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EP Global Communications Inc. And the U.S. Army Partner to Provide Education and Services to Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command's Exceptional Family Member Program, Medical Staff and Families of Children and Adults With Special Needs

Posted on: Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 09:01 CST

JOHNSTOWN, Penn., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EP Global Communications Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EPGL) today announced it is the recipient of an $850,000 research contract for a U.S. Army Research Project entitled "Exceptional Family Training and Transitioning Program," focusing on education and training in the developmental and special health care needs arena. EP is expected to deliver all service under the contract in 2007, commencing January 2007. The Company will work with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) and Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command's (Family and MWR Command) Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) program managers and families to develop and implement a series of online CME and CEU accredited interactive TV-quality seminars on a variety of disability-specific topics. In addition, EP Global Communications will issue a special U.S. Army section of Exceptional Parent Magazine monthly throughout 2007. EP's flagship publication, Exceptional Parent, is devoted to individuals with special needs and their families, as well as physicians, allied health care professionals, teachers and caregivers. EP will also provide selections from the Exceptional Parent Bookstore to be delivered to specified U.S. Army installations and special needs families, while at the same time continuing to extend this valuable information for public interest.

The project is in response to a growing need inside the military among the many families caring for children, young adults, adults and returning soldiers with disabilities and special health care concerns. Providing this crucial information to families, in partnership through EFMP managers, and health care professionals contributes to overall unit readiness and effectiveness. Joseph M. Valenzano, Jr., the President and CEO of EP Global Communications Inc., views this venture as "a great example of civilian and military cooperation focused on an area that helps improve the quality of life for military families and those they care for. At the same time, this project showcases the dedication and commitment of the talented physicians, EFMP managers, occupational and physical therapists and nurses who devote their energies to caring for those who have sustained significant disabilities in the defense of our freedom." It is estimated that one member of every squad in the U.S. Army is caring for a child, young adult or adult with special needs.

Upon commencement, EP Global and Family and MWR Command EFMP will ask their mutually designated representatives to implement and distribute plan goals, following a needs assessment meeting with representatives of the Army Medical Command, Family and MWR Command, EFMP managers, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Educational Opportunities, and other interested parties. Up to eight military installations will be identified as the target U.S. Army recipients of this information, and these centers will be key sites for measuring the effectiveness of this research undertaking.

Beginning in January 2007, EP Global will deliver monthly up to 8,000 customized copies of its flagship publication, Exceptional Parent Magazine to the designated military installations that include the major hospitals and/or combined rehabilitation facilities.

EP Global will also work with the Family and MWR Command EFMP program managers, Army Medical Corps and professional medical societies such as the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) in developing and executing up to six CME and CEU accredited online interactive TV-quality seminars to Exceptional Family Military Program (EFMP) families, Army Medical Staff and others in the area of developmental disabilities. The topics of these seminars will be selected by the special needs assessment Family and MWR Command EFMP delegates working in concert with EP Global Communications and its associated partners, the AADMD and Vemics, Inc.

The Exceptional Parent Bookstore (http://www.eplibrary.com/ ) will also arrange to provide each of the designated military installations with books and materials from its diverse collection of valuable special needs publications.

About EP Global Communications, Inc.

EP Global Communications (http://www.eparent.com/ ) ("Exceptional Parent") is a 35-year-old award-winning publishing and communications company which provides practical advice and emotional support to families of children and adults with disabilities and special health care needs -- as well as the physicians, allied health care and educational professionals who are involved in their care and development. EP uses a multi-media approach to disseminate information via: its monthly award-winning publication, Exceptional Parent; web site (http://www.eparent.com/ ); clinical custom communications projects; the EP Library Bookstore (http://www.eplibrary.com/ ) of disability books, videos and tapes; live and on-line interactive CME/CEU accredited Seminars & Teleconferences on a wide range of special needs topics in the chronic long term disabilities and special needs community.

About the Exceptional Family Member Program

Army Regulation (AR) 608-75 and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management is the proponent for EFMP. The program is a mandatory enrollment program that works with other military and civilian agencies to provide comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, educational, medical, and personnel services to families with special needs. Soldiers on active duty enroll in the program when they have a family member with a physical, emotional, developmental, or intellectual disorder requiring specialized services so their needs can be considered in the military personnel assignment process.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, the Company's statements regarding trends in the marketplace and potential future results are examples of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the timing of projects due to the variability in size, scope and duration of projects, estimates made by management with respect to the Company's critical accounting policies, regulatory delays, clinical study results which lead to reductions or cancellations of projects, and other factors, including general economic conditions and regulatory developments, not within the Company's control. The factors discussed herein and expressed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The forward- looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

EP Global Communications Inc.

CONTACT: EP Global Communications, Inc., +1-800-372-7368

Web site: http://www.eparent.com/http://www.eplibrary.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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