Virginia is undermanned in a lot of areas regarding medical assistance. I've cared for families and have come across many scenarios where people in need were not getting the adequate amount of PT/PTA help. They couldn't get PT/PTAs to their houses as much as they needed and it led to a lot of pain and resentment from the patients and families.

With the particular nature of the kind of support a PT/PTA gives to people, this is exactly where a solution like this needs to start.

We've seen the reports that led to websites like novahealthforce.com. Yet, the future does not look any brighter with the current solutions. This particular solution has been shown to be safe and effective despite the stereotypes.

I know a person in the Northern Virginia area that made drug-related mistakes when they were 19 and received a felony for it. They were caught in a bad crowd and paid the price. Now they are a college graduate and a community leader. However they can't pursue PT/PTA education in this area because of restrictions from schools like NVCC. This makes no sense to me since they have proven in the last 5 years to be great leaders.

I think you should protect the current students at NVCC in parallel with writing legislature to force schools like NVCC to change their practices. Redefining who you accept as an "Approved Program" in Virginia is a clever way to do this.