Programs & Services

Mary Cariola Children’s Center provides special education, clinical, family support and direct care residential services to individuals from birth to 21 years of age in Day and Community Services Programs.  The Day Program consists of two groups:  Preschool (birth to five years of age) and School-Age (five to 21 years of age.)  The Community Services Department is also two separate entities:  Medicaid Service Coordination serving children and families in the community, and Residential Services that operates five group homes for children and youth in Monroe County.

Both the Day Program and Community Service Program are supported by an Adaptive Equipment Workshop that designs and constructs specialized therapeutic equipment and environmental adaptations to support classroom instruction and residential experiences of more than 600 students to help them develop their maximum potential.

 

MISSION
Mary Cariola Children's Center provides the highest quality individualized services for children with developmental delays and especially for those with complex or multiple disabilities. The Center is dedicated to excellence in family-centered educational, residential, therapeutic and community support services and to developing program initiatives for emerging populations of children with special needs.

 

Mary Cariola is a private, non-profit agncy and is regarded as a leaer in providing eduction, residential programs and other services for children with disabilities. The Center was the first in the nation to have a sensory room for children and opened the sate's first group home for children with significant behavior management needs.

AGENCY INFORMATION
Budget: $21,681,503 (2006-2007)
Number of Staff: 585
Full-time: 468
Part-time: 117

 

 

DAY PROGRAM
Number of Students Served: 558
Number of Center-Based Classrooms: 55
Number of School Districts Referring Students: 50
Number of Counties Served: 10

*Preschool - 11 * School Age - 44

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE – RESIDENTIAL & MEDICAID SERVICE COORDINATION PROGRAMS

The Residential Program provides full-time care in a family setting to small groups of children with multiple disabilities and behavior management needs. The program's five residential facilities located throughout the county serve a total of 38 children with six to nine children in each home.

Medicaid Service Coordination provides outreach to children with disabilities in the community and their families. Medicaid Service Coordinators work with these children and their families to identify and secure services from community resources to assist the child and their family.

Medicaid is the primary funding source for both programs through the

 

Number & Location of Residences
• Residence I: 2575 Browncroft Blvd (Penfield) – opened in 1979 houses 8 residents
• Residence II: 2245 English Rd. (Greece) – opened in 1981 houses 9 residents
• Residence III: 6239 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd. (Fairport) – opened in 1984 houses 9 residents
• Residence IV: 549 Rush-Scottsville Rd. (Rush) – opened in 1991 houses 6 residents
• Residence V: 700 Bailey Rd. (West Henrietta) – opened in 2005 houses 6 residents

 

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