Two ABA2Day centers in Crum Lynne and Newtown Square that provided services to children with autism and other special needs have closed, resulting in 94 layoffs, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal.  

ABA2Day had just been acquired in March by Doylestown-based Invo Healthcare, a national behavioral health and special education services company.

The closings of the two ABA2Day Behavior Service Centers come from a company decision to stop home- and center-based services and focus more on school-based behavioral health services.

Invo Healthcare operates in 27 states and serves more than 70,000 children annually. Nationwide, the Invo decision closing ABA2Day centers is resulting in about 1,000 layoffs.

“This was a profoundly difficult decision and was made after spending the last year and a half on multiple initiatives, operational upgrades, and significant capital investment to keep the home and center-based ABA services business intact.,” Invo said in a statement.

Invo has put transition opportunities in place for a majority of the displaced patients and employees, the company stated.

Service quality was at-risk from the challenges of the pandemic, necessitating the layoffs, according to layoff notices filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor.

Read more about the two ABA2Day center closures in the Philadelphia Business Journal.