Accredited by the Council on Quality and Leadership, and licensed by the New York State Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and the New York State Education Department (SED), Empower is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization which provides programming and direct services through a comprehensive system of services that includes:
Educational/Children’s Services
- Children’s Academy Special Education Preschool Program
- Children’s Academy Preschool Program for Children Without Disabilities
- Spectrum Theatre Program (for children on the autism spectrum)
- Community Pre-Vocational Services/Skills Training (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Pathways to Employment (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Employment Training Program (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Empowered to Work Job Placement (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and for people with mental health conditions)
- Center-Based Day Habilitation (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Day Habilitation Without Walls (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Empower for Elders Social Adult Day Program
- 24-Hour Certified Residential Programs (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- HUD Subsidized Apartments (for people with any type of disability)
- Community Respite (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- In-Home Respite (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Community Habilitation (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Environmental/Home Modifications (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Housing Subsidies (for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)