Local resources in Concord
Ordered by review count, then name. Providers cannot pay to be listed, ranked, or edited.
12 resources in Concord
1. Above and Beyond ABA Therapy — Concord
Above and Beyond ABA Therapy combines in-home sessions with school-based support in Concord, rather than running a stand-alone centre.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
2. ABS Kids — Concord
Evaluation and therapy from one provider, split between a centre and work out in the community.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
3. Action Behavior Centers — Concord
An early-years and primary-age centre — the published ceiling of 8 is lower than most, so check it against your child's age first.
Ages 18 months to 8 years
4. Autism Society of North Carolina
The Autism Society of North Carolina runs a statewide helpline with Spanish-speaking specialists, reaching families in Concord as elsewhere, plus support groups and workshops on advocacy, behaviour support and transition planning. Its Employment Supports and sliding-scale Respite Care programmes are statewide, and Resource Specialists in every county publish school and IEP guidance on its blog.
Ages All ages
5. Cabarrus County Children's Developmental Services Agency
Early-intervention evaluation and service coordination for babies and toddlers with developmental delays, birth to age 3.
Ages Birth to age 3
6. Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation — Therapeutic Recreation
The county's own therapeutic recreation programme, based in Concord itself. Listed here from a national disability-programme directory rather than the county's page, so confirm the current schedule directly.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
7. Compleat Kidz — Concord
Compleat Kidz combines ABA with speech, occupational and physical therapy under one roof in Concord, which can simplify scheduling for families needing more than one service.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
8. Connect N Care ABA — Concord
Connect N Care ABA lists a dedicated Concord service page; the search results did not surface further detail on setting or ages, so confirm directly.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
9. Cross River Therapy — Concord
Cross River Therapy staffs its own RBTs and BCBAs for Concord families rather than subcontracting; confirm setting (home, centre or telehealth) and funding directly.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
10. Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics of the Carolinas — Concord
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics of the Carolinas, an Atrium Health Levine Children's practice with a Concord location, evaluates and manages autism spectrum disorder, complex ADHD, developmental delays, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and genetic or teratogenic syndromes involving behaviour that challenges. It also offers individual and group therapy and counselling.
Ages Children
11. Kind Behavioral Health — Concord
A clinic with a published Concord address covering Cabarrus County, so families are not routed into Charlotte for centre hours.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
12. Mosaic Pediatric Therapy — Concord
Mosaic's Concord centre offers personalised ABA in a dedicated clinic space rather than in-home visits.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
The short answer for Concord
- Under 3: call the Concord CDSA at 704-998-5730 to start a referral to North Carolina's Infant-Toddler Program. A parent, doctor, or other caregiver can refer, and a diagnosis isn't required first.
- Age 3 and up: request an evaluation in writing through Cabarrus County Schools; the district's Exceptional Children director can be reached at 704-260-5770.
- The UNC TEACCH Autism Program's Charlotte Center (919-445-2365), a short drive southwest, covers Cabarrus County as a diagnostic and therapy option.
- Medicaid behavioral health and the NC Innovations Waiver both run through Partners Health Management (1-888-235-4673) locally — the statewide waiver registry held close to 19,000 names as of a 2025 legislative filing.
- North Carolina pays for ABA two separate ways: a state insurance mandate binding many private plans, and NC Medicaid directly for enrolled children with a qualifying diagnosis.
Concord is the seat of Cabarrus County, northeast of Charlotte, and its own CDSA and school district sit inside the same statewide public structure every North Carolina family relies on: a county-based agency for early intervention before age 3, a school district Child Find duty from 3 on, and a regional public authority for Medicaid behavioral health and the state's autism waiver.
This page names the specific contacts inside that structure for Cabarrus County — where to call for early intervention, which districts serve the Concord area, a nearby diagnostic center, and the local Medicaid system — with every fact sourced to the organization that publishes it.
Statewide programs, numbers, and rights are on the North Carolina page. This page adds the local entry points that are specific to Concord (Cabarrus County).
Early intervention under 3: North Carolina Infant-Toddler Program (NC ITP), delivered locally by the Concord CDSA
Cabarrus County's Part C early intervention agency is the Concord CDSA, one of the 16 regional Children's Developmental Services Agencies that make up the NC Infant-Toddler Program statewide; it also covers Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties. Any parent, physician, allied health professional, or teacher can open a referral — over the phone, by fax or letter, in person, or through the state's NC ITP Referral form — and a diagnosis is not something the CDSA requires up front. Staff then review a child's developmental and medical background and run the assessments used to determine eligibility for a child under 3. No family pays anything for screening, evaluation, or service coordination through the CDSA, whatever their income or insurance situation looks like.
- North Carolina Infant-Toddler Program (NC ITP), delivered locally by the Concord CDSA
- Referral phone: 704-998-5730 (Concord CDSA)
New to early intervention? Read the plain-language guide first.
School districts and special education
Statewide, Child Find — the duty to locate and evaluate children from birth through 21 who may have a disability — is coordinated by the NC Department of Public Instruction's Exceptional Children Division, with each district running its own evaluation process. Cabarrus County Schools is the primary district covering Concord, describing itself through Project Child Find as identifying children birth through 21 who may need special education. Neighboring Kannapolis, which straddles the Cabarrus-Rowan county line, has its own separate city school district rather than falling under the county system.
- Cabarrus County Schools — covers Concord directly; EC Director Angela Fitzwater, 704-260-5770, angela.fitzwater@cabarrus.k12.nc.us
- Kannapolis City Schools — separate city district bordering Concord to the north; district office 704-938-1131
Evaluation and diagnosis pathways in Concord
These are hospital and university programs with public intake information. Listing here is informational — it is not a recommendation, and it is not medical advice. Public school evaluation is free and does not require any of these.
- UNC TEACCH Autism Program — Charlotte Center — diagnostic evaluation, intervention and therapy services, education, and consultation for individuals on the autism spectrum, covering Cabarrus County as part of UNC's statewide TEACCH network; call ahead to confirm the current referral process · 919-445-2365
Disability services and waivers: Partners Health Management (Cabarrus County's LME/MCO)
Regional public managed-care organizations called LME/MCOs administer North Carolina's Medicaid-funded behavioral health, substance use, and I/DD services, and Cabarrus County's is Partners Health Management. Partners manages local access to the NC Innovations Waiver — the state's home- and community-based Medicaid waiver for autism and other I/DD — through a Tailored Plan, currently the only NC Medicaid plan type that opens waiver services. Because far more people are eligible than there are funded slots, applicants are placed on a Registry of Unmet Needs rather than enrolled directly; a bill filed in the state Senate in 2025 counted close to 19,000 people on that registry across North Carolina. A family can ask Partners to register a child well before a diagnosis is complete, and can also ask about NC Medicaid's 1915(i) option for interim, similar services that don't affect a family's place in line.
- Partners Health Management (Cabarrus County's LME/MCO)
- Phone: 1-888-235-4673 (Partners Health Management member and recipient services)
Local organizations that help Concord families
- Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC) — a free, federally funded resource center for North Carolina parents of children with disabilities, serving families from a child's birth through age 26 (704-892-1321, helpline 1-800-962-6817)
- The Arc of North Carolina — Triad Region — based just north in Salisbury; housing, care management, advocacy, and self-directed-services programs serving the region around Concord (704-637-1521)
Documented waits and access notes
Wait times change. Each note below links to the public source it came from — confirm current status directly with the program.
- A bill filed in the North Carolina Senate in 2025 (S246) reported approximately 19,000 people statewide waiting on the NC Innovations Waiver registry, and noted the list had roughly doubled over the prior decade while the state added only about 2,000 new slots statewide in that same period. (source)
- Once a family submits a written referral to Cabarrus County Schools, the entire evaluation-to-placement process — testing, the eligibility meeting, and an IEP if the child qualifies — has to be finished within 90 calendar days under North Carolina’s own rule. (source)
- The Concord CDSA, which also covers Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties, is bound by the same federal standard as every North Carolina Part C agency: assessment and the first IFSP meeting inside 45 days of referral. (source)
- North Carolina's NC Innovations Waiver has kept some registrants waiting ten years or longer, since the number of new funded slots added statewide each year lags far behind new registrations. (source)
Paying for support in Concord
Cabarrus County's LME/MCO, Partners Health Management, handles local Medicaid behavioral-health enrollment and applications to the NC Innovations Waiver, whose statewide waiting registry was counted at nearly 19,000 people in a 2025 legislative filing. North Carolina Medicaid also covers ABA directly for children with a diagnosis, and apart from Medicaid, a 2015 state law requires many private insurance plans to cover similar treatment up to $40,000 a year for members under 19.
Nothing here is a recommendation — we list what exists, note what a provider says about itself, and let parents tell you the rest.
Common questions from Concord parents
Sources
- [1]NCDHHS — NC Infant-Toddler Program (NC ITP). Open source
- [2]NCDHHS — NC ITP Children's Developmental Services Agency Directory. Open source
- [3]NC DPI — Exceptional Children Division (Child Find). Open source
- [4]Cabarrus County Schools — Project Child Find. Open source
- [5]Kannapolis City Schools — Exceptional Children Department. Open source
- [6]UNC TEACCH Autism Program — Regional Centers. Open source
- [7]UNC TEACCH Autism Program — Charlotte Center. Open source
- [8]NC Medicaid — Behavioral Health and I/DD Tailored Plans. Open source
- [9]NC Medicaid — NC Innovations Waiver. Open source
- [10]NC Medicaid — Program-Specific Clinical Coverage Policies (8F, RB-BHT for ASD). Open source
- [11]NC General Assembly — Senate Bill 246 (2025), Innovations Waiver slot expansion. Open source
- [12]Autism Speaks — North Carolina state-regulated insurance coverage (SB 676). Open source
- [13]Partners Health Management. Open source
- [14]Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC). Open source
- [15]The Arc of North Carolina — Triad Region. Open source
- [16]Disability Rights NC — IEP referral process (90-day timeline). Open source
- [17]NCDHHS — NC Infant-Toddler Program, step by step (45-day timeline). Open source
- [18]Vaya Health — NC Innovations Waiver (wait-time description). Open source
Last checked 2026-08-11. Programs and links change — confirm with the agency before relying on any detail. This page is information, not legal or medical advice.