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The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is an agency of the New York state government. [1] [2] The office has its headquarters in the Capital View Office Park in Rensselaer. [3] Along with the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance it is part of the pro forma Department of Family Assistance.
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.
YAI launched as a pilot program at a small school in Brooklyn, New York, in February 1957. [1] The pilot program was run by co-founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze and served seven people with I/DD. [2] Today, YAI has expanded to a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community.
Seven years later, in 1952, they decided to change the focus of the program to children with emotional problems. The two west wings were added in 1954 and 1963 respectively to facilitate this new mission. [1] Vincent Astor died on February 3, 1959. In 1966 the home opened an outpatient facility in Rhinebeck.
The Arc of the United States is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization was founded in the 1950s by parents of people with developmental disabilities. [1] Since then, the organization has established state chapters in 39 states, and 730 local chapters in states across the country. [2]
Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children is a New York-based licensed and Hague-accredited [1] non-profit [2] providing adoption services, which includes the continuum of counseling and support services to members of the adoption triad: birth parents, adoptive families, and adoptees.
Graham Windham is a private nonprofit in New York City that provides services to children and families. It was founded in 1806 by several prominent women, most notably Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton . [ 3 ]