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Area Annual Growth Rate 2011-2016              Since High Hopes
                                                                                     16.0%                                               mirrors the growth of
                                                                                     14.0%                                    15.0%      the counties in which
                                                                                     12.0%                                                it serves, it is of the
                                                                                     10.0%                                                utmost importance
                                                                                     8.0%                          9.2%                   that we expand our
                                                                                     6.0%                                                facilities to continue
                                                                                     4.0%                                                 providing excellent
                                                                                                        3.8%                                service to our
                                                                                     2.0%
                                                                                             0.7%
                                                                                     0.0%                                                growing community.
                                                                                              US       Tennessee  Nashville MSA  Williamson County
                                                                                    Source: Williamson Inc.


                                                                                        Historic and Projected Therapy                     During the 2015-
                                                                                                      Patients                             2016 fiscal year,
                                                                                                                                             High Hopes
                                                                                     1500                                     1154
    High Hopes Development Center was established in 1984 by five Middle                                                                    Development
    Tennessee families who recognized their children’s needs were not being met in   1000                544        780                    Center provided
    local preschools. Each of these families had a child with a special need or chronic   500  351                                        services to families
    illness, and they found themselves driving to several locations weekly to receive   0                                                  in 17 Tennessee
    all of the needed therapy services. These visionaries were determined to create a        2013       2016       2019       2022        counties and 3 out-
    place where their children would be educated among their typically-developing                             Year                        of-state counties.
    peers and their needs could be met academically, socially, and therapeutically.

    High Hopes provides a pediatric therapy clinic offering physical, occupational,   High Hopes provides services to six of the eight most populated counties
    speech, and feeding therapy services with an on-site inclusive preschool,                       in Tennessee, which are projected to have
    where 60% of the preschool enrollment consists of children who are typically
    developing and 40% that have a diagnosed special need.  This combination of                   monumental growth over the next 20+ years.

    services in one location gives children with special needs the convenience of                                                           The preschool
    receiving their necessary therapy services during their preschool day.                                                                  population in
                                                                                                                                          Williamson County
    The Preschool at High Hopes educates and nurtures children from six weeks to                                                            is projected to
    Pre-K in inclusive, age-appropriate classrooms with low pupil-to-teacher ratios                                                          increase by
    due to providing 40% additional educational staff than is required by the State.                                                        34%
    The High Hopes Preschool is truly unique in the way that children with and
    without special needs play, learn, and grow together every day.                                                                        from 2016-2026.

    The Clinic at High Hopes offers exceptional therapy services to children
    with over 50 diagnoses from birth to 21 years, provided by therapists with
    an average of over 14 years specialized pediatric experience.   The therapy
    staff communicates goals, progress, and concerns to parents, healthcare team
    members, and teachers to ensure quality and consistency of care.

                                                                                                                                           Source: Williamson Inc.
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