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Richmond Community Services include:
Residential Lifestyle Services
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) Program/Main Site
For those with complex medical and developmental needs. This facility
offers:
- At home in the community, living with a "family of friends";
- Person centered, individualized planning by our multidisciplinary
team to maximize choice, meet special needs, promote well-rounded development
and enhance quality of life;
- Educational or adult day program in the community (comparable on-site
program for those individuals with complex medical needs);
- Special attention to individual's technology and equipment needs;
- Access to area's foremost medical and clinical facilities, including
many on-site clinics;
- Participation in many community activities that all young people enjoy (dinner out at local restaurants, circus, concerts, overnight camping, movies, adapted skiing, swimming, dances, sports events, shopping and much more.
Group Homes - ICF (Intermediate
Care Facility) and NYCARES
Our Community-Based Group Homes - For individuals with developmental needs,
who benefit from help, support, and supervision. Located in communities
throughout Westchester County, these homes provide an emphasis on participation
in many community activities for all young people to enjoy, while still
meeting their educational and vocational program needs, as well as employment
opportunities. All of this is offered with person-centered, individual
planning by a multidisciplinary team in order to maximize choice, meet
individual needs and enhance each person's quality of life.
For more information about residential alternatives, contact us at 914-471-4100.
Richmond Guest Respite Services - "Care Away From Home"
Individuals with developmental disabilities use our respite accommodations during periods of time when family members are unavailable. These situations may include time for medical issues, attending family events, work commitments and time for other family needs. We accommodate overnight stays (planned or emergency) for these family members who reside in Westchester County or the Bronx. Our guests are included with a group of people like themselves and are provided with a personal plan of care and supportive environments, including nursing and recreation.
Contact us at 914-968-1900 or respite@richmondgroup.org for more information about funding and reservations. There is funding through Medicaid for those eligible for the Medicaid Waiver Program and for others, there are entitlement programs or endowments, when available. We will be happy to give a tour of our facility to families while we explain our respite service.
We provide unique day programs for individuals with developmental disabilities who are 21 and older. The sites, located in Yonkers and Elmsford, New York, serve those with physical, cognitive and, in some cases, medical needs.
The community-based programs have an emphasis on helping our program participants "give back" to the community through volunteer jobs. Participants also enjoy a vast recreational program that includes swimming at local YWCAs, movies, museums, restaurants, and various points of interest.
Because of the complex physical needs of many of the program participants, individual physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy is offered. The therapists also work with the program staff in designing an individual program that will maximize each participant's potential. Many of the participants have limited mobility and yet are able to assist with cooking lunch, doing laundry, making copies for the program, and various other tasks using technology and adaptive switches. The ability to accomplish things in their environment increases their independence, as well as their self-esteem.
For more information about this unique adult day program in Yonkers or Elmsford, contact us at 914-423-3852.
M.O.V.E.- Mobility Opportunities Via Education
Move is a program that is designed to provide individuals with severe disabilities with an opportunity to experience and develop sitting, standing and walking abilities (with and without the use of specially adapted therapeutic equipment) through intensive therapy and training. By facilitating basic daily living skills, the program provides a decrease in the burden of care, builds personal dignity and brings new opportunities for fuller participation and involvement in life and integration and inclusion in the wider community.
The program includes:
- Using education to acquire motor skills
- Combining education and therapy
- Measuring increments of improvement in functional motor skills
- Providing individual plans to meet individual needs
- Providing basic motor skills needed for development of other skills
- Providing equipment that supports the program across a whole range
of settings to:
increase a person’s dignity and individual rights
improving bone and joint health
increasing self-care skills
increasing recreation opportunities
For further information about this program, contact us at 914-968-1900
and ask for the administrator of the MOVE Program.
"Partners/Socios" - Medicaid Service Coordination
This bi-lingual service provides a "Partnership" between the
family and the service coordinator. Richmond Service Coordinators work
with the individual and his/her family to identify needs, develop a
plan and obtain quality services for those eligible.
Individuals with developmental challenges who are residents of Westchester County are eligible. Payment sources include Medicaid, Home and Community-Based Waiver Program, NYS funds for those without Medicaid and limited endowments when available.
Service Coordinators :
programs/VESID
environmental modifications
The program offers:
For more information, contact us at 914-968-1900.