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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 |
- 133-year-old $52 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:
- Adoption
- Special Needs Education (K-9 in Rockland serving 78 students)
- St. Dominic's Therapeutic Preschool 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 People with 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
St. Dominic's School
78
St. Dominic's Therapeutic Prechool
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 |
