Self Advocacy Association of New York State

SA Group Directory - Grassroots Organizing Project

 

Groups are organized alphabetically by region
(and by borough in NYC.)


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REGION LIST

Advocates WORCing for Life
Brookville Consumer Council
Developmental Disabilities Institute SA Group
East Hills Consumer Council
Freeport Consumer Council
Give Us A Chance
Greenhouse Consumer Council
Happiness and Joy Advocacy Group of Hicksville
Helen Keller Services for the Blind SA Group
In Our Own Words
Lifestyles/Next Step Consumer Council
Residential Group 1 Consumer Council
Residential Group 2 Consumer Council
Sincerity Self-Advocacy Group of Suffolk County, Inc.
The Outspoken
The Self-Advocacy Scouts
TRI
We Grow Together
We Mean Business



Advocates WORCing for Life
Phone: 516 741 9000
Contact Person: Brooke Masone
Alternate Phone:
Fax: 516 302 1830
Email: brookemasone@hotmail.com
Meeting Location:
Meeting Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm          Meeting Day: One Tues a month
Officers:
President: Hewlyn Hinds
Vice-President: Allesandra Danzy
Secretary: Laurie Check
Treasurer: Linda Schwarz
Advisor: Brooke Masone
Mailing Address:
Region: Long Island  
Number of Members:

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Brookville Consumer Council
Phone: 516 293 2016 x201
Contact Person: Patrick Sheward
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: psheward@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
189 Wheatley Rd.
Glen Head, NY 11545
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Patrick Sheward
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Developmental Disabilities Institute SA Group
Phone: 631 360 4627
Contact Person: Barbara Lovett
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: blovett@ddiinfo.org
Meeting Location:
Developmental Disabilities Institute
75 Landing Meadow Rd.
Smithtown, NY 11787
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Barbara Lovett
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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East Hills Consumer Council
Phone: 516 484 1616 x501, x500
Contact Person: Melissa Giebel, Marianne Peters
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: mgiebel@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
440 Round Hill Rd.
Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Melissa Giebel, Marianne Peters
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Freeport Consumer Council
Phone: 516 546 7700
Contact Person: Lori Bilodeau
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: lbilodeau@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
230 House Ave.
Freeport, NY 11520
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Lori Bilodeau
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Give Us A Chance
Phone: 631-940-2720 x282
Contact Person: Jayne Krompier
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: KrompierJ@acldd.org
Meeting Location:
40 Marcus Drive
Melville, NY 11747
Meeting Time: 6:30pm-8pm    Meeting Day: Thurs e/o month
Officers:
President: David Cohen
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: 
Mailing Address:
Region:  
Number of Members:

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Greenhouse Consumer Council
Phone: 516 293 2016 x201
Contact Person: Patrick Sheward
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: psheward@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
189 Wheatley Rd.
Glen Head, NY 11545
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Patrick Sheward
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Happiness and Joy Advocacy Group of Hicksville
Phone: 516 433 8300 x370
Contact Person: John Klausz/ Heidi Ulrich
Alternate Phone:
Fax: 516 942 3748
Email:
Meeting Location:
CDD
100 New South Rd.
Hicksville, NY 11801
Meeting Time: 1:00 to 2:30          Meeting Day: Tues
Officers:
President: Roslyn Levine
Vice-President: Chuck (Charles) Davis
Secretary: Dena Lieberman, Scott Junge (recording)
Treasurer: Phyliss DiFilippo and Scott Junge
Advisor: Janeen Illardo
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Helen Keller Services for the Blind SA Group
Phone: 516 485 1234 x277
Contact Person: Jenna Giunta
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Meeting Location:
One Helen Keller Way
Hempstead, NY 11550
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Jenna Giunta
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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In Our Own Words
Phone: 516 378 2000
x429
Contact Person: Maura Wachsberger
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: mwachsberger@ucpn.org
Meeting Location:
United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau
380 Washington Ave.
Roosevelt, NY 11575
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Maura Wachsberger
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Lifestyles/Next Step Consumer Council
Phone: 516 293 2016 x258
Contact Person: Joyce Guarnieri
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: jguanieri@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
115 E. Bethpage Rd.
Plainview, NY 11803
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Joyce Guarnieri
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Residential Group 1 Consumer Council
Phone: 516 293 2016
x339
Contact Person: Kathyrn Jussen
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: kjussen@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
115 E. Bethpage Rd.
Plainview, NY 11803
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Kathyrn Jussen
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Residential Group 2 Consumer Council
Phone: 516 293 2016 x376, x345
Contact Person: Carolyn Ciatto, Natalie Catalano
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email: cciatto@AHRC.org, ncatalano@AHRC.org
Meeting Location:
Nassau AHRC
115 E. Bethpage Rd.
Plainview, NY 11803
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Carolyn Ciatto, Natalie Catalano
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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Sincerity Self-Advocacy Group of Suffolk County, Inc.
Phone: 631-232-0011 ext. 517 or 560
Contact Person: Dennis Pfleger or Marisol Getchius 
Alternate Phone:
Fax: 631-232-4422
Email: mgetchius@ucp-suffolk.org  /  dfleger@ucp-suffolk.org
Meeting Location: UCP Suffolk-Happauge
Meeting Time: 1:15 to 2:00         
Meeting Day: every Thursday (every other Thursday during the summer)
Officers:
President: Yolan Faulk
Vice-President: Paul Maniscalco
Secretary: Delores Quintyne   
Treasurer: Michelle Samito
Advisor: Dennis Pfleger
Mailing Address: 250 Marcus Blvd., Hauppauge, NY 11788
Region: Long Island
Number of Members: 15

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The Outspoken
Phone: 516 334 5525
Contact Person: Meryl Jackelow
Alternate Phone: 516 660 1415
Fax:
Email:
Meeting Location:
Act D
Meeting Time: 5:00 to 6:30          Meeting Day: Thurs
Officers:
President: Meryl Jackelow
Vice-President: Lowell Bailes
Secretary: Alison Nelson/ Lowell Bailes
Treasurer: Anthony Sciaratino
Advisor: Maria Mazzie/ Rosemarie Harera
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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The Self-Advocacy Scouts
Phone: 516 739 7733
Contact Person: Sara Paredes
Alternate Phone:
Fax: 516 739 3224
Email: sparedes@epil.org
Meeting Location:
506 Steward Ave
Garden City, NY 11530
Meeting Time: 1:00          Meeting Day: Thurs
Officers:
President: Susan Ardison
Vice-President: Ruth Henderson
Secretary: Joanne Lack
Treasurer: John Harupa
Advisor: Sara Paredis
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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TRI
Phone: 516 222 2092
Contact Person: Donna Murray-Cox
Alternate Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Meeting Location:
TRI The Rehabilitation Institute
971 Stewart Ave.
Garden City, NY 11530
Meeting Time:           Meeting Day:
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor: Donna Murray-Cox
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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We Grow Together
Phone: 631 874 2712
Contact Person: Eileen O’Brien, Cindy Fiori
Alternate Phone: 631 874 2470
Fax: 631 874 2243
Email:
Meeting Location:
Flower Barn Day Hab
Meeting Time: 10:00 am          Meeting Day: Wed
Officers:
President: Keith Caputo
Vice-President: Mary Pat Callahan
Secretary: Lisa Debellis
Treasurer: Jennifer Cobello
Advisor: Eileen O’Brien, Cindy Fiori
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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We Mean Business
Phone: 516 364 7026
Contact Person: Bill Oshrin
Alternate Phone: 516 364 7026
Fax:
Email:
Meeting Location:
Woodbury Day Hab
Meeting Time: 10:00 am          Meeting Day: Mon
Officers:
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Advisor:
Mailing Address:
Region:   
Number of Members:

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