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The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities ( OPWDD) is an executive agency in the state of New York, whose mission is to provide services and conduct research for those with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities (I/DD). It is one of New York State’s largest agencies, with a mandate to provide ...
The Arc New York (previously known as the NYSARC) is the largest organization serving people with developmental disabilities. [citation needed] A non-profit, The Arc New York serves over 60,000 people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities through its 55 chapters in New York state. The Arc New York is an affiliated member of Arc ...
Easterseals (U.S.) President Nixon with Peter Helteme, 1971 Easter Seal Child and family. Easterseals (formerly known as Easter Seals; [ 1] founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children) [ 2] is an American 501 (c) (3) nonprofit providing disability services, with additional support areas serving veterans and military families ...
OCFS has wide-ranging responsibilities for the provision of services to children, youth, families, and vulnerable adults. The agency is responsible for programs and services involving foster care, adoption, and adoption assistance; child protective services, including operating the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment; preventive services for children and families; child ...
Disability Determination Services, commonly called DDS, are state agencies that are funded by the US federal government . [1] Their purpose is to make disability findings for the Social Security Administration . Applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) file applications for disability ...
The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitolin Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. stateof New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the American state of New York. The state is divided into boroughs, counties, cities, towns, and villages. (The only boroughs, the five boroughs of New York City, have the same boundaries as their respective counties.)
The New York State Insurance Fund ( NYSIF) is a governmental insurance carrier that provides workers' compensation and disability benefits for employers in New York State. NYSIF is financially self-supporting and competes with private insurance carriers. It is required by law to provide the lowest possible premiums to maintain its solvency. [ 1]