Tag: group-homes

For the love of care: Brooklyn nonprofit group home grapples with staffing crisis

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May. 13, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann In New York’s group homes, the work is a labor of love, but for many caregivers, the love isn’t enough to make ends meet. The direct support professional (DSP) workforce — essential workers who care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) — is facing a labor…

Brooklyn group home receives $500K for upgrades from local pol

Sen. Salazar presented The New York Foundling CEO Melanie Hartzog and residents of 8 Schenck Court with a $500,000 cheque Friday

Jan. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly The New York Foundling celebrated a significant funding boost on Friday after State Senator Julia Salazar secured $500,000 to renovate a Cypress Hills group home for individuals with developmental disabilities. The half-million-dollar grant will enable extensive upgrades to the row house, including modernized safety and security systems, a…

Poor oversight put group home residents at risk during pandemic: audit

Apr. 7, 2023 By Aliya Schneider A state comptroller audit found that people in group homes during the pandemic were put “at risk” in New York City and throughout the state. The state comptroller audit, which was released Thursday, found that during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the emergency management coordination from…
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