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the children’s learning center
The Children’s Learning Center has a strong commitment to serving the entire family – mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents. Family meetings, tours, special events, and social work services are available and designed to support the family network.

medical, therapeutic, and rehabilitation services
The Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County is among the health systems challenged to maintain preventive and curative services, especially for people living with disabilities and those with chronic conditions.

adult day programs
Exciting and innovative programs which offer adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to find achievement and satisfaction on a very personal level by providing opportunities for them to develop life skills and abilities.

residential life services
This program operates a variety of living options including Intermediate Care Facilities, Individualized Residential Alternatives and Independent Living Environments with a wide array of support services.

community habilitation
Supports include adaptive skill development, assistance with activities of daily living (hands-on), community inclusion and relationship building, and more.

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news
Former Site of the Willowbrook State School Now Designated a Center for Learning – Jose Rivera from CP Nassau Instrumental
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 was a special day at the former Willowbrook site in Staten Island, NY. Many gathered in celebration of Governor Kathy Hochul's $75 million plan to invest in OPWDD's Institute for Basic Research. The plan will also memorialize Willowbrook...
A Great Hair Day at CP Nassau
On Friday, January 31, barbers from the Barber and Beauty Institute (based in Hempstead) including some students from Roosevelt High School who are participants in the Barber Apprenticeship Program at their school, came to the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau and...
CP Nassau was very happy to host a visit with Legislator Debra Mulé and her terrific team.
Legislator Debra Mule come to CP Nassau for a visit and tour this January. We truly appreciated the opportunity to talk about our challenges as well as our accomplishments! Participants in our Adult Program, many of them members of the Self-Advocacy group, were...

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The FY 2025 state budget includes a 2.84% cost-of-living-adjustment, with a stipulation that agencies use some of those funds to provide a 1.7% wage increase to most staff.
This is a far cry from the 3.2% COLA and $4,000 wage increase the disability services sector needs and strongly advocated for.
A 3.2% COLA would have allowed nonprofit providers to keep up with the rising costs of food, gas, and other essentials without cutting services and programs – it also would have helped providers maintain salary levels with the cost of inflation. The separate wage investment we sought would have addressed the workforce crisis affecting the field, and brought nonprofit pay rates a little closer to their state-operated counterparts. It would have gotten us on the path to providing a living wage as we did before the cuts to disability providers began in the Cuomo Administration.
Both of these things would have directly benefited New Yorkers with disabilities.
Tell your representatives that this is not acceptable and they need to step up for people with disabilities!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!