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Services for Children and Families in Brooklyn

Yeled Long Island works with Brooklyn families raising children with serious emotional, behavioral or medical needs, in every neighborhood of the borough.

Our Services in Brooklyn

• Children's Health Home care management: one care manager who coordinates your child's medical, behavioral health and community services.
• Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) under New York's Children's Waiver: CFASS, respite, community habilitation and pre-vocational services.
• ABA therapy for children with autism and related developmental needs.

Getting Started in Brooklyn

If your child has Medicaid

A Health Home care manager checks whether your child qualifies for HCBS and builds the plan of care with you. Call us and we can start both.

If your child does not have Medicaid yet

Most New York City families apply for children's Medicaid through NY State of Health at 855-355-5777. A child under 18 who has a waiver, or has been told they need long-term care services, can apply online through ACCESS HRA. The HRA Medicaid Helpline is 1-888-692-6116, and HRA's Brooklyn Medicaid offices are at 1912 Mermaid Avenue, 2400 Fulton Street and 495 Clermont Avenue.

A child who may qualify for the Children's Waiver but has no Medicaid is referred to C-YES, now run by the New York State Department of Health: 1-833-861-4467. For some children, Medicaid counts only the child's own income (Family of One budgeting).

Early Intervention for babies and toddlers

For a child under 3, call 311 and ask for Early Intervention, or use the city's online referral portal. You do not need a doctor's referral. Questions about a plan or services already in place go to the Brooklyn regional office at 16 Court Street, 718-694-6000. From age 3, preschool special education is handled by the Department of Education's Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE).

Developmental disability services (OPWDD)

To apply for OPWDD services, call the OPWDD Infoline at 866-946-9733 and ask for the Front Door office for Brooklyn.

Questions We Hear

Do you serve all of Brooklyn?

Yes. We work with families across Brooklyn, and in the other boroughs of New York City and in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Our staff come to your home or meet your child in the community.

Where is the Early Intervention office for Brooklyn?

The city's Brooklyn Early Intervention regional office is at 16 Court Street, and its phone is 718-694-6000. To refer a child, call 311 and ask for Early Intervention.

Does my child need Medicaid?

Health Home care management and HCBS are Medicaid services, so yes. If your child is not enrolled yet, follow the steps above or call us and we will walk you through them. Our step-by-step guide to the Children's Waiver explains who qualifies.

Talk to Us About Your Child in Brooklyn

Call (516) 900-6454, email info@yeledli.org or send us a referral. Our office at 930 Broadway in Woodmere is open Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

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