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Dear Friends and Colleagues: I was very pleased to join nearly 700 individuals with developmental disabilities, family members, direct care professionals, advocates, and nonprofit providers as [...]

Prevention of Heat-Related Illness May 2012 Heat-related illnesses and deaths are preventable. People suffer heat-related illness when their bodies are unable to cool down properly, especially in [...]

Dear Friends: We are continuing to make significant progress in development of the People First Waiver, and I would like to share the latest information on some recent events and […]

Communications liaisons: Dixie has recorded the ‘waiver basics’ presentation, and it can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAG4YS_3IQ We will start posting this video on Facebook and [...]

Good afternoon, OPWDD has been working closely with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine the programmatic, administrative and fiscal reforms to the [...]

Dear Friends and Colleagues: OPWDD is getting a new website: www.opwdd.ny.gov. It will go live later today and throughout the weekend. Since last fall, we have been redesigning our website […]

Dear Friends and Colleagues: Today, approximately 3,500 individuals with developmental disabilities over the age of 60 are receiving services from OPWDD in their homes and in the community. As [...]

Dear Friends and Colleagues: A priority of OPWDD is proviing assistance to individuals with developmental disabilities who are interested in planning and managing their own supports. Two programs [...]

Dear Friends and Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that as part of our ongoing commitment to keeping the public engaged in the development of our many reform initiatives, we […]

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless gas known as the “silent killer.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is the leading cause of accidental poisoning […]