Founded in 1963, abbott house is a nonprofit organization serving foster children, children awaiting family reunification, youth with mental health issues, and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. We are committed to preserving family life through early intervention, quality care, advocacy, and after-care services. Abbott house is 620 dedicated professionals, 183 foster and adoptive parents, and 75 volunteers, all focused on the singular mission of serving individuals and families entrusted to its care. Abbott house is a community-based human services agency with programs throughout the lower hudson valley and new york city.

Adoption , Children & Youth , Foster Care , Group Homes , Human Services , Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Schedule o - services for people with developmental disabilities (spdd)services for people with developmental disabilities (spdd)abbott house provides multiple services for adults with developmental disabilities including residential living, medicaid service coordination, self-advocacy skills, and community integration. Our program focuses on providing safe and encouraging environments, opportunities, and the support needed to live fulfilling and independent lives. Abbott house believes each of the developmentally disabled adults we serve has their own unique talents, abilities, goals and dreams. We are their partners to help them make choices, enhance daily and independent living skills, establish community connections through employment, volunteer work, and participate in recreational activities that will help them achieve these personal objectives. Many of the adults in our program have been with abbott house for most of their lives, and as their parents continue to age, our care provides peace of mind that their adult children are safe and well taken care of. Abbott house provides services to over 100 intellectually or disabled adults throughout westchester, rockland and the bronx. We offer 15 residential programs where the adults live semi-independently in small groups with 24-hour guidance from specially trained staff. They have a place to call home and receive the support they need 24/7. Abbott house has 1 intermediate care facility (icf) to meet the needs of developmentally disabled adults who are medically frail and are in need of on-site clinical services. For those developmentally disabled adults able to remain at home with their family, we offer 2 community-based day habilitation programs which also include supportive employment services, pathways to employment, prevocational training services, medicaid service coordination (msc), special olympics participation, a self-advocacy program, a kiwanis club, and we participate in various other community activities. 2017 outcomes:-103 individuals had a safe and supervised home to live and grow in-93 individuals received medicaid service coordination-39 individuals participated in abbott house's day habilitation program-26 individuals volunteered in their community schedule o - regular & treatment family foster care programsfoster care and treatment family foster carethe abbott house family foster care (ffc) and treatment family foster care (tffc) programs provide children who have experienced trauma from neglect, physical or emotional abuse, or abandonment with a safe, nurturing, temporary home to begin to heal and build resiliency. Combined with the trauma of being removed from their home, these children often have long-lasting therapeutic needs. Abbott house's families are licensed foster parents who have been uniquely trained to help children begin to heal, build resiliency and a path towards a better future. The primary goal of these programs is to safely reunite the children with their families whenever possible. Through support services provided to birth parents including parenting skill training, substance abuse counseling and other services, abbott house is able to successfully reunite many families over time. When reunification is not possible, we strive to find a family member who is willing and able to provide a permanent home through kinship placement, or a loving family to adopt. Whether the child is placed in a foster, kinship, or adoptive family, abbott house is there to partner with the family and provide the services and resources required to meet the unique needs of every child. These services and resources include case management, medical and mental health care, educational support, behavioral support, strength and life skills, and social integration and community engagement. Abbott house recognizes that providing strong therapeutic foster care is the best way to prevent residential placement and/or psychiatric hospitalization for children. 2