Abbott House

Schedule o - services for people with developmental disabilities (spdd)abbott House provides services to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. We have 16 residential programs (16 individualized residential alternatives). Our homes are located throughout westchester and rockland counties as well as the bronx. Our homes provide a caring and safe home-like atmosphere with round-the-clock supervision from highly trained and dedicated staff.abbott House operates three community-based day habilitation programs. The focus is for every individual to be a meaningful member of our community. We volunteer at local fire departments, animal shelters, and deliver meals on wheels. Our day programs are designed to offer an array of exciting, diverse opportunities encompassing health, well-being, recreational, and social activities.in 2023:-154 individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities were provided with 24/7 care by staff in our residential homes, and/or received support services from our day habilitation programs.

Schedule o - transitional resources for children (trc)abbott House welcomes children entering the united states from other countries without an adult guardian. We provide two transitional resource for children (trc) programs to support these children. The first is short-term care and support while a family member or sponsor is identified. During their stay, children receive room and board, case management, counseling, medical and educational services. This is called our shelter program. The second program is to support younger children with transitional foster care and adoption when a family member or sponsor is not available. Bi-lingual foster families are recruited, trained, and supported. This is called our transitional foster care program. Abbott House recognizes that unaccompanied children are uniquely vulnerable and have experienced traumatic displacements, and we have established linkages for support services and education. Our agency is highly qualified to serve children with special needs, such as those with mental health issues, trauma, behavioral disorders, and developmental disabilities.in 2023:-a total of 408 children were admitted into the trc shelter program, a 27% increase from 2022.-a total of 343 children were cared for by our trc transitional foster care program, a 68% increase from 2022.

Schedule o - family foster care/ therapeutic family foster care (ffc / tffc)abbott House provides a myriad of services tailored to improving the lives of children and families throughout hudson valley and new york city. In our family foster care programs, we work with children from birth to 21 years of age and young adults up to age 26. Our children and young adults present a range of behavioral and emotional challenges that are the by-product of their traumatic experiences. The objective of all our programs and services is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children in our care and to assist each child and family to achieve timely permanency. Our data shows that a significant majority of our children return to their natural families. For children who are unable to return home, Abbott House has a successful history of connecting children with relatives via legal guardianship or legal custody, or with forever families via adoption. Over the last decade, more than 500 Abbott House children have been adopted, mostly by the foster parents who became their children's forever families. Abbott House recruits, trains, and supports courageous families to open their homes and hearts to Abbott House children and adolescents. For children and teens who need additional support or who have not yet been matched with a foster family, residential care in a group home setting serves as a safe and nurturing atmosphere as they continue their individual journeys toward permanency. One community residence provides services for children with seriously emotionally disability. Young adults up to age 26, are provided with education, career, housing, and employment support through our preparing youth for adulthood program and or team (together each achieve more)/fair futures program. In 2023:-336 children and adolescents had a safe, comfortable place to live through family foster care or therapeutic foster care. -143 children and teens in the bronx were supported through the fair futures program.

Abbott House also provides additional residential programs for children and adolescents in foster care and unaccompanied migrant children seeking asylum. Adolescents awaiting adjudication receive residential and structured support services through our non-secure detention program, and preventive and support programs to keep families together. With in-home counseling, trauma informed interventions, advocacy, and referrals, 100% of permanent placements were preserved through our permanency resource center program. Abbott House additionally operates an article 31 mental health clinic, article 29i medical clinic, and supports public school families in the bronx, ny.