Adult Career & Continuing Education Services- Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR)
44 Hawley Street
Binghamton, New York 13901
Phone: (607) 721-8400
http://www.acces.nysed.gov/vr/southern-tier-district-office
Services: Support services. ACCES-VR provides vocational counseling and rehabilitation services that result in successful employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities and their employers.
The ARC of Delaware County
34570 State Highway 10
Walton, New York 13856
Phone: (607) 865-7126
www.delarc.org
Services: The Arc of Delaware County helps children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities live personally fulfilling lives through a variety of innovative supports and services. Services include education, training, and employment; residential services, in-home training, family support, case management, service coordination, and guardianship services.
Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment, Inc. (AVRE)
174 Court Street
Binghamton, New York 13901
Phone: (607) 724-2428
www.avreus.org
Services: Support services. A.V.R.E. serves people from infants to seniors with sustained and severe vision loss. Services to Delaware County include employment services, low vision adaptive aids, vision rehabilitation therapy and low vision services.
Autism Society of the Greater Hudson Region, New York
430 Franklin Street
Schenectady, NY 12305
Phone: 518-355-2191
Website: https://asghr.org/
Services: serving the needs of the autism community in and around the capital district, including Chenango, Otsego, and Delaware Counties. First point of contact for families that are new to this area or those families just looking for local resources, and provide help for people on the autism spectrum and their families.
Broome DDSO Delaware Regional Center
15598 State Highway 8
Masonville, New York 13804
Phone: (607) 265-3322
https://www.nyconnects.ny.gov/providers/broome-ddso-delaware-regional-center-sofa-ag-374493
Services: Provides evaluations, in home visits, and individualized service plans to assist with residential placement and day program placement, as well as other information and referrals.
Cap Tel
Ultratec, Inc.
450 Science Drive
Madison, WI 55344
Phone: (800) 233-9130
www.captel.com
Services: CapTel® is short for captioned telephone. A person with hearing loss places a call in the same way as dialing a traditional phone. CapTel uses voice recognition technology to display verbatim captions of the other party's conversation on the telephone’s screen, allowing the person with hearing loss to hear and read all comments.
Catskill Center for Independence, Inc.
6104 State Hwy 23
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: (607) 432-8000
www.ccfi.us
Services: Support services. CCFI is a disability advocacy agency providing non-residential services to individuals with disabilities and their families, as well as education to businesses, government, and non-profit agencies. Services include architectural barrier removal, employment assistance, benefits information and assistance, service coordination, and more.
Carousel Services/The ARC of Delaware County
1104 Arbor Hill Road
Delhi, New York 13753
Phone: (607) 746-4240
https://delarc.org/our-programs/carousel-childrens-services/
Services: The Carousel Children's Services program provides a variety of individualized services to children, birth to age 5. Special Education Teachers and Certified Therapists work individually with each child and their family in the integrated nursery school, the child’s home, or other natural settings. Carousel Children’s Services conducts evaluations in all developmental areas. This program also provides educational advocacy for children of all ages.
Delaware County Public Health
99 Main Street
Delhi, New York 13753
Phone: (607) 832-5200
www.delawarecountypublichealth.com
Services: Offers programs for children with disabilities from birth to 21 years of age to provide financial assistance for medical care and support services, including Early Intervention Services.
Family Resource Network, Inc.
46 Oneida Street
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: (607) 432-0001
www.familyrn.org
Services: Offers the following services: Advocacy Program, Autism Conferences, Information and Referral, Service Access, Social Skills Program for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Trainings/Support Groups.
Hear Now Program
Starkey Hearing Foundation
6700 Washington Ave. S.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: (800) 328-8602
www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org
Services: Support services. Hear Now is an application-based program that provides hearing help to low-income Americans. Each person assisted is fit with new, top-of-the-line digital hearing aids that are customized to their hearing loss.
Lions Eye Care Program
Phone: (607) 727-3266 Downsville: (607)865-4734; Walton: (607) 865-4358 https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/give-our-focus-areas/vision
Services: Support services. Local Lions Clubs provide financial assistance to help purchase eye glasses for eligible individuals who have no insurance. An application must be submitted to be considered for assistance
New York Relay Service 7-1-1
Phone: 711 or (800) 421-1220
https://www.nyconnects.ny.gov/services/7-1-1-ny-relay-service-1085
Services: Support services. New York Relay Service is a statewide service that connects standard (voice) telephone users with deaf, hard-of hearing, deaf-blind, speech-disabled, or late-deafened people who use text telephones (TTYs) or voice carry-over
(VCO) phones. Just dial 7-1-1 to reach a Relay Operator. CapTel users dial the 10-digit number directly. NOTE: If the phone from which you are calling does not accept 7-1-1, just call 1-800-421-1220 for the same great results.
New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, New York 12229
Phone: (866) 946-9733
www.opwdd.ny.gov
Services: Support services. The New York State OPWDD is responsible for coordinating services for individuals with developmental disabilities, providing services directly, and through a network of partner agencies.
New York State Talking Book and Braille Library- Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza
222 Madison Ave.
Albany, New York 12230
Phone: (800) 342-3688
www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/talk_2.htm
Services: Support services. The New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) lends audio and braille books and magazines, and the necessary playback equipment, to residents of the 55 upstate counties of New York State who are unable to use standard printed materials because of a visual or physical disability.
Rehabilitation Support Services
132 Delaware Street
Walton, New York 13856
Phone: (607) 865-3158
https://www.nyconnects.ny.gov/providers/rehabilitation-support-services-inc-72
Services: RSS strives to enrich and empower the lives of individuals with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders by providing services and opportunities for meaningful emotional, social, vocational and educational growth. Through housing, employment, care coordination, treatment, socialization and wellness programs, individuals are provided with experiences that will equip them to lead productive and fulfilling lives in their communities.
Rural Health Network of South Central New York – Vision Program
2663 Main Street
Whitney Point, New York 13862
Phone: (607) 692-7669/(888) 603-5973
www.rhnscny.org
Services: Provides vouchers for eye exams and/or glasses for eligible individuals.
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 East Frederick Street
Binghamton, New York 13904
Phone: (607) 724-2111/(877) 722-9150
www.stic-cil.org
Services: Support services. STIC provides many services that are designed to promote independence for persons with disabilities. Services include Deaf Services, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance, TBI waiver program and NHTD waiver program.
Springbrook
105 Campus Drive
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: (607) 286-7171
www.springbrook.org
Services: Support services. Springbrook provides lifelong support to people of all ages with developmental disabilities, ranging from residential and day education programs at the School at Springbrook, to residential support in our Community Homes program, and other options.
Social Security Administration
31 Main Street
Oneonta, New York 13820
Phone: (877) 628-6581
www.ssa.gov
Services: Support services. Social Security pays disability benefits to an individual and certain members of the family if the individual has worked long enough and has a medical condition that has prevented work, or is expected to prevent working for at least 12 months or end in death.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pays benefits to disabled adults and children who have limited income and resources.
