Firm Awards Grants to Cerebral Palsy Groups

Janet, Jenner & Suggs LLC has awarded grants totaling $20,000 to two grass-roots cerebral palsy organizations as part of its Cerebral Palsy Awareness Grants Program.

Recipients are the CP Group, Brandywine, MD, and the Cerebral Palsy Network, Lacey, WA.

“We wanted to give back to the cerebral palsy community in a way that would help further public education about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cerebral palsy. Both organizations are doing this in unique ways,” said Howard Janet, managing partner.

The CP Group focuses on adults with cerebral palsy, while the CP Network works primarily with children and families.

The Cerebral Palsy Network will use the grant money to expand its parent-to-parent information and support capabilities. The CP Group will use its grant to help underwrite its national conference for adults with cerebral palsy – the only conference of its kind in the world, according to organizers. The conference was held Oct. 19-22 in Arlington, VA.

The firm established it's Cerebral Palsy Awareness Grants Program in 2006 as a way to help grassroots organizations provide information, support and hope to individuals and families affected by cerebral palsy. A special focus of the grants program is to bring attention to the preventable causes of cerebral palsy. The firm has gained national attention by litigating cases which clearly showed how cerebral palsy could have been prevented with proper medical care during the birthing process.

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