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Services for Children and Families in Queens

Yeled Long Island works with Queens families raising children with serious emotional, behavioral or medical needs, from Astoria to the Rockaways.

Our Services in Queens

• 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 Queens

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 Queens Medicaid offices are at 32-20 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City and 165-08 88th Avenue in Jamaica.

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 Queens regional office at 90-27 Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica, 718-553-3954. 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 Queens.

Questions We Hear

Do you serve all of Queens?

Yes. We work with families across Queens, 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 Queens?

The city's Queens Early Intervention regional office is at 90-27 Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica, and its phone is 718-553-3954. 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 Queens

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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