Makor provides a comprehensive system of services to address a broad spectrum of needs and stages. From Early Intervention for infants to Adult Residential programs and everything in between, Makor is a dedicated partner.
Our culture of caring, respect, dignity, and quality of life is consistent and apparent throughout.
Adult Residential Services, Makor’s flagship program, has gained the broad recognition of professionals and the endless gratitude of hundreds of families.
This ever-expanding service includes more than 30 modern well-appointed residences, each with a dedicated and loving team that includes direct support professionals, psychologists, social workers, nurses, nutritionists, and therapists.
All feature the trademark Makor family-like environment that transforms a house into a home.
Makor’s unique Children’s Residential Program addresses the needs of our younger client population with dedication, professionalism, and an abundance of love.
The five homelike residences include a designated Babies Home, the only one of its kind in the vicinity.
Each Makor residence serves as a caring extension of families’ own homes, partnering with loving parents by providing devoted individualized care for each child´s special needs.
The Comm-Hab Program is geared towards individuals living at home who require assistance with Activities of Daily Living such as ambulation, feeding, bathing, and grooming.
Trained staffers work one-on-one to help each individual improve life skills such as self-care, communication, socialization, shopping, food preparation and more.
The program promotes integration and enables participants to live at home while enhancing quality of life by providing days of meaning, recreation, and productivity.
Day Habilitation Without Walls offers individuals living at home a unique opportunity to interact with and engage the world around them.
The varied activities program includes shopping excursions, recreational trips to public parks, and educational pursuits among many others, all under the careful supervision and guidance of trained staffers.
The program provides the greater flexibility of an adaptable person-centered curriculum, while encouraging awareness, relationship-building, and independence.
Family members invariably need an occasional temporary break from their role as caregivers.
Makor’s Respite programs provides this much-needed relief, alleviating pressures and reducing overall stress and tensions. Ultimately, this results in healthier, vibrant families who are better equipped to deal with the day-to-day rigors of caregiving.
Respite services are offered in a variety of venues including home-based, group-based, and summer camp options.
Creative Business Resources (CBR) Supported Employment Program helps adults with challenges obtain gainful and meaningful employment. The multi-tiered program includes:
The Makor College Experience is a three-year, non-degree program for young men with Intellectual Disability typically aged 18 to 25, on the Wilf campus of Yeshiva University in Washington Heights.
The trailblazing program enables participants to be part of the YU community while gaining new skills and exploring opportunities: a valuable contribution towards promoting a life of independence.
It has gained national acclaim as an innovative forward-thinking model for agencies to emulate.
Jumpstart offers comprehensive Early Intervention services for children aged 0-3 with developmental delays; the Center-based ABA program focuses primarily on children with Autism.
Our highly trained team of experts brings a world of professional experience and an impressive track record of success. The Jumpstart center features a cheerful and upbeat environment that makes progress fun for kids! Our professionals work in close collaboration with families to yield optimal outcomes for each child. Door-to-door transportation is provided.
As part of the Makor network, Jumpstart offers a unique advantage for children who require services beyond age 3, with seamless integration into ongoing age-appropriate programming.
Jumpstart offers Early Intervention services for children aged 0-3 with a broad range of developmental delays in the communication, physical, social emotional, cognitive, or adaptive areas.
Following our professional evaluation, we customize an integrated therapy regimen to help each child effectively achieve his or her therapeutic goals. Our multilingual, warm, and friendly therapists provide a broad range of interventions including special instruction, speech, physical, and occupational therapies, social work, and ABA therapy; they are experts at getting children to respond.
As part of the Makor network, Jumpstart offers a unique advantage for children who require services beyond age 3, with seamless integration into ongoing age-appropriate programming.
To gain eligibility for OPWDD funding and programming, applicants must first undergo an assessment based on government guidelines.
Makor’s experienced evaluation team is thoroughly knowledgeable of the requirements and provides comprehensive assessments to facilitate eligibility.
Makor’s Intake Coordinator guides families through the entire evaluation and enrollment process.
Self-Direction empowers eligible individuals and families to independently select the combination of supports and services that they feel most effectively fulfills their specific needs.
This provides greater flexibility in determining how services are administered.
A Makor care manager and support broker work together with individuals and families to develop a budget. They thoroughly explain the relevant programs and services, including each program’s advantages and potential limitations.
Our fiscal intermediary (FI) service assists individuals enrolled in self-direction.
The FI is responsible for implementation of services as outlined in the budget.
The FI works closely with the family and broker to ensure that all OPWDD regulations are met and assists with payments for approved self-direction services.
Structuring personal funds and appropriating assets strategically enables families to gain Medicaid eligibility while maintaining regular monthly income.
Makor’s experts help families navigate the complex system, providing creative solutions such as Pooled Trusts and other tools that enable the preservation of assets.