SERVICES - ALL AGES
Services By Age
AHRC provides many services and supports to individuals of all ages and their families. These services are not age driven but are available to anyone regardless of age. That being said, certain services, for example, recreation services offered to groups may be geared to younger individuals, but other recreation groups may cater to adults.
Services offered to everyone are listed below:
ACCESS Community Health Center
ACCESS Community Health Center, formerly known as AHRC Health Care Inc., is dedicated to serving the acute and chronic health care needs of all community members. ACCESS provides a wide range of health care services including Primary Care and Specialty Care. One of their specialties is health care and dental care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
To find out more about the services provided by ACCESS Community Health Center or make an appointment go to www.accessCHC.org
Access provides health care to individuals with developmental disabilities of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Service sites located in the Bronx and Manhattan.
Article 16 Clinic
For individuals of all ages, the Article 16 clinic offers:
Evaluation and Testing
Psychological Testing makes it possible to determine the nature and extent of an individual’s developmental disability. Testing is often necessary to determine whether a person qualifies for services or for admission to a specific program.
Psychosocial Evaluations are performed in order to develop a better understanding of a person in context of his or her family and the social environment. It usually involves the professionals meeting with the individual and his or her family in order to obtain information about the individual’s development, family, medical and vocational history. This evaluation is required for determination of whether an individual qualifies for services.
Unless a borough is specified, these services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Mental Health Services
Individual, Group & Family Counseling
Individual counseling, family therapy, group counseling and marital counseling are available to individuals with developmental disabilities (children, adolescents, and adults) their caretakers, and other family members, as are a variety of support groups.
Intensive Behavioral Services
Intensive Behavioral Services is a program for individuals who live in the Bronx in non certified settings and who present with challenging behaviors which put them at risk for placement in a more restrictive setting. AHRC provides a team of psychologists who work with the individual and family to establish and carry out a behavior plan to resolve the challenging behaviors and enable the individual to remain in a least restrictive setting. Referrals to this program are made directly to the Bronx DDSO.
Bronx In-Home Behavior Management Team
Known as the “Crisis Team”, this program provides in home behavior management to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in the Bronx who live at home with their family. The team also provides access to emergency respite as well as referrals to, and/ or consultation with, various agencies, hospitals, and schools.
Unless a borough is specified, Mental Health Services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Other Therapies
Occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, nursing, nutrition and weight management counseling are available.
ADEPT – The Assessment Diagnosis Evaluaton Planning and Treatment Team
The ADEPT team consisting of a neuropsychologist, psychologist, social worker and physician provides comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluations to aging individuals with developmental disabilities for the purpose of clarifying reasons for functional decline. The team provides trainings to the community, family members and providers about the aging processes of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Queens In-Home Parenting Program
The Queens in Home Parenting programs serves parents who are intellectually and developmentally disabled. Services are provided in the home and include case management, advocacy, linkage and referral.
Available to parents with developmental disabilities in Queens.
Family Reimbursement, the Francesca Nicosia Fund
The Nicosia Family Reimbursement Fund makes the possibility of purchasing services and goods that are not funded through any other sources a reality. The goods and services have been deemed appropriate to meet the needs of the person being served
Family Reimbursement funds are limited and competitive but upon application may be available to families of individuals with developmental disabilities residing in all five boroughs.
ISS – Individual Support Services
Individual Support Services (ISS) provide financial assistance to people with developmental disabilities in locating and leasing individualized living arrangements that are alternatives to traditional group living. Residential options include home sharing, independent living, and other leasing opportunities.
CLINICAL SERVICES
Unless a borough is specified, services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Camping (Camp Anne, Isaacson Gordon Lodge)
Two summer camps – Isaacson Gordon Lodge and
Camp Anne - that offer vacation opportunities to
adults and children with developmental disabilities.
Both sites are fully wheelchair accessible and
ADA compliant.
Clinical Services
For individuals of all ages, the Article 16 clinic offers:
Evaluation and Testing
Psychological Testing makes it possible to determine the nature and extent of an individual’s developmental disability. Testing is often necessary to determine whether a person qualifies for services or for admission to a specific program.
Psychosocial Evaluations are performed in order to develop a better understanding of a person in context of his or her family and the social environment. It usually involves the professionals meeting with the individual and his or her family in order to obtain information about the individual’s development, family, medical and vocational history. This evaluation is required for determination of whether an individual qualifies for services.
Unless a borough is specified, these services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Mental Health Services
Individual, Group & Family Counseling
Individual counseling, family therapy, group counseling and marital counseling are available to individuals with developmental disabilities (children, adolescents, and adults) their caretakers, and other family members, as are a variety of support groups.
Intensive Behavioral Services
Intensive Behavioral Services is a program for individuals who live in the Bronx in non certified settings and who present with challenging behaviors which put them at risk for placement in a more restrictive setting. AHRC provides a team of psychologists who work with the individual and family to establish and carry out a behavior plan to resolve the challenging behaviors and enable the individual to remain in a least restrictive setting. Referrals to this program are made directly to the Bronx DDSO.
Bronx In-Home Behavior Management Team
Known as the “Crisis Team”, this program provides in home behavior management to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in the Bronx who live at home with their family. The team also provides access to emergency respite as well as referrals to, and/ or consultation with, various agencies, hospitals, and schools.
Unless a borough is specified, Mental Health Services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Other Therapies
Occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, nursing, nutrition and weight management counseling are available.
ADEPT – The Assessment Diagnosis Evaluaton Planning and Treatment Team
The ADEPT team consisting of a neuropsychologist, psychologist, social worker and physician provides comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluations to aging individuals with developmental disabilities for the purpose of clarifying reasons for functional decline. The team provides trainings to the community, family members and providers about the aging processes of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Queens In-Home Parenting Program
The Queens in Home Parenting programs serves parents who are intellectually and developmentally disabled. Services are provided in the home and include case management, advocacy, linkage and referral.
Available to parents with developmental disabilities in Queens.
Family Reimbursement, the Francesca Nicosia Fund
The Nicosia Family Reimbursement Fund makes the possibility of purchasing services and goods that are not funded through any other sources a reality. The goods and services have been deemed appropriate to meet the needs of the person being served
Family Reimbursement funds are limited and competitive but upon application may be available to families of individuals with developmental disabilities residing in all five boroughs.
ISS – Individual Support Services
Individual Support Services (ISS) provide financial assistance to people with developmental disabilities in locating and leasing individualized living arrangements that are alternatives to traditional group living. Residential options include home sharing, independent living, and other leasing opportunities.
CLINICAL SERVICES
Unless a borough is specified, services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Evaluation and Testing
Psychological Testing makes it possible to determine the nature and extent of an individual’s developmental disability. Testing is often necessary to determine whether a person qualifies for services or for admission to a specific program.
Psychosocial Evaluations are performed in order to develop a better understanding of a person in context of his or her family and the social environment. It usually involves the professionals meeting with the individual and his or her family in order to obtain information about the individual’s development, family, medical and vocational history. This evaluation is required for determination of whether an individual qualifies for services.
Unless a borough is specified, these services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Guardianship and Legal Services
Assistance with obtaining Guardianship for a family member with a developmental disability who is 18 years and older is available to individuals from all five boroughs, as is assistance with future care planning. Assistance with legal issues that may arise related to a family member with a developmental disability is also available on a limited basis.
Please see the attached AHRC Guardianship Brochure. Download Guardianship Brochure
Guardianship & Legal Services may be provided to individuals with developmental disabilities 18 years and older and their families from all five boroughs.
Home Health Care
AHRC Home Care Services Inc., an affiliate of AHRC New York City, can offer eligible persons with and without disabilities, home health care services which include: home health or personal care aides, nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapies, respiratory therapy and social work services.
Home Health Care is available to individuals with developmental disabilities of all ages and to individuals without disabilitie from all five boroughs. Services are provided in the home.
individualized Services and Supports
AHRC is devoted to expanding the array of individualized supports available to AHRC individuals and their families. Person Centered Planning, the cornerstone of this approach, is utilized by staff to create desirable lifestyle changes, experiences and new possibilities for the people served by AHRC throughout the organization.
Individualized service design and delivery ensures that services and supports are customized and designed around the interest and needs of the person who will be supported.
Individualized supports are created around the person rather then the program. They are defined as an array of supports, services and resources that are based on the distinctive interests and needs of the person, afford the person as much control over their supports as possible, and are adaptable as the person’s life changes.
Advancing a culture of person-centered service and individualized support at AHRC New York City is different from replicating a service model or implementing a new program. The possibilities for support are as different from one another as the circumstances of the individuals involved, the changing opportunities in a person’ communities, and the changing policies of the service system. AHRC is commited to this practice. For example:
- AHRC's Department of Individualized Supports is responsible for both creating new programs based on a vision, and working with others to change existing programs and forge the development of a community of person-centered practice.
- Using person centered design AHRC focusing on small groups who want something different.
- Some of the innovative projects that have received funding thus far are: HomeBuilders-NYC (individualized and self directed housing), Building Futures (Middle/High School curriculum and practice for transition based on person centered design and implementation), college programs at The Melissa Riggio Higher Education Program at the College of Staten Island and Kingsborough Community College (for students graduating high school with an IEP who want to go to college) and an after-school program and weekend cultural exploration, for students from Brooklyn with ASD.
Individualized Services and supports are available to individuals with developmental disabilities of all ages. Services are provided in all five boroughs in any variety of settings and locations.
For more information on these opportunities, fill out an online referral form or call our Referral and Information Center.
AHRC Referral and Information Center
83 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
212-780-4491, 4493
Medicaid Service Coordination
An MSC or Medicaid Service Coordinator helps link individuals and their families with the services and supports they want and need. In addition they provide advocacy, resources and information to help solve problems and improve quality of life. If you are looking for assistance in transferring your Medicaid Service Coordination provider, please contact us at 212-780-4491 or 93 or email referrals@ahrcnyc.org. Eligible families may choose an AHRC service coordinator who will assist them in navigating the system, write and maintain a written plan describing all services that are needed and in place, and advocate for an individual.
Medicaid Service Coordination is offered to individuals with developmental disabilities of all ages residing in all five boroughs.
Non-Medicaid Case Management Services are also available for OPWDD eligible individuals who reside in Brooklyn and do not have Medicaid.
Medicaid Waiver
Working with his or her MSC, under the Home and Community Bases Services Medicaid Waiver AHRC can provide the following services to eligible individuals:
Day Habilitation
Vocational Services
Supported Employment
Residential Habilitation
Environmental Modification
Adaptive Technology
Medicaid Waiver Services are offered to individuals with developmental disabilities of all ages residing in all five boroughs.
Mental Health Services
Individual, Group & Family Counseling
Individual counseling, family therapy, group counseling and marital counseling are available to individuals with developmental disabilities (children, adolescents, and adults) their caretakers, and other family members, as are a variety of support groups.
Intensive Behavioral Services
Intensive Behavioral Services is a program for individuals who live in the Bronx in non certified settings and who present with challenging behaviors which put them at risk for placement in a more restrictive setting. AHRC provides a team of psychologists who work with the individual and family to establish and carry out a behavior plan to resolve the challenging behaviors and enable the individual to remain in a least restrictive setting. Referrals to this program are made directly to the Bronx DDSO.
Bronx In-Home Behavior Management Team
Known as the “Crisis Team”, this program provides in home behavior management to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in the Bronx who live at home with their family. The team also provides access to emergency respite as well as referrals to, and/ or consultation with, various agencies, hospitals, and schools.
Unless a borough is specified, Mental Health Services can be provided to individuals of all ages residing in all five boroughs. Clinics located in Manhattan and the Bronx. Specified services provided in the Bronx or Queens as noted.
Recreational Services
Recreational Activitiesare available to individuals in all age groups and requiring different levels of support. These activities take place in the five boroughs of New York City on an ongoing basis and include age-appropriate recreation groups for children, participation in theater, photography, arts and crafts, and sports, as well as planned vacations to resorts and tourist attractions for adults.
Available to individuals with developmental disabilities of all ages in all five boroughs at service sites throughout the city.
AHRC SERVICES
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