Founded in 1985, Independent Living Association, Inc. (ILA) provides residential services — private home shares — for adults who are developmentally and intellectually challenged or disabled. ILA's homes can be found all over the five boroughs of New York City.
ILA is a non-profit organization and is supported by the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. ILA's mission is to provide quality care for individuals in the safest environment possible and to help them achieve the highest level of community living.
Founded in 1989, The Rose F. Kennedy Family Center is a four-storey brownstone that provides transitional housing and daycare services for pregnant women and women with young children who are homeless. The center is a part of Brooklyn Child and Family Services and funded by the Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families.
Each floor of the building accommodates four young women and their children with one room, including a kitchen and living room that they share. Although meager, the quarters have a lived-in, sunny feel, while children's toys are stacked away neatly in each corner. And despite its total 14 residents under one roof, the building is quiet and clean.
The daycare on the first floor is a part of the Early Head Start Program that serves up to 21 children-- a mix between shelter residents and children from the community.
Wyckoff Gardens is one of many New York City Housing Authority Developments in Brooklyn. Wyckoff Gardens consists of three 21-story high rise apartment buildings, parking lots and a garden. The number of residents is approximately 1,173 and the development was completed in 1966.
The Institute for Community Living is a resource center in downtown Brooklyn that offers advocacy and support services to Brooklyn caregivers of children with emotional and behavioral challenges. Available services include a full range of evaluations, medication management, group therapy and school-based mental health services.