Small Wonders is a year-round nonprofit child care center that operates in the Perry B. Duryea state office building on Veterans Highway. It offers five programs ranging from nursery school to preschool, and children are separated by age. The kids of New York State employees are given priority placement, but the center is open to the general public. Small Wonders features both part-time and full-time programs to fit a variety of schedules, and serves breakfast and lunch as required. Payment plans are available.
Family Residences & Essential Enterprises provides services for people with developmental disabilities. This program provides an array of different programs as well as trained staff. Visit the website to browse through the comprehensive list of services.
This is the local branch of the national nonprofit United Cerebral Palsy Associations. Founded in 1949, the association provides services for individials with cerebral palsy and a multitude of other physical and developmental disease. The Suffolk branch offers aid in diagnosis, evalatuion, treatment, therapy, assistive technology, referrals, intervention, age-appropriate programming, vocational rehabilitation and more. It curently operates 30 homes for people with developmental disabilities.
The organizations gladly welcomes volunteers willing to interact with residents or help with clerical tasks. For more information, visit its Web site under "Support UCP."