The Center for Family Support would like to congratulate Scott Briones and Nikole Cedeno! Scott has been a member of the Long Island CFS family for the past nine years. He receives both Community Habilitation and Medicaid Service Coordination services. This past month, Scott celebrated his love for his longtime girlfriend in a huge engagement
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CFS Athlestes Win Medals in Special Olympics Bowling
Congratulations to the Center for Family Support Nathan Court Group Home athletes Peter Gatto, Hakiem Griffith, Paul Josewitch, and Darren Wobser. On February 3rd, 2018 they completed in the area 6 bowling Special Olympics Bowling at Ocean Lanes in Lakewood, New Jersey. Peter Gatto and Darren Wobser both brought home gold medals; Paul Josewitch won
Read moreGeraldine Hochstein – Celebrating an Anniversary
Geraldine Hochstein receives the service of Medicaid Coordination in Long Island, New York. In July 2016, she went through the Personal Outcome Measures process and identified some focus areas to work towards with her support team. During the interview, Geraldine was able to express some of her wants and desires for different areas of her
Read moreHow to Encourage Independence for Those with Intellectual Disabilities
For family members and caregivers, caring for someone with an intellectual disability is rewarding, but sometimes challenging. For some, daily tasks take up so much of the available time that there aren’t enough hours in the day to teach skills that lead to greater independence. Others struggle with letting go and worry their loved one
Read moreAmazonSmile Triples Donation Rate on Eligible March Purchases
CFSNY was very pleased when we received the following in an email from AmazonSmile notifying us of this promotion which they are running for part of March: Dear Charity Administrator, We are excited to tell you about a new AmazonSmile promotion that will launch soon. Amazon is tripling the donation amount to 1.5% when customers
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