Mercy Home For Children

During the year ended june 30, 2024, mercy home provided residential services and support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Mercy home operates 4 intermediate care facilities (icf) which provide 24-hour staffing support, including clinical and direct support services. Residents enjoy learning skills that foster independence. They participate in recreational and cultural activities throughout brooklyn, queens and long island. Our homes have an aggregate capacity to serve a total of 48 individuals at a time. During fiscal year end 2024, the icfs provided a home to 45 individuals.

Mercy home's respite and community habilitation programs served 37 people with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. The program counselors guide the program that offers a variety of activities focused on recreation, community inclusion, therapeutic growth, and skill building. Participants visit local cafes and restaurants, museums, libraries, and parks.

Mercy home operates day habilitation, creative art and plan and giving programs supporting over two hundred individuals with intellectual disabilities. The individuals participate in art, music, drama, horticultural and yoga therapy guided by a licensed therapist. The programs are designed to help the individuals manage their emotions, socialize and gain skills that encourage independence.