>> Ted: NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," DETAILS ON NEW FEDERAL FUNDING TO REPAIR AGING WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM.

AND AUTISM IS ON THE RISE.

WE'LL MEET A 16-YEAR-OLD DEVELOPING AN APP TO MAKE IT EASY FOR TEENS TO VOLUNTEER.

THAT'S NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

GOVERNOR HOBBS TODAY VETOED EIGHT BILLS PASSED BY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AND SIGNED FIVE PIECES OF LEGISLATION.

THE VETOES INCLUDED EARLY BALLOT SIGNATURES TO CHANGES INCLUDING VOTE TABBING EQUIPMENT AND ALSO TROUBLED PARTICIPATIONS PREGNANCIES AND THERE WERE GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL LICENSES.

THE RECORD IS 58 VETOES SET BY JANET THAT THATJTHAT PAL TAN YO.

IT'S 42% WITH THE PRESIDENT'S RATINGS AND ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION, THE ECONOMY AND GUN POLICY ARE UNCHANGED AND THE POLL WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE INDICTMENT OF FORMER DONALD TRUMP.

>>> A RECORD NUMBER OF ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS INTRODUCED IN STATE LEGISLATURES THIS YEAR AND THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF BILLS INTRODUCED IN ARIZONA AND ALL TOLD, 417 SUCH BILLS THAT MADE THEIR WAY INTO STATE LEGISLATURES.

THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR.

ALL OF WHICH HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> WITH THE ENACTMENT OF A NEW LAW IN INDIANA, 14 STATES HAVE NOW BAN GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE.

WHILE SOME THESE LAWS ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKED BY COURTS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS, A DANGEROUS ATTACK ON THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO MAKE THE BEST HEALTHCARE DECISIONS FOR THEIR OWN KIDS.

>> LATER IN THE DAY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME ACTED ON A WAVE OF STATE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETIC COMPETITION.

THE HIGH COURT TODAY ALLOWED A 12-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER GIRL IN WEST VIRGINIA TO REMAIN ON HER MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK TEAM.

WEST VIRGINIA LAW LIMITED THIS TO THOSE CLASSIFIED AT BIRTH AS FEMALE BASED ON THEIR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND THE COURT STRUCK IT DOWN FROM JUSTICES ALITO AND THOMAS.

>>> MORTGAGE RATES FELL AND NUMBERS SHOW THE AVERAGE FIXED RATE WAS JUST OVER SIX AND A QUARTER PERCENT DOWN FROM 6.3%.

THE U.S. IS ENTERING THE SPRING HOME BUYING SEASON AND LOWER INVENTORY IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PURCHASE HOMES, ESPECIALLY FIRST TIMERS.

>>> AND EGG PRICES ARE STABILIZED IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND NOT CHEAP.

THE PRICE OF EGGS IS SUCH THERE'S A PUSH TO REPLACE EASTER EGGS WITH EASTER POTATOES.

POTATO PRODUCEERS ARE REPLACING THE TREND.

PAINT IS THE BEST WAY TO REPLACE THE TREND.

THEY'RE EASIER FOR KIDS TO HOLD.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED $585 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS ON AGING WATER SYSTEM DELIVERIES THROUGHOUT THE WEST AND FOR MORE ON THIS, WE WELCOME SARAH PORTER, AT THE KYLE CENTER, ASU AND THE MORRISON INSTITUTE.

YOU'RE A GO-TO PERSON AND 585 AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.

>> IT IS.

A LOT OF MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Ted: GIVES US AN IDEA OF HOW THIS IMPACTS ARIZONA AND THE WEST AS A WHOLE.

>> THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ARIZONA FACES IS NOT NECESSARILY SOLVABLE BY INFRASTRUCTURE BUT INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS AND IT'S DECLINING COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES.

WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE FITS IN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEAKY PIPES OR PUMPS, THAT WE'RE MOVING WATER AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, THAT EVERY DITCH IS LINED AND IN THAT SENSE, THIS FUNDING IS HELPFUL.

>> Ted: ARE THE DITCHES NOT LINED AS WELL AS THEY COULD BE OR DO WE HAVE A LOT OF LEAKY PIPES IN ARIZONA?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INTERESTING THING.

SINCE THE ARIZONA GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT WAS PASSED IN 1980, IT'S BEEN HELD TO A RIGOROUS STANCE.

YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND AN AGRICULTURAL USE THAN FARMERS IN YUMA AND ARIZONA IS AHEAD OF THE GAME, BUT THERE'S REALLY ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE WEARS OUT.

SO THERE'S A NEED TO KEEP RECAPITALIZING AND REPLACING INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Ted: THAT INCLUDES STORAGE AS WELL, DAMS?

>> DAMS ARE HELPFUL ONLY IF YOU HAVE WATER.

>> Ted: AND IF YOU HAVE WATER TO FILL THOSE DAMS, HYDRO-ELECTRO-GENERATION AND THAT HAPPENS -- DOES THIS BILL HELP THAT TO HAPPEN?

>> NOT DIRECTLY.

>> Ted: THIS MONEY, I SHOULD SAY.

>> THIS MONEY WILL NOT DIRECTLY HELP THAT TO HAPPEN.

>> Ted: WATER TREATMENT, HOW IS THAT AFFECTED BY THAT MONEY?

>> THIS IS AN AREA WHERE BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH WATER TREATMENT AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO UPCYCLE TREATED WATER TO USES THAT WE NEED IT FOR IS VERY HELPFUL.

THESE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS MITIGATE AGAINST THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE RELATED TO HAVING WATER SUPPLIES CUT FOR DIMINISHED.

>> Ted: WE SHOULD GET USED THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE -- WE'LL HAVE IT FOR AWHILE AND THOSE LOWER LEVELS, DO THEY BRING NEW PROBLEMS AND THINGS NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE PAST?

>> LOWER LEVELS OF WATER?

YEAH, YEAH, EVEN IF INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY CAN.

A LOT OF SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLOW AND SOME SYSTEMS DEPEND ON GRAVITY AND DESIGNED HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLOW AND SOMETIMES THEY NEED TO BE RETROFITTED WHEN THERE'S A LONG-TERM CHANGE.

>> Ted: HAVE PRODUCTS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS YET OR IS THAT DOWN THE WAYS?

>> SOME HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND I KNOW ONE OF THE PROJECTS IS FUNDING THE SILT BASINS IN IMPERIAL DAM IN YUMA, FOR EXAMPLE.

THAT WILL HELP AND MAKE IMPERIAL DAM FUNCTION BETTER FOR THE USES FOR WHICH IT WAS BUILT, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP THE PROBLEM OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES.

>> Ted: THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, I THINK, WAS MADE IN YUMA AND IS THAT THE REASON?

>> I THINK THEY PICKED IMPERIAL DAM TO HIGHLIGHT THIS WAS AN OLDER DAM THAT WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME UPGRADES.

>> Ted: TIME TABLE FOR THESE PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO GET DONE, IS THERE ANYTHING OUT THERE?

>> NO, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT, THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE PROJECT, BY A PARTICULAR PROJECT.

>> Ted: THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDS HERE, FEDERAL CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING?

>> IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING, YEAH.

BUT SOME OF THE FUNDING WE'LL BE FUNDING FOR NONFEDERAL AGENCIES.

>> Ted: WHEN DO THEY GET STARTED?

>> I THINK RIGHT AWAY.

>> Ted: REALLY?

>> I THINK A LOT OF THE PROJECTS ARE STARTED UNDERWAY.

>> Ted: $585 MILLION REPAIRING AND TODAY SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED REGARDING WATER.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE STATE CAPITOL OF USING ANOTHER FUND THAT IS FROM THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO COMPENSATE THE GILA INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY, A TRIBE IN CENTRAL ARIZONA THAT HAS A SUBSTANTIAL ALLOCATION OF COLORADO RIVER WATER TO LEAVE 125,000-ACRE FEED OF WATER IN LAKE MEADE FOR TWO YEARS.

AND SO THIS MATTERS A LOT TO COLORADO WATER USERS BECAUSE IT HELPS TO KEEP THE LEVEL OF LAKE MEAD UP SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONING AND KEEP DELIVERING WATER.

>> Ted: IN AGREEMENT, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE TRIBE?

>> RIGHT, AN AGREEMENT THAT THE GILA RIVER COMMUNITY MADE AND THROUGH A FUNDING POOL WITH THAT INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES, PARTICULARLY TRIBES THAT MAY STEP UP AND PUT MORE WATER ON THE TABLE.

IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS FUNDING, THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SAYS THIS WILL ADD TWO FEET TO LAKE MEAD AND THAT'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WATER TO ADD TO LAKE MEAD.

>> Ted: ESPECIALLY TWO FEET AWAY FROM SOME SORT OF RESPONSE.

SO MUCH RAIN AND SO MUCH MORE SNOW MELT AND NUMBERS SEEM TO BE RISING.

>> THEY ARE AND THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR SNOW, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH SNOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS ON THE COLORADO SYSTEMS.

SO WHAT THIS YEAR HAS DONE AND THE ADDITION OF THE CONSERVATION THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THIS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS BUYING US TIME TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON NEGOTIATING A DEAL.

WE DO NEED AS THE SEVEN STATES AND TWO COUNTRIES AND 29 TRIBES AND UMPTEEN IRRIGATION DISTRICTS AND CITIES THAT USE COLORADO RIVER WATER, WE NEED TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO LEAVE MORE WATER IN THE SYSTEM OR, IN OTHER WORDS, TAKE LESS WATER OUT.

WE NEED A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON HOW TO DO THAT.

>> Ted: THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN AGREEMENT HERE AND WE DIDN'T COME THROUGH WITH THIS AND CALIFORNIA WAS AN OUTLIER AND CAUSING TROUBLE.

>> AND CALIFORNIA MIGHT SAY THE REST OF THE US DID.

>> Ted: BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, I THOUGHT WE WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING THIS STRING, SPRING, IF YOU 'DO MAKE ADON'T MAKE A DEAL, WE WILL.

>> WE WON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AUGUST, WHEN EVERY YEAR IN AUGUST, THE BUREAU ANNOUNCES WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

BECAUSE THINGS LOOK REALLY GOOD, CHANCES ARE THAT WE'LL EITHER STAY WHERE WE ARE IN WHAT'S CALLED A TIER TWO SHORTAGE OR BACK TO A TIER ONE SHORTAGE AND PROBABLY WE WON'T HAVE A BIGGER CUT IN COLORADO RIVER WATER NEXT YEAR THAN THE ONE WE'VE EXPERIENCED.

BUT THE FEDS WILL BE PREPARED FOR SUCCESSIVE YEARS BASED ON WHAT THEY DECLARE LATER THIS MONTH.

>> Ted: SO MUCH SNOW IN CALIFORNIA AND SIERRA PACKED WITH SNOW AND A LOT OF WATER.

NOT NECESSARILY MUCH GOES INTO THE COLORADO RIVER, BUT IF THEY DON'T NEED THAT MUCH WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER FOR AWHILE, ARE THEY GOING START PLAYING BALL?

WILL THAT CHANGE THE DYNAMICS?

>> NO, IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.

THE WATER USENERS USE USERS COUNT ON RIGHTS TO USE WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

THEY REALLY WILL BE, I THINK, PRETTY VIGOROUSLY DEFENDING THEIR HIGH PRIORITY RIGHTS TO COLORADO RIVER WATER NO MATTER HOW GOOD THEIR IN-STATE SYSTEM WORKS.

THE REALITY IS, GOOD SNOW IN ONE PLACE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S EXTRA WATER TO DELIVER TO IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S NO THE WAY WATER RIGHTS WORK.

TED IT >> Ted: $585 MILLION IS A GOOD THING AND LET'S HOPE IT'S PUT TO GOOD USE.

>> THANKS.

>> Ted: A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN AUTISM CASES IN ARIZONA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS AUTISM RATES ARE ON THE RICE SO MUCH SO CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE TRIPLED IN THE LAST 16 YEARS.

JOINING US IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> GOOD TO BE BACK.

>> Ted: LET'S START WITH A REAL BASIC.

WHAT IS AUTISM?

>> AUTISM IS A NEURO DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER AND LET'S BREAK THAT DOWN.

IT REALLY, AT THE HEART OF WHAT IT IS, A SOCIAL DISORDER AND BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTING THE COMMUNICATION, IT CAN IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP LANGUAGE, SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH FRIENDS.

IT WILL IMPACT WHAT WE CALL REPETITIVE OR RESTRICTED INTEREST.

WE'LL SEE KIDS THAT LIKE TO LINE THINGS UP OR AN INTEREST IN CARS OR CERTAIN COLORS AND A BIG SPECTRUM AND THAT'S WHAT'S KEY ABOUT AUTISM.

YOU'LL SEE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYMPTOMS FROM MILD TO VERY, VERY SEVERE AND BIG DIFFERENCES ACROSS THE POPULATION.

>> Ted: THUS THE OFF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND WHAT IS THE AGE RANGE?

>> WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT IDENTIFYING MUCH YOUNGER.

WE RECOMMEND SCREENING IN PEDIATRICIAN OFFICES BETWEEN 14 AND 18 MONTHS AND DEFINITELY BY AGE TWO.

WE'RE GETTING KIDS IDENTIFIED EARLIER WHICH IS GOOD FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRESS.

>> Ted: IDENTIFIED BY AUTISM AND NOT WHERE THEY'LL BE ON THE SPECTRUM AS YET.

>> THE YOUNG WE'RE YOUNGER, THE HARDER TO KNOW THAT AND WHICH INTERVENTION.

THE KEY TO GET THEM DIAGNOSED EARLY.

>> Ted: AUTISM RATES OVER THE YEARS AND THE PREVALENCE RATE IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND 1-36 IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND THE NUMBERS ON THE CHART AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S A TROUBLING CHART THERE, DAN.

>> IT'S TROUBLING ON ONE HAND AND SOME SOME HIM OPTTISM ON THE OTHER.

WE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE REASONS AND I CAN GET INTO THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, AS WELL.

BUT LARGELY, WE CAN'T EXPLAIN ALL THE REASONS WHY IT'S INCREASED SO MUCH.

THE OPTIMISTIC SIDE IS THAT WE GET DOWN TO 1-36 LINING WE ARE NOW, IT MIGHT INDICATE WE'RE BETTER AT DETECTING, AND IDENTIFYING AUTISM.

WHAT IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR ALL ALONG AND WE'RE JUST CATCHING IT NOW.

>> Ted: HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND DIDN'T KNOW IT?

>> I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE EQUATION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES AND IF YOU ADD THAT UP, IT ADDS TO 50% OF THE BIG INCREASE WE'RE SEEING IN AUTISM AND A LARGE PART WE DON'T KNOW AND DEFINITELY BETTER DETECTION AND BETTER AWARENESS IS KEY.

>> Ted: BOYS STILL LIKELY THAN GIRLS TO BE DIAGNOSED?

>> 4-1 AND BOYS MAKING UP 1 ALSO AND A RISE1%.

>> Ted: ANY INDICATION OF WHY BOYS TO GIRLS?

>> MANY FEEL THAT GIRLS ARE UNDERDIAGNOSED IN AUTISM AND PRESENT DIFFERENTLY AND OFF ACTIVELYAUTISMLOOKS DIFFERENT AND WE'RE SEEING THE INCREASE IN GIRLS, TOO.

>> Ted: AND NONWHITE KIDS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT?

>> THIS IS A GREAT FINDING THIS LAST REPORT AND REVERSED A TREND WHERE HISPANIC, BLACK AND ASIAN KIDS WERE UNDER UNDERDIAGNOSED AND WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS TO THIS, BUT IT POINTS TO A MORE EQUITABLE WAY OF IDENTIFYING MINORITY CHILDREN, AS WELL, AND THIS IS A ANOTHER GOOD SIGN.

>> Ted: EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TALK ABOUT EARLY INTERVENTION AND WHERE DO PARENTS GO?

WHAT'S OFFERED OFFER?

>> THE OTHER GREAT THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING, AS MORE KIDS ARE DIAGNOSED, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY INTERVENTION.

THE BEST INTERVENTIONS ARE BASED ON THE SCIENCE OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AT SARK.

HERE IS SOMETHING EXCITING, WE RUN THESE INCLUSIVE PRESCHOOLS WITH AUTISM AND AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, ALL OF THESE SPACES ARE OPEN FOR KIDS BETWEEN 18 MONTHS AND TWO AND A HALF.

THIS IS A GREAT TIME AND WE ARE OPENINGS FOR THE JULY CAMPUS RIGHT NOW.

>> Ted: YOU HAVE A BIG BREAKFAST APRIL 14th.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, IF NOT THE BIGGEST.

IT'S THE WAY WE BUILD COMMUNITY AROUND PEOPLE WITH AUTISM BECAUSE WE HAVE PARENTS, BUT WE HAVE TEACHERS AND LEGISLATORS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE ALL COMING TO LEARN TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

OUR THEME IS "IMAGINE" AND ALL OF THE WAYS WE CAN IMAGINE A MORE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

>> Ted: THAT'S NEXT FRIDAY AT BILTMORE.

>> NEXT FRIDAY.

>> Ted: YOUR SARK AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: AN APP TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR TEENS TO GET INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEER WORK AND CREATED BY OUR NEXT GUEST, MOLLY.

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

CONGRATULATIONS AND GIVE ME A GOOD DEFINITION, MY WISH FOR MY COMMUNITY.

>> THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT I CODED AND STARTED THIS BACK IN 2020 IN ORDER TO MAKE THE VOLUNTEERING EASIER FOR TEENS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Ted: SO YOU CODED THIS YOURSELF?

>> WELL, YES, THE INITIAL STAGES AND CODED THE PLATFORM.

>> Ted: HOW DID THE WHOLE IDEA GET STARTED?

>> BACK IN 2020, I WAS DRIVING THROUGH DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AND I SAW A LOT OF HOMELESSNESS AND I TALKED TO MY PARENTS AND WHAT COULD I DO BEING A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL?

DO AN AWARENESS CAME OR DRIVE AND I TOOK THAT UP AND POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TALKED TO FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS AND THROUGH THE HELP OF MY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, I COLLECTED 24 LARGE BOXES WORTH OF THE WARM CLOTHS AND BLANKETS AND THIS CAUGHT ON AND KIDS REACHED OUT TO GET INVOLVED.

AND THERE'S SO MANY KIDS THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO EASILY GET INVOLVED.

SO I REALIZED I CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM BY CREATING THIS APP AND I SUBMITTED IT TO A CODING CHALLENGE AND IT WON.

>> Ted: I'LL BET IT DID.

THE CODING ASPECT IS FASCINATING AND LET'S TALK ABOUT, I'M A KID, I WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND WHERE DO I GO AND WHAT DO I DO?

>> THE FIRST STEP FOR ME WAS HONESTLY TAKING THAT LEAP.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD END UP TODAY AS A FULL BLOWN ORGANIZATION AND STARTING BY CODING IT OUT AND GETTING SUPPORT FROM MY FAMILY AND THE CONGRESSWOMAN WHICH WAS THE APP I SUBMITTED IT TO THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE AND THE COMMUNITY APP MEMBERS IS WHAT PUT IT FORWARD.

>> Ted: DO YOU DOWNLOAD IT?

>> IT'S A WEBSITE, ACTUALLY, SO I CODED IT VIA HTML AND THE FUTURE PLANS TO EXPAND IT TO BE DOWNLOADABLE ON THE PHONE.

>> Ted: WHEN A KID GOES THERE, WHAT DO THEY FIND AND HOW CAN THEY PUT IT TO GOOD USE?

>> WHEN SOMEONE GOES THERE, THEY CAN SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH.

YOU CAN TRACK YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS ON ONE SHEET AND HAVE THEM ALL IN ORDER.

YOU KNOW, BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR IMPACT AND KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

ONE OF THE BARRIERS I FACED PERSONALLY BEFORE I STARTED THIS APP WAS KEEPING TRACK OF MY HOURS FROM THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

I WANTED ONE SIMPLE ORGANIZED SIMPLE TO IMPLEMENT IN MY COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER BARRIER WAS FUNDING, LIKE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP WITH, THEY ARE COSTLY.

AND IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR JUST THE AVERAGE STUDENT TO PAY THESE MONTHLY OR YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH.

MY WISH IS COMPLETELY FREE FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS AND OPEN TO EVERYONE ALL AGES, BUT IT IS TARGETED TO THE YOUTH BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS.

>> Ted: I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT AND THEY POO-POO YOU.

WHAT KIND OF REACTION ARE YOU GETTING FROM YOUR PEERS?

I HAVE HEARD IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE TO VOLUNTEERING WHEN THERE'S A WIDE RANGE AND ENGAGE WHAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO COME OUT, THERE'S SO MANY REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO TAKE LEADERSHIP.

ONE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS IS PROMOTING THAT YOUTH VOICE.

KIDS WANT TO BE HEARD AND HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD AND THERE IS GENERAL AND APATHY AND GIVING KIDS A VOICE AND THEY ARE MORE LIKELY MOTIVATED TO ENGAGE WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT BUILDS COMPASSION AND EMPATHY AND THESE ARE LIFE SKILLS TO CARRY ON WITH THEM.

>> Ted: THE PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD AND AS AS YOU MENTIONED.

WE CAN WRAP IT UP WITH THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT ALLOWS KIDS TO BE LEADERS AND TO LEARN TO BE LEADERS AND TO GROW INTO LEADERSHIP.

>> THAT IS HONESTLY A GOAL OF MY WISH.

WE HAVE AMBASSADORS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND WE ARE PLANNING ON EXPANDING BY PICKING MORE AMBASSADORS AND GIVING THESE KIDS A VOICE AND A SAY IN NOT JUST THE ORGANIZATION AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND ABLE TO LEAD AND CHANGE FIRSTHAND IS INSPIRING OTHERS AND KEEPS THEM GOING AND SOMETHING I LIKE TO CALL THE DOMINO EFFECT.

WHEN I DID THE BLANKET DRIVE IN 20 TO2020 AND KIDS SAW AND GOT INVOLVED AND JUST BY HAVING OTHER KIDS INSPIRE OTHERS, SO MANY PEOPLE CAN CREATE A POSITIVE CHANGE.

>> Ted: MOLLY, CONGRATULATIONS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.