Agency Details:

Catholic Charities Community Services

Committed to enhancing and strengthening the independence, inclusion, and individuality of persons with disabilities and those who are living with HIV/AIDS by integrating service delivery, advocacy, and education to foster individual and community empowerment and promote the self worth of all individuals to live with dignity as people of God.

Description:
Catholic Charities Community Services offers a variety of supports and services for persons with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, those living with HIV/AIDS, and those with disabilities seeking an alternative to nursing home placement within the 12 counties of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, NY. These services are offered in supervised residential settings or in traditional housing in the community.
For additional information, please visit our website: www.cccsrochester.org.

History:
Catholic Charities Community Services has been serving persons with disabilities since 1980.

Rochester Bishop Matthew H. Clark created a task force in 1978 to examine the unmet needs of the disabled within the Diocese of Rochester's boundaries. With the results of this study and the request by New York State that Catholic Charities become involved in serving the disabled, Catholic Charities Residential Program was established in 1980.

In the late 1980's Bishop Clark again called on Catholic Charities, by then called Social Ministry, to consider offering services to the people living with HIV/AIDS virus.

Traumatic Brain Injury Services began in 1997 when the State of New York Department of Health recognized the growing number of persons with these injuries who found themselves without the financial or social resources to care for themselves.

The newest department, Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Services, is also a New York Department of Health created program aimed to provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities who may be eligible for nursing home placement to live in the community with supports.

All of this growth, including program development, intensive initial and on-going staff training and property management, is the work of a highly devoted staff and administration under the guidance of a Board of Directors. It is a well respected agency, fiscally sound and professionally managed, that is meeting the needs of the 21st century.

Contact people:

Anne Sawyko, (phone), (email) Heather Rickett, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (585) 339-9377

Address:

1945 East Ridge Road Rochester, NY 14622 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.cccsrochester.org

Directions:

Located on the south side of East Ridge Road between Culver Road and Goodman Street. Front of building is a plaza with Golden Tans. Use driveway to park behind building and enter building through parking lot door.. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: in front of building - #10 Portland Ave to Seabreeze, 1 minute walk

Last updated on September 29, 2009