Saint Dominic's Home Administration Building Blauvelt, New York

In November 1878, Sister Mary Ann Sammon and a few Dominican Sisters transported nine little girls under their care, to a residence far north of the city in Blauvelt, Rockland County. They had been living in the poverty and overcrowded conditions of New York City.

The Saint Dominic Stained Glass Window, in the Chapel

More than one hundred and twenty five years after these first children arrived at the Home, the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, NY, continue Mother Mary Ann's legacy by bringing their talents, strengths and compassion to the service of thousands of children in need... teaching them, sheltering them and nurturing them.

Today, Mother Mary Sammon's legacy of dedication to the care of children continues through the partnership of more than 800 dedicated staff members. Saint Dominic's hosts more than 40 programs including foster boarding homes, adoption, adolescent residential programs,

Saint Dominic raising a dead child to life. Artist: Grellet

special needs education, pre-k education, community based services, and residences for adults with mental illness or developmental disabilities. A Catholic agency, Saint Dominic's cares for individuals in need in various locations throughout the New York metropolitan area, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.

Annually, more than 2,000 children, adolescents, adults and their families are served through the programs of Saint Dominic's. Each program is professional, yet personal, and all are approved by one or more accrediting agencies: The Department of Education, New York State; Office of Children and Family Services, New York State, New York City, Rockland County; The Department of Mental Health, New York State; and The Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, New York State.

Saint Dominic's Home is a ministry of the Sisters of Saint Dominic, Blauvelt, New York.

Saint Dominic's Home is administered by Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York and affiliated with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York.

The Chapel, Administration Building

Certified by

• New York State Department of Social Service
• New York State Department of Mental Health
• New York State Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
• New York State Education Department
• New York State Department of Health

Approved for training by

• Accredited Schools for Social Work: Hunter College
• Dominican College
• Lehman College
• St. Thomas Aquinas College

Professional Memberships

• ACLAIMH-Association of Community Living Agencies in Mental Health
• Child Welfare League of America
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Familya
• Interagency Council of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities, Inc.
• National Catholic Development Conference
• National Catholic Education Association
• National Conference of Catholic Charities
• New York State Association of Community and Residential Administrators
• New York State Council of Family and Child Care Agencies
• Rockland Center for the Arts:

The religious beliefs of children in placement are safeguarded by the enrollment in religious education programs and by the attendance of religious services of each child's particular religious persuasion. Saint Dominic's home believes that all children have a right to parental care. In cases where the biological parents are unable to assume the general and psychological care of the child, we are strongly supportive of secondary parenting through well-planned adoption.