Ability Partners Board of Directors has selected Darrell Whitbeck, current Chief Operating Officer (COO), as the next President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ability Partners Agencies. Darrell began working for Happiness House in February of 2003 as an Occupational Therapist. Due to Darrell’s hard work, intelligence and...
Your Guide to the 2022 CP State Annual Conference! View the conference brochure below for a complete list of sessions and events! A few other conference items we wanted to be sure you were aware of: We have scheduled down time – We understand it’s hectic rushing from...
On Wednesday, Governor Hochul announced the official launch of the Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus program. Enacted in the Fiscal Year 2023 New York State Budget, the program includes $1.3 billion for recruitment and retention bonuses for health care and mental hygiene workers. Bonuses...
CP State and its partners in New York Disability Advocates are calling attention to the pay disparity between state-operated and non-profit provider agencies. We're also encouraging Gov. Kathy Hochul to to establish a new Direct Support Wage Enhancement for direct care staff in her 2023...
Preferred Source Modernization Bill passed Senate and Assembly Unanimously Organizations representing New Yorkers with developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities, including those who are blind, sent a letter (below) to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to sign S.7578C/A.8549C, also known as the Preferred Source Modernization Bill. The bill unanimously passed...
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New York City Ballet (NYCB) artists will conduct a dance a workshop for children with disabilities on Saturday, July 16, from at 11 a.m. at the SPAC School for the Arts. This one-hour workshop will be co-led by a pair of NYCB Dancers and will include a...
New Yorkers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) often experience stigma, discrimination, and receive inferior quality service when seeking healthcare. Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State (CP State), in consultation with its 24 Affiliates throughout the state, has developed recommendations to prioritize health equity for...
CP State monitors hundreds of bills every year, some of which we support and advocate for, some of which we oppose and advocate against, and others we simply watch. This year we were very successful in getting our priority bills passed by both Houses...
School age students at Upstate Cerebral Palsy’s Tradewinds Education Center in Utica, Rome, and Chadwicks celebrated its annual prom on Friday, June 10, 2022. More than 75 students celebrated on the Armory campus in Utica. Tradewinds students 18 years of age and older look forward to...