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Offers low interest loans for the purchase of essential equipment necessary for disabled person to overcome barriers to daily living or vocational functioning following rehabilitation. Loans range from $500-$4000 with a repayment period of 2-8 years and the interest rate will vary. Examples of eligible equipment include, but are not limited to, wheelchairs, wheelchair van lifts, ramps, communication devices for hearing impaired/deaf, and prostheses.
Offers low interest loans for the purchase of essential equipment necessary for disabled person to overcome barriers to daily living or vocational functioning following rehabilitation. Loans range from $500-$4000 with a repayment period of 2-8 years and the interest rate will vary. Examples of eligible equipment include, but are not limited to, wheelchairs, wheelchair van lifts, ramps, communication devices for hearing impaired/deaf, and prostheses.
Categories
Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Removal Loans
Assistive Technology Equipment Acquisition Assistance
Physical Disabilities
Disabilities Issues
Low Interest Loans
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Community based service group which lends sick room equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath seats, commodes, bedside tables, etc, to residents of the Three Village School District. Contact is made by phone and answering machine.
Community based service group which lends sick room equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath seats, commodes, bedside tables, etc, to residents of the Three Village School District. Contact is made by phone and answering machine.
Categories
Daily Living Aids
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
Disabilities Issues
Homebound
Physical Disabilities
Volunteer Opportunities
Medical Equipment / Supplies
Mobility Aids
Wheelchairs / Wheeled Mobility
Provides audio books, self-study kits and publications for visually impaired and blind individuals such as Basic Mobility, Personal Management, and Sensory Development.
Provides audio books, self-study kits and publications for visually impaired and blind individuals such as Basic Mobility, Personal Management, and Sensory Development.
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Education
Disabilities Issues
Adults
Self Help Instruction
Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
Volunteers provide home delivered meals for the homebound, handicapped, chronically ill or convalescent persons in the community who are unable to prepare meals in Northern Brookhaven. Food prepared at St. Charles and Mather Hospitals and Port Jefferson Healthcare Facilities.
Volunteers provide home delivered meals for the homebound, handicapped, chronically ill or convalescent persons in the community who are unable to prepare meals in Northern Brookhaven. Food prepared at St. Charles and Mather Hospitals and Port Jefferson Healthcare Facilities.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Homebound
Disabilities Issues
Food
Home Delivered Meals
Meals
Serves children ages 5-21 with a diagnosis of autism, intellectual disability, or multiple disabilities. Teaches language and communication skills, self-help and activities of daily living, and behavior management. Other services include crisis intervention for families and parent education, counseling and support.
Serves children ages 5-21 with a diagnosis of autism, intellectual disability, or multiple disabilities. Teaches language and communication skills, self-help and activities of daily living, and behavior management. Other services include crisis intervention for families and parent education, counseling and support.
Categories
Families / Friends of People With Disabilities
Disabilities Issues
Support Groups
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Intellectual Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities
Recreational Therapy
Mental Health Related Support Groups
Students With Disabilities
Provides free curb-to-curb transportation within the township for residents, whose disability restricts their mobility and prevents them from using traditional forms of transportation. The handi-van is equipped with a motorized wheelchair lift and accommodates eight persons, one of them in a wheelchair. Call for application form and to make a reservation.
Provides free curb-to-curb transportation within the township for residents, whose disability restricts their mobility and prevents them from using traditional forms of transportation. The handi-van is equipped with a motorized wheelchair lift and accommodates eight persons, one of them in a wheelchair. Call for application form and to make a reservation.
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Disabilities Issues
Disability Related Transportation
Provides benefits advisement, peer counseling, housing referral,advocacy, independent living skills, transportation, equipment loans, consumer directed personal assistance program (CDPAP), Hispanic outreach, and aging in place services to people with disabilities and the elderly.
Provides benefits advisement, peer counseling, housing referral,advocacy, independent living skills, transportation, equipment loans, consumer directed personal assistance program (CDPAP), Hispanic outreach, and aging in place services to people with disabilities and the elderly.
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Peer Counseling
Older Adults
Benefits Assistance
Developmental Disabilities
Medical Equipment / Supplies
Advocacy
Outreach Programs
Disabilities Issues
Provides programs for developmentally disabled residents ages 6-adults. These include arts and crafts, music, physical education, swimming, and field trips. Staffed by college students. Free transportation.
Provides programs for developmentally disabled residents ages 6-adults. These include arts and crafts, music, physical education, swimming, and field trips. Staffed by college students. Free transportation.
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Developmental Disabilities
Children's Arts and Crafts
Therapeutic Camps
Field Trips / Excursions
Disabilities Issues
Camps
Arts and Crafts Instruction
A consumer driven personal assistance program that allows people with disabilities to gain more control over their personal assistance services. CDPAP enables self directing consumers to advertise, recruit, interview, hire, supervise, train and dismiss their own personal assistant(s). Self directing persons assess their own needs, determine how and by whom these needs should be met, and monitor the quality of services received. Individuals independently make all decisions and manage services directly. If an individual is unable to do so, they may use a certain family member or friend to manage needed services. Call for further information.
A consumer driven personal assistance program that allows people with disabilities to gain more control over their personal assistance services. CDPAP enables self directing consumers to advertise, recruit, interview, hire, supervise, train and dismiss their own personal assistant(s). Self directing persons assess their own needs, determine how and by whom these needs should be met, and monitor the quality of services received. Individuals independently make all decisions and manage services directly. If an individual is unable to do so, they may use a certain family member or friend to manage needed services. Call for further information.
Categories
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Self Help Instruction
Disabilities Issues
Provides education to students who are deaf and multiply handicapped deaf in a mainstream and individual class setting.
Provides education to students who are deaf and multiply handicapped deaf in a mainstream and individual class setting.
Categories
Special Education
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Multiple Disabilities
Disabilities Issues
Deafness
Hearing Loss
Education
Serves children ages 5-21 with a diagnosis of autism, intellectual disability, or multiple disabilities. Teaches language and communication skills, self-help and activities of daily living, and behavior management. Other services include vocational activities, crisis intervention for families and parent education, counseling and support.
Serves children ages 5-21 with a diagnosis of autism, intellectual disability, or multiple disabilities. Teaches language and communication skills, self-help and activities of daily living, and behavior management. Other services include vocational activities, crisis intervention for families and parent education, counseling and support.
Categories
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Support Groups
Disabilities Issues
Families / Friends of People With Disabilities
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Developmental Disabilities
Recreational Therapy
Students With Disabilities
Mental Health Related Support Groups
Parenting / Family Support Groups
Provides advocacy, education, information, technical assistance, public policy analysis, and networking experiences to agencies that offer community living opportunities and supports to people with disabilities and their families
Provides advocacy, education, information, technical assistance, public policy analysis, and networking experiences to agencies that offer community living opportunities and supports to people with disabilities and their families
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Disabilities Issues
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Group Advocacy
Provides employment and job placement services, recreational classes, adapted computer training courses, fitness and exercise classes, social work and benefits counselors as well as volunteer readers for adults who are legally blind or severely visually impaired. Call to register. Registration available in print, audiotape, or braille.
Provides employment and job placement services, recreational classes, adapted computer training courses, fitness and exercise classes, social work and benefits counselors as well as volunteer readers for adults who are legally blind or severely visually impaired. Call to register. Registration available in print, audiotape, or braille.
Categories
Visual Impairments
Employment
Benefits Assistance
Blindness
Recreational Activities / Sports
Physical Fitness
Exercise Classes / Groups
Volunteer Opportunities
Adults
Disabilities Issues
Offers quarterly meetings for parents and professionals to answer critical questions faced by young adults as they prepare to leave their educational placements, transitioning from student services to adult services. Provides workshops, and a Speakers Bureau. Meetings are held at 415A Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, NY. Call for times and additional information.
Offers quarterly meetings for parents and professionals to answer critical questions faced by young adults as they prepare to leave their educational placements, transitioning from student services to adult services. Provides workshops, and a Speakers Bureau. Meetings are held at 415A Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, NY. Call for times and additional information.
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Individual and Family Support Services
Intellectual Disabilities
Disabilities Issues
Speakers / Speakers Bureaus
Support Groups
Developmental Disabilities
Disability Rights Groups
Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Performs various functions to assure that children up to the age of 21 with certain disabilities and/or chronic health conditions receive quality care while limiting the financial impact on families. Service coordinators provide case management to empower families to meet challenges of caring for a child with special health care needs and assist families in accessing educational services, as well as community resources. Call for detailed information.
Performs various functions to assure that children up to the age of 21 with certain disabilities and/or chronic health conditions receive quality care while limiting the financial impact on families. Service coordinators provide case management to empower families to meet challenges of caring for a child with special health care needs and assist families in accessing educational services, as well as community resources. Call for detailed information.
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Disabilities and Health Conditions
Disabilities Issues
Disease / Disability Information
Health Screening / Diagnostic Services
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities / Delays
Provides assistance to employers seeking to integrate people with disabilities into the workplace and helps companies who are seeking to reach people with disabilities in the consumer marketplace. Call for information.
Provides assistance to employers seeking to integrate people with disabilities into the workplace and helps companies who are seeking to reach people with disabilities in the consumer marketplace. Call for information.
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Disabilities Issues
Developmental Disabilities
Offers a weekend respite for campers with physical and developmental disabilities between ages 6-21 years old. Check in is Friday evening at 8pm and check out is Sunday at 3pm. Campers enjoy arts and crafts, music, games, movies, and walks in the woods. The program benefits parents by giving them a break from very demanding responsibilities as their child's caregiver. Call or visit website for dates and additional information.
Offers a weekend respite for campers with physical and developmental disabilities between ages 6-21 years old. Check in is Friday evening at 8pm and check out is Sunday at 3pm. Campers enjoy arts and crafts, music, games, movies, and walks in the woods. The program benefits parents by giving them a break from very demanding responsibilities as their child's caregiver. Call or visit website for dates and additional information.
Categories
Developmental Disabilities
Residential Camps
Respite Care
Therapeutic Camps
Disabilities Issues
Youth
Camps
Children
Provides residential living in supervised group homes or supportive apartments for intellectual disabilities adults ages 18 and over.
Provides residential living in supervised group homes or supportive apartments for intellectual disabilities adults ages 18 and over.
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Developmental Disabilities
Disabilities Issues
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Adult Residential Treatment Facilities
Offers various recreational and socialization services, outreach programs as well as peer support and role model programs.
Offers various recreational and socialization services, outreach programs as well as peer support and role model programs.
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Peer Role Model Programs
Disabilities Issues
Drop In Centers
Offers various recreational and socialization services, outreach programs as well as peer support and role model programs.
Offers various recreational and socialization services, outreach programs as well as peer support and role model programs.
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Peer Role Model Programs
Disabilities Issues
Drop In Centers
Provides community integration services to the elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Provides community integration services to the elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Categories
Daily Living Aids
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Transitional Case / Care Management
Disabilities Issues
Provides information and referral for family caregivers to find answers to general questions or information on specific disability and health care needs. Also provides referrals for direct services such as paying for health care, equipment or transportation.
Provides information and referral for family caregivers to find answers to general questions or information on specific disability and health care needs. Also provides referrals for direct services such as paying for health care, equipment or transportation.
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Specialized Information and Referral
Disabilities Issues
Offers various recreational and socialization services, outreach programs as well as peer support and role model programs.
Offers various recreational and socialization services, outreach programs as well as peer support and role model programs.
Categories
Peer Role Model Programs
Disabilities Issues
Drop In Centers
Assists individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in securing eligibility for Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD, formerly OMRDD) services. Also provides assistance in accessing the various services from the agency and provides referrals to other agencies within the community that may be able to offer assistance.
Assists individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in securing eligibility for Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD, formerly OMRDD) services. Also provides assistance in accessing the various services from the agency and provides referrals to other agencies within the community that may be able to offer assistance.
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Specialized Information and Referral
Disabilities Issues
Provides information and referral for family caregivers to find answers to general questions or information on specific disability and health care needs. Also provides referrals for direct services such as paying for health care, equipment or transportation.
Provides information and referral for family caregivers to find answers to general questions or information on specific disability and health care needs. Also provides referrals for direct services such as paying for health care, equipment or transportation.
Categories
Specialized Information and Referral
Disabilities Issues