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Services available to provide you support and assistance to live your best independent life.
SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND TAKE PART IN THEIR COMMUNITY. (opwdd.ny.gov)
What can OPWDD offer? Services
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is responsible for coordinating services for individuals with developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, Prader-Willi syndrome and other neurological impairments whom reside in New York. It provides services directly and through a network of approximately 500 nonprofit service providing agencies, with about 80 percent of services provided by the private nonprofits and 20 percent provided by state-run services. (OPWDD)
OPWDD Eligibility and Process Information
Family Support Services Grant Programs
-Non-Medicaid Service Coordination
-Counseling & Support Services
-Crisis Intervention
-Voucher Reimbursement
-Senior Day Programs
-Recreation
Ongoing Front Door Training Sessions for OPWDD
This training session is to introduce families and professionals to the types of supports and services available. Topics include: Eligibility, Family Support Services, Medicaid Service Coordination, Home and Community Based Waiver, Employment Services, Residential Services (including Family Care), Medicaid, SSI and Self Determination.
Click on the Front Door Training Information to get more information on its link. https://opwdd.ny.gov/get-started/information-sessions
CONTACT: Local Office
415-A Oser Avenue
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone: (631) 434-6100
Fax: (631) 434-6040
Clinics and Practitioners who can provide assistance for completion of Specialty Reports that may be needed Clinics
Long Island Developmental Disabilities Regional Office (LIDDRO) Region 5 Front Door suspended all in person Front Door training due to COVID 19. It is important for those who are interested in Office for People with Developmental (OPWDD) services to receive the information they ordinarily would at a traditional in person Information Session.
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