UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF QUEENS

Operates Day Habilitation programs at Bellerose and Jamaica Centers that promote independent community living skills through activities such as volunteering, travel training, money management, and safety. Programs include creative and recreational activities like photography, horticulture, culinary arts, and sensory awareness, with participant work exhibited publicly and performances in musical reviews.

Offers Geriatric Day Services through the Community Connections Center, providing recreation, leisure, health education, and advocacy programming for seniors with developmental disabilities. Includes on-site activities such as art, music, cooking, games, photography, and retirement planning, as well as community outings to sports events, museums, and local senior centers with staff support.

Provides financial reimbursement to families caring for a member with a developmental disability, covering expenses such as recreational activities, respite care, non-covered medical supplies, and adaptive equipment.

Operates six Intermediate Care Facilities and three Individual Residential Alternatives (IRAs) providing 24-hour staffed residential support for 78 adults with developmental disabilities. Facilities include adaptive technology for individuals with severe physical limitations, individualized treatment plans, and support for participation in daytime programs. Includes the Robert T. Groh Residence and the Daniel Wieder Campus.

Operates an Article 16-certified clinic at its Jamaica Center location providing psychological testing, mental status evaluation, psycho-sexual assessment, vocational evaluation, and social work assessments. Also offers non-Medicaid clinical evaluations for OPWDD eligibility and non-Medicaid case management to assist with Medicaid applications.

Hosts annual community events including the Footsteps for Progress 5K Color Bash and the "A Night on Broadway" Annual Gala to promote awareness, engagement, and fundraising.

Provides educational and treatment services to children from early childhood through age 21, including a preschool program for children aged 3–5 with disabilities that offers speech, occupational, and physical therapy, counseling, and nursing services. Operates a free Pre-K for All program for four-year-olds and a free 3-K program for three-year-olds in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education.

Accepts donations of furniture, household items, and appliances on an as-needed basis.

Provides training in personal grooming, hygiene, meal preparation, laundry, household management, budgeting, grocery shopping, cooking nutritious meals, stress reduction, and communication skills to increase independence at home and in the community.

Provides supported employment placements for nearly 200 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in integrated community work settings. Offers career training through the CareerPrep program, including job application assistance, interview preparation, work attire guidance, safe travel training, social and communication skills development, and financial literacy.

Offers volunteer opportunities for individuals to support operations in its office, at events, and within programs.

Constructed and expanded key facilities including the first dedicated facility at 82-25 164th Street (1958), expanded in 1966 for vocational services; built the Natalie Katz Rogers Training and Treatment Center (1974); opened the Robert T. Groh Residence (1979); and launched the Daniel Wieder Campus (1989) with Day Habilitation and Intermediate Care Facilities.