All services, unless otherwise noted, may be accessed through:

F·E·G·S NYSD Services
315 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013
Telephone: 212-366-0066 (TTY/Voice)
Fax: 212-366-0050

Individual Support Services
Tel: 212-366-8255 (Voice)
This program enables individuals who are deaf and have developmental
disabilities to live independently in the community.

Mental Health Services
Tel: 212-366-0066 (TTY/Voice)
A licensed outpatient mental health program offers: individual, group, and
family counseling; psychiatric evaluations; case management; and crisis
intervention services. Special programs are available for elderly deaf or deaf-blind individuals, and recent immigrants.

Case Management
Tel: 212-366-8271 (Voice)
Provides referral, linkage, and advocacy services to individuals with
developmental disabilities or psychiatric disabilities who are also deaf
or hard of hearing. Services include service planning and linkage to
services that address medical, recreational, residential, clinical, and
vocational needs.

Communication Skills Program
Tel: 212-366-8271 (Voice)
Provides basic training in English, writing, mathematics, reading,
and computer literacy to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Interpreter Referral Service
Tel: 212-366-8271 (Voice)
Provides interpreters for meetings, presentations, medical appointments,
classes, anywhere a deaf or hard of hearing person is present and needs
interpretation to or from the spoken word and American Sign Language.

OASAS Chemical Dependency Clinic
Tel: 212-366-0066 (TTY/Voice)
Outpatient chemical dependency services are provided to deaf and hard
of hearing individuals. Services include assessment, referral, individual and
group counseling, and outreach to the deaf community. Self-help meetings
conducted in American Sign Language are also available on-site.

AIDS/HIV Case Management
Tel: 212-366-0066 (TTY/Voice)
This program offers counseling and case management to individuals who
are deaf or deaf-blind and living with HIV/AIDS, as well as education
and outreach to the deaf community on prevention and treatment.

Long Island Services Center
175 Fulton Street, Hempstead, NY 11550
Tel: 516-505-2003 x 251 (Voice)
Offers a weekly social club for seniors who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Supported Employment
Tel: 212-366-8271 (Voice) • Fax: 212-366-8290
Individuals, age 16 and older, who are deaf or hard of hearing obtain
supported or competitive employment. Comprehensive pre-placement
services address vocational and clinical aspects of the client’s employment
needs. Support Services include: assessment and evaluation; job development; job placement; pre-placement; individual supported; enclaves; and transitional employment.

Deafness Competitive Employment
Tel: 212-366-8271 (Voice) • Fax: 212-366-8290
Deaf or hard of hearing individuals seeking competitive employment are
evaluated and participate in a work experience/internship that includes
work readiness skills, job placement, and work services.

Sheltered Employment
Tel: 212-366-8271 (Voice) • Fax: 212-366-8290
Facility-based rehabilitation and employment preparation services for
individuals, age 16 and older, with developmental, psychiatric, physical,
or deafness/hard of hearing disabilities. Counseling, psychiatric services,
occupational therapy, and social services help an individual’s progress to
a supported or competitive work environment. Participants receive job
development, job placement, and/or job coaching.

Residential Services

Tanya Towers Residential Services Apartment Program
Tel: 212-405-8070 (TTY/Voice)
Tanya Towers, located in lower Manhattan, offers affordable, accessible
apartments in three buildings for adults of all ages who are deaf or deaf-blind.

Tanya Towers Mental Health Residential Services Apartment Program
Tel: 212-405-8070 (TTY/Voice)
This program is an OMH-licensed psychiatric residential program for individuals who are deaf or deaf-blind and who also have mental illness.

Forsyth Street/Weinberg Residences
The Forsyth Street/Weinberg Residences, located in lower Manhattan, provide residential facilities for 40 deaf or deaf-blind individuals who also have developmental disabilities.

Rombouts Residence
The Rombouts Residence, in the Bronx, provides residential alternatives for 32 individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, and who also have developmental disabilities.

Rau Intermediate Care Facility
A residence for ten adults who are deaf, blind, and have developmental disabilities. A range of clinical and support services are provided to meet individual needs and promote independence and community inclusion.

F·E·G·S NYSD Individual Residential Alternative
This program is a supervised residence, certified by OMRDD, for six persons who are deaf and have developmental disabilities. The program offers direct support, training and clinical services to assist the individuals in the development of the skills necessary for greater independence and adaptability in the community.