City Access New York

Respite programs - brooklyn and staten island respite programs are for 14-21 year olds during school holidays and 5-10 days in the summer. The participants go to various venues throughout the area. Cany also has a program for over 21 year olds that meet one to two weekend days per month. Cany also has four (4) site-based respites per year.

Various private foundation grants and new york state commission for the blind (nyscb) - supports the career discovery project (cdp), a multi-year project designed to annually provide appropriately supported, extended internship opportunities for the blind or low vision high school students. Cdp will be administered by cany in collaboration with nyscb, the metropolitan museum of art, the queens museum of art, and the new york hall of science.

For individuals who are able to secure a job, there is supported employment. Limited job coaching through supported employment provides the support and services for that individual to further hone their work skills. At this level the role of the job coach is to be the bridgebetween the employee and employer. All of the programs are opwdd sponsored and a person must be eligile for hcbs waiver services in order to participate.community habilitation program carefully pairs each participant with a mentor to ensure that the goals, set by participants and parents, are met. Participants can learn how to plan an outing, safely travel and explore their community, work on money skills and much more, all while building a lasting relationship with their mentor. This is a wonderful opportunity to establish appropriate adl and socialization skills toparticipate in fun filled activities.