Services

Access to Home Services

Home modification services to help persons with disabilities to remain at home, or return home, and live with dignity in the community setting of their choosing.

ADA Consultation/Environmental Modification Services

Directed to individuals, local municipalities, commercial property owners, employers, businesses, schools and provider agencies, these services play a vitally important role in ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Assistive Technology

Providing demonstrations, test equipment and evaluations, through partnerships with assistive technology manufacturers, the NYS Commission for the Blind and durable medical equipment manufacturers, to help improve communication and simplify activities of daily living for individuals with disabilities in Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Dutchess and Rockland Counties.

Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services (OPTIONS)

For persons with disabilities, including seniors, OPTIONS is made available in cooperation with the local Departments of Social Services in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties, and with Dutchess NY Connects/CASA in Dutchess County. Offers a unique alternative to traditional attendant care, giving individuals the opportunity to hire and manage their own personal attendants.

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services

Providing a bridge between the Deaf and Hearing cultures in Orange, Ulster, Sullivan and Dutchess Counties, this program is actively engaged in community outreach and education, advocacy, service coordination, counseling and technical support.

Early Childhood Direction Center (ECDC)

Providing disability-related service and information to families of children from birth to 5 years of age, and offering technical support to schools, day care centers, and child care professionals in Orange, Sullivan, Dutchess and Ulster Counties.

Education Advocacy

Providing information, education and support for families of students between the ages of 6 and 21 with developmental disabilities, who have concerns about their child's education.

Employment Services

Authorized by the Social Security Administration as an Employment Network. Contracted to conduct work-readiness assessments and job placement services for NY State Department of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR), Commission for the Blind (CBVH), and Office for People With Developmental Disabiliites (OPWDD). Enhanced supported employment services and ongoing employment support provided. Vocational services available for all tenants at the Cornerstone Residence in Newburgh.

Family & Student Services

Providing an array of services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families including education advocacy, an after-school learning enrichment program for students, a Community Independence Program that offers independent living training for persons with disabilities and a Saturday activity/respite program.

Homeless Services

Providing a rental subsidy for permanent housing and case management services to individuals with disabilities who are homeless.

Long Term Care Services

Focused on the transition and diversion of individuals with disabilities, including the frail elderly, from nursing facilities to least restrictive settings (consistent with the 1999 Olmstead Ruling of the United States Supreme Court). This person-centered program works closely with individuals, family members and significant others, hospital and nursing facility discharge planners, Points of Entry, the Regional Resource Development Center, the local Department of Social Services, the Office for the Aging, CASA and Home and Community Based Services waiver programs, with the goals of providing objective information about choices and opportunities, offering transitional support and assistance, and ultimately providing people with the opportunity to remain at home if they choose to do so.

Mental Health Case Management Services

Offering a holistic, person-centered approach to faciliting connections with provider agencies and community amenities, and aimed at ensuring long-term residential stability, personal recovery, health and general well-being. Our staff members are on-site at the Cornerstone Residence at 111 Broadway in Newburgh.

Mental Health Services

Aimed at helping people with psychiatric disabilities, including those at continuing risk of homelessness to overcome stigma, connect with needed supports, build constructive relationships with peers, advocate on their own behalf, define and pursue their personal journeys to wellness, and make the transition from system dependence to independence.

Recovery Center Services

Proactive peer engagement and services for people with psychiatric diagnoses and/or chemical addiction in Dutchess, Ulster, Orange and Rockland Counties, in collaboration with PEOPLe, Inc. and the Rockland Independent Living Center. The Mid-Hudson Regional Recovery Center provides traditional peer support, educational opportunities, integrated social and recreational activities, assistance with employment and health home integration.

Service Coordination

Aimed at helping individuals with Developmental Disabilities to make connections with needed services and community supports that enable them to live with the maximum degree of independence.

Systems Advocacy

Member of the Statewide Systems Advocacy Network, a group of eighteen independent living centers throughout New York State which collaborates with other disability organizations to ensure that legislation affecting people with disabilities is introduced, passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

Transition and Diversion Services

Serving persons with psychiatric & co-occurring addictive disabilities with the goal of aiding in the prevention of hospitalization and homelessness, this program provides wrap-around support, including core independent living services. Our bridgers are on-site and on-call at local hospitals to assist individuals being discharged from the mental health units to connect with necessary supports for thier continuing journey of recovery. Our diversion specialists proactively engage individuals who have been evaluated but not hospitalized, providing intensive peer intervention during periods of crisis.

Wellness Center

Located at the Cornerstone Residence (111 Broadway in Newburgh), the Wellness Center operates Monday - Friday from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Open to the public. Offers activities each evening to promote physical and mental wellness. Popular choices include Zumba dancing, yoga, tai-chi, cooking and nutrition, a variety of fitness programs, smoking cessation, weight loss and stress management. Individuals are encouraged to take the steps necessary to achieve personal well-being through individually-tailored healing strategies that have been proven effective in helping people cope with the challenges of daily life.

Work Incentives Planning and Assistance

Offering consultative and supportive services aimed at increasing independence for recipients of SSDI and/or SSI benefits by providing information and education on available work incentives.

Promoting Choice, Self-Determination and Total Participation