seattle: Local organization makes it their mission to help children with disabilities – April 2024

Watch the ARC Seattle show on KOMO News featuring a Kindering family and therapist, hosted by Tyrah Majors and Steve McCarron.

Issaquah Reporter: Legislation ensures services for young children with disabilities – April 2024

Read more about Gov. Inslee’s signing of HB 1916 that fixed a technical but critical issue in the state law by allowing early support providers like Kindering bill for the first month of services provided through the Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) program.

WA State House Democrats: Senate Passes Senn Bill to Strengthen Early Support for Children with Disabilities – February 2024

Read more about the unanimous support in the Senate for HB 1916 by Representative Tana Senn supporting the Early Supports for Infants & Toddlers (ESIT) program.

Bellevue Reporter: ‘When services decline, it’s the kids who pay the price’ – February 2024

Read about Kindering’s Day on the Hill 2024 for House Bill 1916 and the importance of early supports from our CEO, Dr. Lisa Greenwald; and parent advocate, Rome Johnson.

Seattle’s Child Magazine: Leg 2024: Ensuring early support for 0-2 – January 2024

Read about the importance of ESIT and the pivotal impact Early Supports have on a child. Our very own CEO, Dr. Lisa Greenwald, is quoted in the article.

King5: King 5 and TEGNA Foundation Award $47,500 in Community Grants to Aid 10 Western Washington-Area Nonprofit Organizations – January 2024

The grant will support Kindering’s CHERISH™, a program that supports foster children from birth to five.

ARC Seattle: Local dad + social media influencer raises awareness for children with disabilities – January 2024

The Seattle Times: Bellevue nonprofit helped mother hear her son laugh for the first time – November 2023

Check out this touching story in The Seattle Times Fund for Those in Need featuring a Kindering family — Valerie Carlton, and her son, Benton.

“If it wasn’t for Kindering, I can’t even imagine what state he would be in. I truly owe everything to them.”

Bellevue Lifestyle Magazine: Courage and the Skills to Soar – November 2023

Kindering was featured in Bellevue Lifestyle Magazine following the grand opening of our newly expanded Redmond campus.

Woodinville Weekly: A Young man’s remarkable journey advocating for disability rights -August 2023

Check out this feature of Kindering alumni and volunteer of over 10 years, Andrew Young, along with his mother Nancy.

Friends with Wheels Podcast ft. Hope McCarthy from Kindering – May 2023

Check out this episode from Friends on Wheels podcast hosted by Laszlo Jajczay featuring Hope McCarthy from Kindering.

Bellevue Lifestyle Magazine: City Scene featuring Kindering’s 29th Annual Auction Gala – May 2023

Check out this photo feature in Bellevue Lifestyle Magazine featuring some photos by Vivian Hsu Photography from our 29th Annual Auction Gala.

Seattle Times: Don’t shortchange the youngest Washingtonians with disabilities – April 2023

Check out this moving op-ed in The Seattle Times by Rome Johnson about how important early support services were for his daughter, Caliyah Joy — and how deeply underfunded those services are statewide.

Puget Sound Now: Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club’s All in for Autism benefiting Kindering – April 2023

Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club celebrated neurodiversity with their All in for Autism Walk/Run. Kindering is one of the beneficiaries and proceeds from the event help fund all Kindering programs.

KUOW: Siblings of people with disabilities find connections through Sibshops – February 2023

Read this piece interviewing our very own Emily Holl, Director of Sibling Support Project, and Anya, who participated in our SibShops with her sister, Elin.

Seattle Times: Her daughter has been slow to speak; help showed up at her door – November 2022

Check out this beautiful story, featured in The Seattle Times Fund for Those in Need, about a Kindering family — Ana Nuñez and two of her children, Steve and Kamilah, who are participating in Kindering’s FIT program and early support services.

Seattle Times: Parenting in a pandemic is hard. Here’s how a struggling WA family found help

Check out this beautiful Seattle Times feature on one of Kindering’s families! Every year, Kindering is fortunate to be one of 13 non-profits that benefit from the Seattle Times’ Fund for Those in Need campaign. But this year is the first time a family from Kindering’s Families in Transition (FIT) program will be featured!

Kindering Campus Expansions: Bothell & Redmond – June 2022

As our region grows, so too does the need for more supports and services for children and their families! To support rising enrollment and to create more space for our expert staff, we are nimbly expanding our programs and our campus space.

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