The Center

10/28/2025

🎥 A special moment captured! Watch our 86 home residents return to their beautifuly renovated forever home, pure joy all around! 🏡💛

10/28/2025

🏠 Welcome back home! On 10/14, residents of our 86 Home returned to their newly renovated space — and their smiles said it all. 💛 So happy to see everyone back in their forever home!

10/20/2025

☀️ Our Adult Residential Services team enjoyed a perfect day at Belmont Lake State Park for their 2nd Annual Picnic! From sunshine and laughter to good food and great company, it was a day to remember. 🌳💙

10/16/2025

💼 October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! 💙

At The Center, our Vocational Support Services (VSS) program is paving the way for a more independent future — helping young adults and adults achieve their employment goals and thrive in their communities.

Through programs like Traditional Supported Employment, the Employment Training Program, and Pathway to Employment, we’re proud to support meaningful careers and lasting success — with many of the people we support holding their jobs for over 20 years! 🙌

🌟 Learn more about how VSS empowers individuals to find fulfilling, integrated employment opportunities within their community.

10/16/2025

We stand with NAPSEC to protect the programs and supports that help children with disabilities learn and grow. Cuts to key offices in the U.S. Department of Education could disrupt essential services and funding. Learn more and take action through NAPSEC’s post below.

Friday’s staffing reductions within the U.S. Department of Education have gutted key offices—including the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)—threatening decades of bipartisan progress in protecting students with disabilities.

Send a message to your elected representatives today through NAPSEC’s Policy & Advocacy Center calling for the immediate restoration of staff at the Department of Education.

https://www.napsec.org/advocacy-policy

10/11/2025

🎃🖌️ The Spirit of Huntington (spiritofhuntington.com) recently hosted the 2025 Spooktacular Art Showcase on October 3rd and 4th — the largest nonprofit art exhibit on Long Island for artists of all abilities! 🌟

Participants from The Center’s New Horizons WOW Program attend art classes every Friday, and this year, 15 talented artists were selected to showcase their incredible work: Jack S, Anthony B, Sheila W, Devin S, Lorraine D, Douglas O, Sonja K, Stacie K, Kaitlyn C, Alison D, Kayla B, Herbie B, Jonathan S and Jack T. 👏

Congratulations to all our amazing artists! 🎨 The Center is proud to partner with The Spirit of Huntington in celebrating creativity, inclusion and self-expression. 💙

10/09/2025

🎨 Friday night was a night to remember at The Spirit of Huntington Art Center’s Artability Showcase! 🌟

Thirteen incredible pieces created by participants from The Center were proudly on display — each inspired by legendary artists Magritte, Basquiat, Lichtenstein and Matisse. 🖌️✨

We couldn’t be prouder of our talented artists for sharing their creativity and vision with the community! 💙

10/06/2025

The Center would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to Sheila, a program participant of the New Horizon’s WOW Program, as she has been a part of The Center family for over 25 years. Sheila celebrated her 80th Birthday this past Wednesday October 1st, with all her friends here at The Center. Sheila, we hope your day was filled with joy, laughter and all your favorite things!

09/22/2025

✨ Join us for Kinexion’s 15th Annual Women’s Empowerment Fashion Fling ✨

📅 Sunday, October 19, 2025
🕦 11:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.
📍 Westhampton Country Club

Celebrate an afternoon of style, community and the power of women supporting women! 🌸 Enjoy a stunning fashion show, luncheon, raffles and opportunities to support Kinexion’s mission of providing a lifetime of care for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 💚

🎟 Learn more: www.kinexion.org/FF25

09/18/2025

🌟 Employee of the Month – September 2025 🌟

Please join us in celebrating Marie Frederic, our September Employee of the Month! 🙌

Known by her colleagues and management as the “GPS” for community outings and within the home, Marie has been the guiding light of the Seaford House for 20 years. Her caring spirit, professionalism, and unwavering love truly reflect the heart of our front-line staff at The Center. 💙

Congratulations, Marie, and thank you for your incredible dedication! 💐

— Jay Silverstein, Ph.D.
Executive Director

09/13/2025

🌟 As we close out Direct Support Professional Recognition Week 2025, we’re honored to share a special shoutout from Sanmi Fadugba, Michael Parise and Tiffany Graham — our Assistant Directors of the Adult Residential Program. 🌟

Together, they extend their heartfelt gratitude to all DSPs at The Center for the compassion, commitment and care you bring each day to the Children and Adults we support. 💙 You are the foundation of our mission and this week — and every week — we celebrate YOU! ✨

09/13/2025

🌟 Wrapping up Direct Support Professional Recognition Week 2025! 🌟

Today, we’re closing out our week of gratitude with heartfelt shoutouts from Avi, Devon and Nate — our Bethpage Activity Coaches — to some of the incredible DSPs who make a difference each and every day at The Center. 💙

Thank you to all DSPs across our Residential and Day Habilitation programs for your unwavering compassion, dedication and support of the Children and Adults we support. You are the heart of The Center! ✨