Sinergia, Inc. has been in existence for over three decades. We are a multi-service agency providing services to persons with disabilities and their families, most of whom live in New York City's most challenged communities. Your tax-deductible support will help to extend our mission and sustain the work being done by this organization. Please join us in our work. Any amount will be gratefully appreciated.
We Are Parents Too (Parenting Education / Support Program)
We Are Parents Too (WAPT) is a program offering education, support, and intensive case management to parents with intellectual/developmental disabilities in preserving and strengthening their relationships with their children. This service is provided in English/Spanish.
Three main components:
Sinergia also operates two innovative Housing Advocacy Programs funded by the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), and the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). We provide services such as housing advocacy to low-income families who have members that are developmentally disabled.
For further information, please call our Intake Department at 212-643-2840, ext. 336.
Respite services are provided in-home or in a respite apartment, offering care for children or adults with developmental disabilities when their families are temporarily unable to care for them or when family caretakers simply need a break.
Day, overnight and weekend respite services are available for families residing in Manhattan and the Bronx with children or adults with developmental disabilities.
Individuals will be cared for at a freestanding site to allow families some rest time, to take care of personal issues, or in an emergency.
Caminos offers Pathway to Employment services to develop customized employment with support,
Day Habilitation and the supplemental Up Living Program engages individuals with developmental disabilities in a comprehensive day program that develops their educational, social, recreational and vocational skills.
The Autism Initiative Project is funded by a grant from the New York City Council under its Autism Initiative. This project supplements the work of Sinergia’s Metropolitan Parent Center by bringing increased awareness to New York City residents, particularly to the communities with large Spanish speaking populations, about the growing population of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.