City Access New York

Programs: Day habilitation without walls (opwdd)day habilitation served 76 individuals with developmental disabilities five days per week, throughout the year, in our sports and fitness day habilitation without walls program. Sports and fitness promotes physical fitness and health, creates ongoing opportunities for community involvement and develops social and prevocational skills. Sports and fitness encourages community-based activities in integrated sports, prevocational, social and educational settings. It does this as it maximizes community access, widens social horizons, builds skills and allows participants to explore nycs wealth of cultural resources. Total units provided for the year ended june 30, 2017 was 14,899.

respite programs (opwdd)respite programs (opwdd) holiday provided hours of school holiday respite during the winter, mid-winter and spring recesses school year, for d75 students with developmental disabilities ages 14-21 and d75 aspberger students, ages 14-19. A total of 28 students were serviced, 16 from brooklyn and 12 from staten island. The two five-day holidays occur in february and april; placed a state licensed speech therapist with students during outings, to reinforce real-world communication skills. Contact hours were 8:30am-4:30pm each business day. Respite summer provided hours of summer camp respite during august recess each school year, for 15 d75 students with developmental disabilities ages 14-21. Contact hours are 8:30am - 4:30pm each business day. Respite weekend provided approximately 1,831 hours of weekend respite throughout the year for 100 d75 students with developmental disabilities ages 14-21. Contact hours are 8:30am - 4:30pm each business day.

lavelle fund for the blinda lavelle fund for the blind grant supports the career discovery project (cdp), a multi-year project designed to annually provide appropriately supported, extended internship opportunities for blind or low vision high school students. Cdp will be administered by cany in collaboration with commission for the blind and visually handicapped (cbvh), and with the metropolitan museum of art, the queens museum of art, and the new york hall of science. Cdp participants will: 1) develop core vocational skills as they explore new and motivating work options that are beyond their comprehension; 2) extend independent travel skills through cbvh-led travel training to internship sites; and 3) expand their social horizons through sustained involvement in new community settings.