Opportunities: Minutes as well as Hand Outs Distributed at meeting: Manhattan Transition Committee Minutes January 2015
AHRC, NYC:
(AKA: AHRC)
See Attached Vacancy List
Association For MetroArea Autistic Children:
(AKA: AMAC)
Openings are available in Day Habilitation With Walls for those diagnosed with Autism, transportation is provided to and from program for individuals that reside in the Bronx and Manhattan
AMAC has openings in their traditional 2 week sleep away program and one doesn’t need to be Waiver enrolled or need to be OPWDD eligible. Campers need to be 8 years or older, ambulatory, and toilet trained.
General Human Outreach:
(AKA: GHO)
Openings are available in Long Island City and Manhattan for Day Habilitation With Walls
and Day Habilitation Without Walls
Human First Inc.:
17 Day Habilitation Openings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens
The Day Habilitation openings in Manhattan, is a traditional Day Hab Program With Walls
The Day Habilitation program in Brooklyn and Queens is Without Walls but there is a site that the individuals “meet’ at every day
Life Adjustment Center:
(AKA: LAC)
Openings are in our Day Habilitation Programs W/Walls in the following locations:
Northern Harlem: for those with Moderate to Severe MR
Lower East Side: for those with Moderate to Mild MR
Brooklyn: for those diagnosed with Autism or along the spectrum
All of LAC’s Day Programs take those who aren’t ready for work.
We focus primarily on Adaptive Daily Livings Skills, Self Help Skills, and Socialization Skills. Basic Functional Academics are also taught to the individuals that we serve. Our individuals go out into the Community on a consistent basis via Community Inclusion such as: walks or bus trips. We offer transportation to and from all programs
YAI
Has Supportive Employment Openings and one must be referred through Access V-R. However, one doesn’t need to be referred through Access V-R if one is already workin
Pathways to Employment:
New York Foundling has started a new program called Pathways to Employment. Pathways to Employment had been started as a way to get the individuals that we serve exposed to work environments. This is different from other employment opportunities such as: SEMP because it allows for a” period of discovery” by providing individuals with different internships. Employment is time limited, to that of 278 hours within a 12 month period. Internships through Pathways to Employment are more intensive individualized job focused programs than Pre Voc. New York Foundling’s Pathways to Employment, has opportunities in: Staten Island, Bronx and Rockland County. This program provides training which includes 20 workshops. Work hours vary according to individuals because an individual can combine work hours with other OPWDD services such as: Day Habilitation. Once one has finished his or her hours then, one would go directly into Supportive Work Employment
(AKA: SEMP). Once one has finished his or her hours with Pathways to Employment and it is interested in continuing into SESMP, ii is not necessary for one to go through Access V-R. However, since Pathways to Employment is a discovery process of internships, when finished, one wouldn’t necessarily transition directly into full time work
Employment Training Program:
(AKA: ETP)
Employment Training Program differs from Pathways to Employment because ETP is a paid internship while students are in school or once they have graduated. If an individual is involved with ETP while in school, it is up to the Department of Education to find a job for the individual. However, if one is involved with ETP once he or she has graduated, then, it is the responsibility of the agency servicing the individual to find him or her work.
Graduates:
There are still a handful of graduates who have not yet been deemed eligible for OPWDD Services or have not yet secured MSC services.
See you all on February 11th, 2015 @: AHRC, 11th Fl. We will being at approximately 9:30