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- EIN 13-3636555
- (718) 231-7711
- 201 East Burnside Avenue The Bronx NY 10457-0000 USA
- www.uniquepeopleservices.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: AIDS, Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Health, Human Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Treatment, Residential Mental Health Treatment
Mission: To serve holistically and without judgement - those who may have been denied compassionate and considerate treatment elsewhere due to their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, developmental level health status, criminal or substance use history.
Programs: Home and community based services - operates 7 individualized residential alternatives facilities (ira), which provides supportive services to 65 developmentally disabled individuals. We also operate 3 individualized supported services (iss), which provides residential opportunities for 6 developmentally disabled individuals. These residences are located in the bronx, brooklyn and queens providing a wide range of residential and clinical services. In addition, we provide community and day habilitation without walls vocational integrated services within the community to these individuals. Through our extensive network of affiliations, additional off-site services are provided based on each individual's specific needs; these include psychiatric, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and nutrition.
community residences - operates 2 residential facilities which provides supportive services to 98 formerly homeless mentaly ill individuals and 5 supported housing programs for up to 103 formerly homeless individuals who suffer from mental illness. The residential programs are community residences -single room occupancy (cr/sro) which offer extended-stay housing to individuals who meet the criteria established by nys office of mental health. All individuals referred must have been recently homeless and suffer from a serious and persistent mental illness. The supported housing program offers housing opportuniites throughout bronx, brooklyn, manhattan and westchester to single males and females, in addition to families with children. The supported housing program provides a person-centered approach to service delivery for residents designed to develop, maintain and maximize independent functioning in their home and community.