Children were waiting for months and sometimes even years for medically necessary therapy services.  This was especially true for children funded by managed Medi-Cal. Upon further research, the overwhelming feedback from the community providers was that it was just too expensive and reimbursement was insufficient to provide pediatric care.

There’s got to be a better way! And after many energized conversations, WonderLab was founded as a non-profit, pediatric specific clinic in February of 2016 - in a borrowed room at a local church. A non-profit classification afforded them the opportunity to enlist the support of the community with the added bonus of complete transparency in costs when negotiating contracts.