LONG ISLAND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICE OFFICE
AGENCIES AND TYPES OF SERVICES
PROVIDED IN THE LONG ISLAND REGION
UPDATED 12/08 www.omr.state.ny.us
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AGENCY |
SERVICES PROVIDED |
COUNTIES SERVED |
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A-1 Universal Care, Inc. 293
Castle Avenue, Suite 1B Westbury, NY11590 Phone: (516) 338-8777 Fax: (516) 338-9099 Novella Merriwether, Acting Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination Day Services |
Nassau |
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Abilities, Inc. 201 IU Willets Road Albertson, NY11507 Phone: (516) 465-1480 Fax: (516) 465-3757 Jessica Swirsky, Executive Director |
Service Coordination Supported Employment |
Bi County |
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Adelante of Suffolk County, Inc 10 Third Avenue Brentwood, NY11717-4640 Phone: (631) 434-3481 Fax: (631) 434-3496 Miriam M.E. Garcia, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Adults & Children with Learning &
Developmental Disabilities, Inc. (ACLD) 807
South Oyster Bay Road Bethpage, NY11714 Phone: (516) 822-0028 Fax: (516) 822-0470 Aaron Liebowitz, Executive Director |
Children’s Services Day Programs Employment Services Family Support Services Health Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Aid to Developmentally Disabled, Inc. (ADD) 901
East Main Street, Suite 508 Riverhead, NY11901 Phone: (631) 727-6220 Fax: (631) 727-6553 Don Rieb, Executive Director |
Service Coordination Residential Services |
East End Suffolk |
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Association for the Advancement of Blind and Retarted, Inc. (AABR) 15018
College Point Boulevard P.O.
Box 560247 College Point, NY 11356 Phone: (718) 321-3800 Fax: (718) 321-8774 Christopher Weldon, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Association for Children with Down Syndrome (ACDS) 4
Fern Place Plainview, NY11803 Phone: (516) 933-4700 Fax: (516) 933-9524 Michael M. Smith, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Association for the Help of Retarded Children of Nassau County (N.AHRC) 189
Wheatley Road Brookville, NY11545 Phone: (516) 626-1000 Fax: (516) 626-1493 Michael Mascari, Executive Director |
Children Services Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Association for the Help of Retarded Children of Suffolk County (S.AHRC) 2900
Veterans Highway Bohemia, NY 11716 Phone: (631) 585-0100 Fax: (631) 585-0233 Joseph Mammolito, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Children Services |
Suffolk |
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Angela’s House P.O.
Box 5052 Hauppauge, NY11788 Phone: (631) 661-6951 Fax: (631) 661-6951 Bob Policastro, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Bellport Area Community Action Committee (BACAC) 471
Atlantic Avenue Bellport, NY11713 Phone: (631) 286-9090 Fax: (631) 776-7671 Tracy Van Dina, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Suffolk |
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long
Island The E. David Woycik Jr.
Building 70
Acorn Lane Levittown, NY11756 Phone: (516) 731-7880 Fax: (516) 731-0486 William Tymann, CEO |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Center 147 Schleigel Boulevard Amityville, NY 11701 Phone: (631) 665-3434 Fax: (631) 665-3586 Laura Cassell, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Catholic Guardian Society & Home Bureau 4
Springville Road Suite C Hampton
Bays, NY11946 Phone: (631) 728-8080 Fax: (631) 728-8088 John Frein, Executive Director |
Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Suffolk |
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Center for the Developmental Disabilities (CDD) 72
S. Woods Road Woodbury, NY11797 Phone: (516) 921-7650 Fax: (516) 667-9438 Nick Boba, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services Residential School Residential Services (Adults & Children) Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Center for Family Support 900 Merchants Concourse, LL
5&6 Westbury, NY11950 Phone: (516) 292-3000 Fax: (516) 292-4090 Steven Vernikoff, Executive Director |
Service Coordination Family Support Services Day Services |
Bi County |
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Center for Rapid Recovery (CRR) 312
Greenwich Street Hempstead, NY11550 Phone: (516) 292-6449 Fax: (516) 292-5618 Renee Allen Mitchell, CEO |
Day Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Parent Training |
Nassau |
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Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services,
Inc. 950
South Oyster Bay Road, Suite 101 Hicksville, NY11801 Phone: (516) 822-6111 Fax: (516) 396-0553 Barbara Bartell, Chief Executive Officer |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Cody Center for
Autism and Developmental Disabilities 100A Putnam Hall South Campus Stony Brook, NY11794-8788 Phone: (631) 632-3139 Fax: (631) 632-3120 John Pomeroy, Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Community Enterprises of New York 1757-58
Veterans Memorial Highway Islandia, NY11749 Phone: (631) 952-9529 Fax: (631) 952-4720 Gina Mangini, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Community Mainstreaming Associates 99
Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 200 Garden
City, NY11530 Phone: (516) 683-0710 Fax: (516) 683-0711 Julie Samkoff, Director |
Residential Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Community Resources and Service for Children 90-40
161st Street, Suite 401 Jamaica, NY 11432 Phone: (718) 206-3400 Fax: (718) 558-0559 Clara Alvarez, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) 99
Hollywood Drive Smithtown, NY11787 Phone: (631) 366-2900 Fax: (631) 366-2997 Peter Pierri, Executive Director |
Children’s Services Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Clinic Services |
Bi County East End |
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Down Syndrome Advocacy Foundation (DSAF) P.O.
Box 12173 Hauppauge, NY11788 Phone: (516) 983-7008 Cathy Hoffman, Administrator Phone: (516) 983-7008 |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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East End Disability Associates, Inc. (EEDA) 107
Roanoke Avenue Riverhead, NY11901 Phone: (631) 369-7345 Fax: (631) 369-1494 Lisa Meyer Fertal, Chief Executive Officer |
Day Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Crisis Services |
Suffolk East End |
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East End Special Players P.O.
Box 232 East
Hampton, NY11937 Phone: (631) 726-4477 Fax: (631) 726-4478 Paul Rogers, President |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Eastern Suffolk BOCES 201 Sunrise Highway Patchogue, NY11772 Phone: (631) 687-3056 Fax: (631) 687-3048 Dr. Julie Davis-Lutz, Associate Superintendent |
Employment Services Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Economic Opportunity Council
of Suffolk County (EOC) 25
Fourth Avenue, Suite 101 Bayshore, NY11706 Phone: (631) 289-2124 Fax: (631) 289-2178 Adrian Fassett, Executive Director |
Day Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Service Service Coordination |
Suffolk |
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Eden II School
for Autistic Children 150
Granite Avenue Staten
Island, NY10303 Phone: (718) 816-1422 Fax: (718) 816-1428 Dr. Joann Gerenser, Ph.D, Executive Director |
Service Coordination Residential Services |
Bi County |
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Epilepsy Foundation of Long
Island 506
Stewart Avenue Garden
City, NY11530 Phone: (516) 739-7733 Fax: (516) 739-1859 Thomas A. Hopkins, Executive Director |
Clinic Services Day Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Family Counseling Service 40
Main Street, P.O. Box 1348 West
Hampton Beach, NY11978 Phone: (631) 288-1954 Fax: (631) 288-1955 Judith Margolis, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Family Residences and Essential Enterprises (FREE) 120
Plant Avenue Hauppauge, NY11788 Phone: (631) 273-1300 Fax: (631) 273-4342 Robert Budd, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Clinic Services Crisis Services |
Bi County |
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Fay J Lindner Center for
Autism & Developmental Disorders 4300 Hempstead Turnpike Bethpage, NY11714 Phone: (516) 802-8600 Fax: (516) 802-8655 May Lynn Andresen, RN, Director |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Federation Employment and Guidance Services (FEGS) 315
Hudson Street 9th Floor New
York, NY10013 Phone: (212) 366-8400 Fax: (212) 366-8441 Gail A. Magaliff, Chief Executive Officer Lee Rambeau, Senior Vice President |
Clinic Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Genesis School 270
Washington Avenue, Suite 6 Plainview, NY11803 Phone: (516) 937-1397 Fax: (516) 937-1463 Erin Sparacio, Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination Crisis Services |
Bi County |
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The Hagedorn Little Village School 750
Hicksville Road Seaford, NY11783 Phone: (516) 520-6000 Fax: (516) 796-6341 Dr. Caryl Bank, Executive Director Dr. Barbara Feingold, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Residential Services |
Nassau |
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HASC Center, Inc. 1221
East 14th Street Brooklyn, NY11230 Phone: (718) 745-7575 Fax: (718) 745-7596 Samuel Kahn, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Haitian-Americans United for Progress (HAUP) 221-07
Linden Boulevard Cambria
Heights, NY11411 Phone: (718) 527-3776 Fax: (718) 276-5481 Elsie Accilien, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Head Injury Association (HIA) 65
Austin Blvd. Commack, NY11725 Phone: (631) 543-2245 Fax: (631) 543-2261 Liz Giordano, Chief Executive Officer |
Day Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Suffolk |
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Helen Keller Services For the Blind 1
Helen Keller Way Hempstead, NY11550 Phone: (516) 485-1234 Fax: (516) 538-6785 Fred W. McPhilliamy, President John P. Lynch, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Helping Hands Respite & Behavioral Outreach for
Young People with Autism 191
Sweet Hollow Road Old Bethpage, NY11804 Phone: (516) 870-7826 Fax: (516) 870-7828 Vanetta LaRosa, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Hispanic Counseling Center, Inc. 1322Fifth Avenue Bayshore, NY11706 Phone: (631) 328-4959 Fax: (631) 328-4964 Gladys Serrano, Executive
Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Horseability 238
Round Swamp Road Melville, NY11747 Phone: (631) 367-1646 Fax: (631) 367-1647 Katie Kilcommons-McGowan, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Human First, Inc. 128
Atlantic Avenue Lynbrook, NY11563 Phone: (516) 823-9600 Fax: (516) 823-9500 Dr. Reda Soliman, Chief Executive Officer |
Family Support Services Service Coordination Waiver Services |
Bi County |
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Independent Group Home Living Program, Inc. (IGHL) 221 North Sunrise Service Road Manorville, NY11949 Phone: (631) 878-8900 Fax: (631) 874-4967 Walter Stockton, CEO |
Day Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Suffolk |
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Independence Residences, Inc. (IRI) 93-22
Jamaica Avenue 2nd Floor Woodhaven, NY11421 Phone: (718) 805-6796 Fax: (718) 805-4211 Raymond DeNatale, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Crisis Services |
Nassau |
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IRIE P.O.
Box 216 Center Moriches, NY11934 Phone: (631) 871-1916 Joy Rootkowski, Director |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Jewish Union Foundation 11 Broadway, 13th
Floor New
York, NY10025 Phone: (212) 613-8285 Fax: (212) 631-0796 Eta Levenson, Director |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Just Kids P.O.
Box 12 35
Longwood Road Middle Island, NY11953 Phone: (631) 924-0008 Fax: (631) 924-4602 Steven Held, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Kulanu Torah Academy P.O.
Box 305 Cedarhurst, NY11516 Phone: (516) 569-6664 Fax: (516) 569-0483 Beth Raskin, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Labor & Industry for Education (LIFE) 112
Spruce Street Cedarhurst, NY11581 Phone: (516) 374-1313 Fax: (516) 374-4654 Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Life’s WORC 1501
Franklin Avenue P.O.
Box 8165 Garden City, NY1130-8165 Phone: (516) 741-9000 Fax: (516) 741-5560 Peter S. Smergut, Executive Director |
Day Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Lifespire Empire State Building 350
5th Avenue, Suite 301 New
York, NY10118 Phone: (212) 741-0100 Fax: (212) 242-0696 Mark Van Voorst, President |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Little Flower Children & Family Services 2450 North Wading River Road Wading River, NY11792 Phone (631) 929-6200 Fax: (631) 929-6438 Grace LoGrande, Executive Director Herbert Stupp, Chief Executive Officer |
Day Care Family Care Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Long Island Advocacy Center (LIAC) 999
Herricks Road New Hyde Park, NY11040 Phone: (516) 248-2222 Fax: (516) 248-2290 Linda Milch, Executive Director |
Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Long Island
Developmental Disabilities Service Office (LIDDSO) 415 A Oser Avenue Hauppauge, NY 11787 Phone: (631) 434-6100 Fax: (631) 434-6040 Bob Lopez, Deputy Director |
Community Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Long Island Toy
Lending Center for Children with Disabilities P.O.
Box 380 East Marina, Lido Boulevard Point Lookout, NY11569 Phone & Fax: (516) 889-8287 Colleen Moseman, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Marygolden House, Inc. 642
Grand Boulevard Deer
Park, NY11729 Phone: (631) 321-1101 Fax: (631) 321-1082 Mary Ukonu, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Maryhaven Center of Hope 51
Terryville Road Pt. Jefferson Station, NY11776 Phone: (631) 474-4120 Fax: (631) 474-4110 Lewis Grossman, Chief Executive Officer |
Children’s Services Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Suffolk East End |
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Mental Health Association of Nassau County Inc. 16
Main Street Hempstead, NY11550 Phone: (516) 489-2322 Fax: (516) 489-2784 David Nemiroff, Executive Director |
Residential Services |
Nassau |
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Mercy Home for Children, Inc. 243 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, NY11215 Phone: (718) 832-1075 Fax: (718) 832-7612 Sister Kay Crumlish, Executive Director |
Residential Services Service Coordination Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Mill Neck Services for the Deaf P.O.
Box 193 40 Frost Mill Road Mill Neck,
NY11765 Phone: (516) 922-4100 Fax: (516) 922-3759 Loretta Murray, Director Dr. Mark R. Prowatzke, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Nassau County BOCES 2850
N. Jerusalem Road Wantagh, NY11793 Phone: (516) 396-2900 Fax: (516) 396-2686 Karen Ellis, Executive
Director |
Employment Services |
Nassau |
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Nassau/Suffolk Law Services 1
Helen Keller Way Hempstead, NY11550 Phone: (516) 292-8100 Fax: (516) 292-6529 Jeffrey Siegel, Executive Director |
Advocacy Legal Services |
Bi County |
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Nassau/Suffolk Services for the Autistic, Inc.
(NSSA) 80
Hauppauge Road Commack, NY11725 Phone: (631) 462-0386 Fax: (631) 462-4201 Nicole Weidenbaum, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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North Shore Child
& Family Guidance Center 480
Old Westbury Road Roslyn
Heights, NY11577 Phone: (516) 626-1971 Fax: (516) 626-8043 Andrew Matekoff, CEO/ Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Ohel (Bais Ezra) 4510
16th Avenue Brooklyn, NY11204 Phone: (718) 851-6300 Fax: (718) 851-2772 David Mandel – Chief Executive Officer |
Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Day Services |
Nassau |
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OTSAR Family Services 2324
West 13th Street Brooklyn, NY11223 Phone: (718) 946-7301 Fax: (718) 946-7966 Betty Pollack, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Parent to Parent of New York State 415 A Oser Avenue Hauppauge, NY 11788 Phone: (631) 434-6196 Fax: (631) 434-6151 Bridget Cariello, Advocate Valerie Stammelman, Advocate Cathleen Almont, Coordinator |
Educational Advocacy Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Peninsula Counseling Center 124
Franklin Place Woodmere, NY11598 Phone: (516) 569-6600 Fax: (516) 374-2261 Herbert E. Ruben, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Programs for Living & Understanding Services (PLUS Group Homes) 1228
Wantagh Ave. Wantagh, NY11793 Phone: (516) 409-9450 Fax: (516) 409-9455 Terri Cancilla, Executive Director |
Residential Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC) 30-10
38th Street Astoria, NY11103 Phone: (718) 728-8476 or (718) 7-AUTISM Fax: (718) 204-7570 Gary Maffei, Executive Director & CEO Cory Polshansky, Deputy
Director & COO |
Day Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Queens Parent Resource Center,
Inc. 112-40 Francis Lewis Boulevard Queens Village, NY 11429 Phone: (718) 736-8690 Fax: (718) 736-8696 James Magalee, Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Quick Social Services 50
Commonwealth Drive Wyandanch, NY11788 Phone: (631) 643-7554 Fax: (631) 643-7510 Louise Hamlett, Executive Director |
Residential Services (IRA) Family Support Services Medicaid Service Coordination |
Bi-County |
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SCO Family of Services 1
Alexander Place Glen
Cove, NY11542 Phone: (516) 759-1844 Fax: (516) 671-2899 Robert McMahon, Executive Director |
Day Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Services for the Underserved 305 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor New
York, NY10001 Phone: (212) 633-6900 Fax: (646) 486-0020 Donna Colonna, CEO |
Family Support Services Day Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Sick Kids need Involved People of New York, Inc. (SKIP of NY) 213
West 35th Street 11th Floor New
York, NY10001 Phone: (212) 268-5999 Fax: (212) 268-7667 Margarette Mikol, Executive
Director |
Service Coordination |
Bi County |
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Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center 300
Forest Drive East
Hills, NY11548 Phone: (516) 484-1545 Fax: (516) 484-7354 Susan Bender, Executive Director |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Skills Unlimited 405
Locust Avenue Oakdale, NY11769 Phone: (631) 567-3320 Fax: (631) 567-3285 Richard Kassnove, Executive Director |
Day Services Employment Services |
Suffolk |
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Special Olympics – New York, Long
Island 819 Grand Boulevard, Suite 3 Deer Park, NY 11729 Phone: (631) 254-1465 Fax: (631) 254-1469 Tim Flynn, Director |
Family Support Services Individualized Support Services |
Bi County |
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St. Mary’s Health Care System for Children 6
Ohio Drive, Suite 202 New Hyde Park, NY11042 Phone: (718) 281-8603 Fax: (516)302-8679 Dr. Burton Grebin, CEO |
CAH |
Bi County |
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Suffolk County Boy Scouts
Council 7
Scouting Boulevard Medford, NY11763 Phone: (631) 924-7000 Fax: (631) 924-7145 Joe Gallagher, Director |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Suffolk County Department of Health Services Division Of Services for Children with Special Needs 50
Laser Court Hauppauge, NY11788 Phone: (631) 853-3130 Fax: (631) 853-2310 Meryl Zaglin, EdD, Division Director |
Early Intervention Information & Referral Preschool Services Service Coordination (0-3 years only) |
Suffolk |
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Tender Care Human Services, Inc. 114-02
Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, #218 Jamaica, NY 11434 Phone: (718) 526-6125 Fax: (718) 526-6128 Yolanda Vitulli, Executive Director |
Day Services Family Support Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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The Rehabilitation Institute (TRI) 123BFrost Street Westbury, NY11590 Phone: (516) 222-2092 Fax: (516) 222-2641 Lisa Thorsen, Administrator |
Transition Services Day Hab/Pre Voc Sheltered Employment Vocational Training |
Bi County |
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Town of Babylon Department of Human Services 281
Phelps Lane North
Babylon, NY11703 Phone: (631) 422-7642 Fax: (631) 491-5894 Constance Carter-David, Commissioner |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Town of Brookhaven Department of Human Resources 1130
Old Town Road Coram, NY 11727 Phone: (631) 451-6108 Fax: (631) 451-6125 Edward Morris, Commissioner |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Town of Hempstead ANCHOR Program Department of Recreation Lido Beach Town Park 630
Lido Boulevard Lido
Beach, NY11561 Phone: (516) 431-6946 Fax: (516) 431-0665 Joe Lentini, Coordinator |
Family Support Services |
Hempstead Residences |
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Town of Huntington Department of Parks &
Recreation 100
Main Street Huntington, NY11743 Phone: (631) 351-3089 Fax: (631) 351-3100 Donald McKay, Director |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Town of Islip Department of Human
Services Senior Day Care Program 555
Clayton Street Central
Islip, NY11722 Phone: (631) 224-5335 Fax: (631) 224-5316 Angel Santana, Director |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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Town of North
Hempstead Department of Parks &
Recreation 1801
Evergreen Avenue New Hyde Park, NY11040 Phone: (516) 327-3113 Fax: (516) 327-3120 Gerard R. Olsen, Commissioner |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Town of Oyster
Bay Department of Community
Services 977
Hicksville Road Massapequa, NY11758 Phone: (516) 797-7900 Fax: (516) 797-7919 Maureen A. Fitzgerald, Commissioner |
Family Support Services |
Nassau |
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Town of Smithtown Recreation Department 495
Landing Avenue Smithtown, NY11787 Phone: (631) 360-7644 Fax: (631) 360-7656 Thomas J. McCaffery, Superintendent of Recreation |
Family Support Services |
Suffolk |
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United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County (N.UCP) 380
Washington Avenue Roosevelt, NY11575 Phone: (516) 378-2000 Fax: (516) 868-4089 Robert McGuire, Executive Director |
Clinic Services Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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United Cerebral Palsy of Suffolk County (S.UCP) 250 Marcus Boulevard Hauppauge, NY 11788 Phone: (631) 232-0011 Fax: (631) 232-4422 Stephen Friedman, Executive
Director |
Advocacy Children’s Services Day Services Early Intervention Employment Services Family Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Clinic Services |
Suffolk |
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Variety Child Learning Center 47
Humphrey Drive Syosset, NY11791 Phone: (516) 921-7171 Fax: (516) 921-8130 Judith Bloch, Founder/CEO |
Family Support Services |
Bi County |
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Wyandanch Day Care Center 50
Commonwealth Drive Wyandanch, NY11798 Phone: (631) 643-7554 Fax: (631) 643-7510 Louise Hamlett, Executive Director |
Family Support Service Individualized Support Services Service Coordination |
Bi-County |
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Young Adults with Special Abilities (YASA) 42-11 Ditmars Boulevard Astoria, NY 11105 Phone & Fax: (718) 626-6700 Gus Goussetis, Assistant Executive Director |
Service Coordination |
Nassau |
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Young Adult Institute -National Institute for People with Disabilities (YAI) 460
West 34th Street New
York, NY10001-2382 (212)563-7474 Joel Levy, Chief Executive Officer Phil Levy, Chief Operating Officer YAI-LongIsland Service
Office 96
Willis Avenue Mineola, NY11501 Phone: (516) 742-9549 Fax: (516) 742-6367 Matt Sturiale |
Day Services Employment Services Family Support Services Individualized Support Services Residential Services Service Coordination Family Support Services |
Bi County |
*PLEASE NOTE: For further information on Medicaid Service Coordination, please call (631) 434-6034. For a Family Support Service Grant list, please call 434-6000.
GENERAL SERVICES DESCRIPTIONS
A. RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
1. Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF)
Certified by OMRDD. Funded through Medicaid. Provides room and board, 24- hour supervision
and active programming, including training in activities of Daily Living (toileting, bathing, dressing,
and grooming), socialization training and independent living skills. Specialized Intermediate Care
Facility’s (ICF) serve individuals with a variety of behavioral and/or medical needs.
2. Individual Residential Alternative (IRA)
Certified by OMRDD. Funded through Medicaid (Home and Community Based Services Waiver).
Provides room and board. Supervision and programming determined by individual need. IRA’s
serve a variety of behavioral, medical or supervisory needs.
3. Supervised Community Residence (CR)
Certified by OMRDD. Funded by Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and New York State.
Program provides on-site supervision and clinical supportive services primarily for individuals who
need some training and experience in activities of daily living, socialization, and independent living,
but who require 24 hour supervision. This category includes any programs that are termed
supervised apartments.
Supportive/Supervised Apartment
Certified
by OMRDD. Funded by Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and N.Y.S. House
or apartment providing an environment that
fosters
independent living with minimal supervision.
Program includes socialization, supported or sheltered work and travel
training. Supervision is limited.
4. Family Care (FC)
Certified by OMRDD. Funded by Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and N.Y.S. Certified Family
Care homes provide a structured and stable home environment, and creates an atmosphere of family
living, including the support, guidance and companionship found within a family unit. The responsibility
for ensuring treatment and support services remains with the agency.
5. In Home Residential Habilitation Services (Res. Hab.)
Funded through Medicaid (Home and Community Based Services Waiver). Provides residential
habilitation services in consumer’s own home.
6. Individualized Support Services (ISS)
Funded
by New York State. Provides funding to eligible consumers to assist
these individuals to live independently in the community. An
individualized support services grant supplements such expenses
as room, board, and other support services.
B. EMPLOYMENT & DAY SERVICES
1. Supported Employment
Supported employment is paid competitive work performed by individuals with severe disabilities who
require
support services to obtain and sustain employment. It is performed in
an integrated setting which provides regular interactions with
individuals who do not have disabilities and are not paid caregivers.
2. Day Habilitation (Day Hab.)
Day habilitation services are aimed primarily at developing those activities and skills outside of a person’s
home that assist him/her in developing a full life in his/her community. The services help an individual
become a contributing member of his/her community as well as develop satisfying and rewarding
connections and relationships in the community. These services are very flexible and can be provided
almost anywhere in the community where an individual wishes to learn new skills.
3. Prevocational Services (Prevoc.)
Prevocational services are aimed at preparing an individual for paid employment. Prevocational
services teach such concepts as following directions, attending to task, task completion, problem
solving,
and safety. Basic understanding of job performance requirements is also
important aspect of prevocational services. The purpose of the service
is habilitation rather than teaching a specific job skill.
4. Day Treatment (DT)
Day treatment is a planned combination of diagnostic, treatment, and habilitation services provided to
persons
with developmental disabilities in need of a broad range of clinically
supported and structures habilitation services. Regulatory changes have
been made to foster person centered planning and
community inclusion in this program.
5. Sheltered Workshops/Work Centers
Sheltered workshops/work centers provide paid work to people with disabilities in a controlled and
protective work environment. Attendees are considered “client workers”
rather than employees of the workshop.
C. OTHER SERVICES
1. Family Support Services (FSS)
Support services offered to developmentally disabled individuals that are living at home with their
families. These services include: in home and out of home respite, recreational programs, crisis
intervention, advocacy, sibling support, outreach, and resources.
2. Service Coordination
Service Coordination is provided by OMRDD, which assists persons with developmental disabilities
and mental retardation in gaining access to necessary services and supports appropriate to the need
of the individual. Service coordination promotes the concepts of choice, individualized service and
supports, and consumer satisfaction. It is designated to help individuals strive for the highest quality
of life. The focus is on assisting each person to achieve his or her unique goals and desires in terms
of having a home, job, and a circle of friends, enjoyable activities and access to medical and clinical
services.
- Medicaid Service Coordination (MSC) is an on-going Medicaid billable service. MSC is
provided by qualified service coordinators and uses a person centered planning process in
developing, implementing, and maintaining an Individualized Service Plan (ISP) with and for a person
with
developmental disabilities or mental retardation. The MSC program
requires the Medicaid Service Coordinator to meet with the person that
they have a service coordination agreement with at least
once each month.
- Non Medicaid Service Coordination (Non-MSC) is a time limited service coordination provided
for those individuals that do not have Medicaid but need assistance to access the appropriate services
and supports available to them in the community. Agencies that provide Non-MSC are funded through
a Family Support Services grant from OMRDD.