Spaulding P.R.A.Y. Residence Corporation

D/b/a Spaulding Support Services

Onondaga Commons

486 West Onondaga Street

Syracuse, New York 13202

(315) 478-6210

www.spauldingsupport.org

 

… About Spaulding Support Services

 

 

 

Spaulding is a voluntary, not-for-profit agency with a primary focus of providing residential and family support services to persons with developmental disabilities. Its governing body is a volunteer Board of Directors which includes broad representation of the community. A majority of the board members are relatives of a person with a developmental disability.

 

Spaulding P.R.A.Y. (Parents of Retarded Adults and Youth) Residence Corporation began as a group of families seeking residential services for their children. This group of families incorporated in 1982 as Spaulding P.R.A.Y. Residence Corporation. The agency works with other service providers, governmental agencies and consumers in the identification of needs and in the development of a comprehensive continuum of services in Onondaga County.

 

The services which Spaulding provides are to residents of Onondaga County or those choosing to make this their residence. Services include: supervised and supportive living alternatives; respite services; Medicaid service coordination; day habilitation; ISS (Individual Support Services); and direct family reimbursement.

 

Spaulding funds programs through individual benefits; the NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities; Medicaid and in-kind donations. Additionally Spaulding benefits from membership and fundraising drives to assist in supporting our services.



Spaulding Support History at a Glance

1982 Spaulding Avenue residence in the valley opened serving eight individuals.
1985 Genesee Street residence in DeWitt opened serving eight individuals.
1988 Lancaster Avenue duplex in the University area opened serving four individuals in each apartment
1990 Comprehensive Family Support Demonstration Project began. The two year grant project was developed to work with ten families with a developmentally disabled child living at home
1990 South Avenue Guest House opened providing planned respite to 50 families
1991 Spaulding began collaboration at a Rill home serving a technologically dependent young girl in her own family home. Supports were broughtinto the home
1992 Chapel Street Fayetteville two one person supported apartments opened.
1992 Assisted one individual in moving to independent living
1992 Began providing Comprehensive Medicaid Case Management services to individuals residing at home or in a Family Care setting
1993 Began providing Home and Community Based Waiver Case Management and Residential Habilitation to individuals enrolled in the waiver and who have chosen Spaulding to provide their services.
1995 Assisted two men in obtaining their own apartment with supports provided as needed.
1995 Assisted eight individuals to move into three IRA’s (Individualized Residential Alternative) at Joslyn Court in the valley.
1997 De-certified two supportive apartments transferring services to Residential Habilitation at Home.
1998 Began operating four IRA’s providing services to seven individuals at Valentine apartments.
2000 Began operating a two-person IRA owned by a trust established for the two individuals residing in the home.
2001 Three certified Community Residences were converted to IRA’s.
2006 In 2006 two individuals moved from their 2-person supervised IRA’s into their own 1-person supportive IRA’s, allowing 2 new individuals to receive residential services.
2007 Spaulding celebrates 25th anniversary
2007 In April 2007 Spaulding began operation of CrystalHouse Free Standing Respite Center located on East Beard Ave. Syracuse
2007 In June of 2007 Spaulding assisted in the conversion of a 1 person ISE (Individual Service Environment) to a 1 person supportive IRA
2007 Spaulding presently provides Residential Habilitation Services to 37 individuals living in 12 IRA’s, provided Free Standing Respite services to 68 families at the Guest House and Crystal House, provided 112 individuals with Medicaid Service Coordination services, provided Residential Habilitation At Home services to 16 individuals living with their families or in their own home, provided ISS (Individual Support Services) funding to 18 individuals allowing them financial support to continue living independently in their community, and continued to provide direct family reimbursement support to eligible individuals receiving our Medicaid Service Coordination services.
2007 Spaulding employs 48 part-time and 59 full-time employees.
The 2007 operating budget of Spaulding Support Services is $3,000,000.00.