Hope for kids with disabilities: New AWARE Center for Excellence opens in Anaconda

If the new AWARE Center for Excellence illuminates the world for kids who struggle with mental health, developmental or learning disabilities, then Larry Noonan is their beacon of light.

Noonan, the long-term director and CEO of AWARE Inc., takes great pride in the new $3.3 million, 8,248 square-foot building which recently opened on the outskirts of town at 205 E. Park Ave. in Anaconda.

It’s an open-concept design that swaths the inside hallways with uplifting light and space — much like Noonan, who emits genuine concern for the kids who need it most: those who are severely emotionally disturbed.

AWARE has a history of creating jobs though its programs.

By Renata Birkenbuel of The Montana Standard

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