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Offers a school which is designed for students with moderate to severe developmental disabilities. The instructional program, which is aligned to the New York State Standards for Students with Severe Disabilities and the New York State Common Core Learning Standards, builds confidence and capabilities of students and focuses on developing communication skills and personal independence. Research-based methodologies, such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), visual strategies, the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), augmentative communications systems, functional behavioral assessment and positive behavioral supports are utilized in this program. The Rosemary Kennedy School consists of the elementary, middle and high school classes as well as district-based classes which provide mainstreaming opportunities for students. Community-based instruction is an essential part of the curriculum and compliments traditional classroom learning. Students participate in recreational activities (libraries, bowling), life skills (grocery shopping, restaurants), volunteer work sites (Mercy Hospital, Hofstra University) and vocational enclaves in the community (fast food restaurants, retail stores). Each student is educated by an interdisciplinary team comprised of the classroom teacher, teacher aides, psychologist, social worker, related service personnel, curriculum teachers and administrators. Parents are encouraged to participate in their child's education through daily communication notebooks, conferences, visits, parent training sessions and parent support groups. Transition planning for students from ages 12 to 21 is facilitated by vocational rehabilitation counselors and social workers in coordination with students and their families prior to graduation. Call for more detailed information.

Provides a blend of day rehabilitation, supported work, and volunteer work through small group experiences in the community.

Help individuals learn what it takes to enter and stay in the workforce through a hands-on training program. Enables work crews to perform a variety of tasks at local companies with an on-site supervisor, and each person earns a paycheck.

Provides support, counseling, training, and life-skills for people with mental health and substance use needs. Services are provided at home, in the community, or through telehealth and can in addition to other behavioral health services you are already receiving. Services include: Peer Support Services, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Counseling, Family Support & Training, and Education and Job Support Services.

Provides assistance to people interested in obtaining and maintaining employment in the community. Services include career counseling and guidance, job placement, job coaching, and supported employment.

Provides rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation and support services including medication support, wellness management, integrated treatment for co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders, family education, supported employment, self help and peer support services.

Provides job placement in various community businesses with initial individualized job development with intensive job coaching and long term follow along training by a job coach.

Provides an alcohol and drug abuse rehabilitation program, a 28 day inpatient treatment program, job training, and clean and sober housing. There is a waiting list for this service.

Provides supported employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Employment support service. Includes on and off site job coaching. The Employment Connection, a division of UCP of Long Island , assists individuals with developmental disabilities and those with acquired physical disabilities to meet their career goals. Assists job seekers with employment assessment, training, job placement and job support.

Provides assistance with resume building, interview skills, job searching, and managing a disability while working. Other services include job coaches that assist with learning soft skills that include, but are not limited to finding and maintaining employment, transportation, and social conduct in the workplace.

Provides supported employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Provides employment training opportunities for adults with disabilities. Services include situational assessment, supported work, job coaching, job placement assistance, and facility based employment.

Provides intensive training and work opportunities to individuals with developmental disabilities. Both vocational employment and supported employment opportunities are available.

Offers supported employment opportunities which include job development, job coaching, person centered vocational profiles, vocational assessments, vocational planning, counseling, employment, job training, job placement, and transitional support to school age students.

Offers a school which is designed for students with moderate to severe developmental disabilities. The instructional program, which is aligned to the New York State Standards for Students with Severe Disabilities and the New York State Common Core Learning Standards, builds confidence and capabilities of students and focuses on developing communication skills and personal independence. Research-based methodologies, such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), visual strategies, the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), augmentative communications systems, functional behavioral assessment and positive behavioral supports are utilized in this program. The Rosemary Kennedy School consists of the elementary, middle and high school classes as well as district-based classes which provide mainstreaming opportunities for students. Community-based instruction is an essential part of the curriculum and compliments traditional classroom learning. Students participate in recreational activities (libraries, bowling), life skills (grocery shopping, restaurants), volunteer work sites (Mercy Hospital, Hofstra University) and vocational enclaves in the community (fast food restaurants, retail stores). Each student is educated by an interdisciplinary team comprised of the classroom teacher, teacher aides, psychologist, social worker, related service personnel, curriculum teachers and administrators. Parents are encouraged to participate in their child's education through daily communication notebooks, conferences, visits, parent training sessions and parent support groups. Transition planning for students from ages 12 to 21 is facilitated by vocational rehabilitation counselors and social workers in coordination with students and their families prior to graduation. Call for more detailed information.

Provides vocational habilitation to developmentally disabled individuals ages 16 and over who reside in Suffolk and Nassau Counties with their families, or agency-operated group homes. Provides assistance in obtaining and maintaining employment with the help of a job coach.

Provides a blend of day rehabilitation, supported work, and volunteer work through small group experiences in the community.

Provides intensive training and work opportunities to individuals with developmental disabilities. Both vocational employment and supported employment opportunities are available.

HCBS program provides pre-vocational, intensive supported employment and ongoing support employment services for adults who have behavioral health challenges. This program also includes habilitation services, family support and training empowerment, peer supports, and psycho-social rehabilitation.

Provide a program for individuals with disabilities who desire to be competitively employed. This program consists of pre-employment and post-employment services, designed to enhance an individuals success in the workplace through include resume writing, interviewing, appropriate social behavior, and learning to live with a job. In addition, the individual is supported through the initial stages of adapting to a new worksite.

Creates employment opportunities for young adults with autism and developmental disabilities residing in Town of Hempstead, with the goal of enhancing participants' lives. offers inclusive hiring and work training in a custom apparel and promotional items business where 100% of profits go directly back to the foundation's mission. Partners with the Nicholas center to provide vocational training and work readiness skills.

Provides support to individuals in order to prepare for, find and retain jobs. Specializing in working with individuals who have difficulty finding a job, individuals with disabilities and those who are receiving temporary assistance and/or food stamps. Provides support with job readiness training, placement in competitive industry, follow-up employment supports including job coaches, finding child care, transportation or assisting with appropriate clothing for work.

Engages individuals in identifying a career/vocational direction, provides instruction and training in pre-employment skills, and develops a path for achieving competitive, integrated employment.

As a provider under ACCES-VR this program provides job readiness programs, job coaching program and job development programs.