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Contact information
website
www.stdominicshome.org
Telephone
845.359.3400
Mailing address
Saint Dominic's Home
500 Western Highway
Blauvelt, NY 10913 |
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_Saint Dominic’s Home At A Glance |
- 132-year-old $50 million nonprofit social welfare Catholic agency headquartered in Blauvelt, N.Y.
- Founded in 1878 by Mother Mary Ann Sammon and the Dominican Sisters as a home (orphanage) for abandoned children in New York City. (No longer operates a home)
- Executive Director Judith D. Kydon
- 800-plus employees – one of the largest employers in Rockland County and the Bronx
- Provide services and programs to more than 2,300 individuals, many of whom are children, and families of all backgrounds regardless of race, religion or ethnicity
- Operates programs and services in the Bronx, Rockland County and Orange County
- Among the 40 programs that Saint Dominic’s Home provides:
- Family Foster Care
- Adoption
- Special Needs Education (K-8 “853 School” in Rockland serving 78 students)
- Therapeutic Preschool TORCH (To Reach Children) in the Bronx serving 43 students
- Community Based Services (children abuse and neglect prevention)
- Community residences for adults with mental illness
- Community residences for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities
- Day habilitation for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities
- Saint Dominic’s Home programs and services are funded by and are approved by one or more accrediting agencies:
- New York City Department of Education
- New York City Administration for Children’s Services
- New York City Department of Health
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- New York State Department of Education
- New York State Office of Children and Family Services
- New York State Department of Mental Health
- New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
- New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services
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Saint Dominic's Home Statistics
Total number
of people served
Family Foster Care
645
Developmental Disabilities
145
Community Based Services
1,307
Mental Health
90
853 School
78
TORCH
43
Statistics (Children & Youth 0-21 years)
Children adopted:
33
Children reunited with family:
118
Children and teens in foster care:
645
Children and teens in
therapeutic foster care:
38
Children participating in
After School Program:
16
Children and teens with mental illness and receiving prevention services in their homes:
622
Participating in our
gang prevention program:
75
Independent living:
116
Children with
developmental disabilities:
36
Statistics (Adults 20+)
In developmental
disabilities programs:
109
In mental health programs:
66
In prevention programs:
246
Statistics (Special Needs)
Bilingual, therapeutic Pre-school: 54
Special Education School:
l 73
Residential settings for those
with Developmental Disabilities:
23
Residential setting with those
with mental illness:
3
Apartment setting for those
with Developmental Disabilities:
1
Apartment setting for those
with mental illness:
15
Physical therapy:
26
Occupational therapy:
101
Speech//language therapy:
220
Physically challenged:
14
Statistics Family FOCUS
Families stayed together:
500
Receiving parenting skills training: 500
Families in Child Abuse
Neglect Programs:
184 |
