JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Officials at the Jericho School for Children with Autism said they are temporarily ceasing operations due to the federal funding delay from the government shutdown.
Angelo Martinez, the school’s executive director, said the school is not filing for bankruptcy. The school is a non-profit and is run by a board of Directors.
“We have been starting to provide more educational and therapeutic programs for military families in this community in the past couple of years,” Martinez said in a statement. “Because of the government shutdown, the funds for these services suddenly halted and we were told that payments would not be processed until the end of the shutdown.”…