CP Unlimited’s Day Habilitation programs and Article 16 Clinics for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are offered in unique settings throughout New York City and Hudson Valley.
While each location provides different activities and options for local engagement and enrichment, all CP Day Habs provide top-level services, educational classes, and PT/OT/Speech/Mental Health therapies delivered by caring, patient, and dedicated staff. Learn more about each of our settings below.
The Linda Buch Gherardi Center is a centrally-located day program for people with I/DD in Crown Heights, Brownsville, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and the surrounding communities. Offering an array of flexible options and door-to-door transportation, the LBG Center is a place where the goal for every team member is to help each person achieve the maximum level of independence through training, education, and support. Clinical support in the areas of nursing, psychology, and physical, speech, and occupational therapies are provided daily.
The program operates Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Persons supported here are frequently dependent on wheelchairs for mobility and need close care for daily rituals.
This special building, formerly an ice cream factory (and still a sweet and joyous atmosphere), provides more than 65 persons supported each year a full calendar of enriching activities including art and music while taking advantage of Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park for leisure and nature. A unique gardening program lets participants grow herbs and then sell them to local residents, while a companion recycling program helps persons supported learn money management and celebrate together each month.
Download the Brooklyn Supports brochure or contact Joan Walker to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
The Carmen Aquilone Day Program assists more than 80 people each year in a barrier-free environment, where individual choice and skills-based training are at the center of our comprehensive approach to support. We promote growth by providing money management, safety and community awareness, fire safety / evacuation, socialization, hygiene, and more.
In practice, this means healthy and safe food choices are paralleled with eating and drinking skills, while physical therapy sessions incorporate seated yoga poses for deepened range of motion and mindfulness.
The Carmen Aquilone setting also features a Senior Satellite Program, promoting the same services tuned to older individuals.
Download the Brooklyn Supports brochure or contact Joan Walker to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
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CP’s West Farms Center is a LEED-GOLD Certified setting, opened in 2012, providing leading supports and community offerings for close to 200 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities every year.
This full-service setting features a number of special offerings for attendees, including our pottery kiln, West Farms Photo Club, and Multi-Purpose Auditorium with a professional stage and A/V system for performances, games, and programs. Over in the Horticulture Room, attendees grow purple basil, thumbelina carrots, curly blue kale, microgreens, and more for a local hospitality company. For a break, persons supported head to the rooftop terrace for time in the sun and to safely gather for activities. There is even a space for companion animals and support pets.
For The Bronx community, West Farms offers a Grab n’ Go Café, where the people we support work and utilize money management skills, offering light breakfast, coffee, lunch, and snacks. West Farms also features a Metro Community Health Centers clinic, offering medical, dental, psychological, neurological, and women’s health services for area residents. One additional opportunity unique to West Farms is our After School Supplemental, which many attendees utilize to extend their family care and education.
West Farms Photo Works Club
One of the most visible groups in the I/DD world, the West Farms Photo Works in the Bronx help persons with disabilities express themselves through photography while promoting independence, creativity, and personal resilience.
Participant photography has been featured in galleries throughout New York City as special exhibitions and as inclusions in collective exhibits. In 2024, participants were featured in two shows: Through the Lens and How We See It.
Ceramics Studio at West Farms
People supported enjoy the educational, social, and emotional benefits of working with clay at CP Unlimited’s ceramic studio in The Bronx. Support the students by purchasing ceramics from the CPU Studio >>
Participants create objects d’art like bowls, mugs, cups or free form sculptures using a variety of techniques and fired in CP’s kiln—one of the only kilns in the entire borough, and we believe the only one available to people with I/DD— which turns them into a piece ready for a final glazing by the artist.
Horticulture Room at West Farms
CP Unlimited’s Horticulture room at West Farms used to be a quiet respite with a few small wheatgrass plants. Now, it is full of tomato and zucchini, philodendrons, sansevieria, dracaena, aloe, birds of paradise, and other colorful, natural species thanks to a partnership with the DreamStreet organization and the perseverance and patience of CPU’s persons supported.
Download the Bronx Supports brochure or contact Nikea Clark to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
Opened in a 5,000 sq foot setting in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx in January 2000, the program was established to provide functional, social, personal development and community awareness skills to developmentally disabled adults 18 and up.
Through community canvassing we have established volunteer worksite commitments with Bronx Based businesses and social service organizations in and around the Mott Haven community. Volunteer worksites have afforded participants the opportunity to serve as kitchen, janitorial, library and teacher aides.
Day Hab attendees are encouraged to explore the community and take advantage of the Creative Lifestyles Cardio Club exercise and wellness program.
Contact John DeJesus to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
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A true oasis for the Queens community of people with I/DD and their families, CP’s Long Island City program supports more than 70 people with mobility therapies, activities, outings, educational programming, and daily enrichment.
Attendees enjoy time in Astoria Park, and love their experiences at Astoria 360 for bowling and other fun, with cultural exposure at the Museum of the Moving Image, the Noguchi Museum, and other local institutions. A monthly recycling program simultaneously teaches money management and environmental conservation, and is always greatly anticipated by program participants.
Yaritsza Guzman, Senior Habilitation Coordinator, on the Environment and Experience at the LIC Day Hab program:
The special team of CP Unlimited staff in Long Island City appreciate their neighborhood that enhances our ability to provide opportunities for the people we support to achieve a fulfilling life.
Download the Queens Supports brochure or contact Madeline DeSantiago to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
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The Cora Hoffman Center stands out among CP Unlimited’s Day Habilitation network. It is situated in an area of Staten Island with less access to support, making it one of the more necessary as well as one of our most diverse in terms of what is offered on site, including a Day Habilitation Program, Vocational Supports, Wheelchair Clinics, Article 16 Services, and a co-located Metro Community Health Centers offering all manner of medical, dental, and psychological services.
The Cora Hoffman Center is, therefore, a beacon for nearly 100 persons supported who enjoy unique options including the M.O.V.E. (Mobility Opportunities via Education/Experience) program and our SMILE Farms Greenhouses, alongside regular visits from Wild Zoo!, trips to the Ferryhawks games, music, games, and holiday outings.
Smile Farms at Cora Hoffman Center
In partnership with Smile Farms, the Agency supports two full-time employees and a rotating community of Day Hab participants to help plant, harvest, and distribute the crops from on-site greenhouses. They also work at local events to share and sell produce and hot sauces, offering opportunities for skill building and visibility alongside funding as the proceeds from the sauces help fund programs for people with I/DD. Read an article in Accessibility For All about the greenhouse program >>
Download the Staten Island Supports brochure or contact Rita Bokor to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
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This new 10,000 square foot space opened in 2025 is the standard in day hab care in the Hudson Valley. This custom-designed space is a center of learning, movement, education, and enrichment for many dozens of persons with disabilities.
The Westage team are building bridges in the local community with visits from the SPCA and local musicians, visiting the local library, bringing in local authors for readings, and developing a thriving partnership with the local Rotary, Elks, and other groups.
Participants also enjoy opportunities to attend rallies in Albany and speak with elected representatives, while broadening their personal horizons through activities ranging from art, sports, exercise and movement, and weekly karaoke parties. The Agency also provides glittering opportunities for connection at our Spring and Fall Formal gala events.
Download the Hudson Valley Supports brochure or contact Arlene Perricone-Saumell to learn more about this Day Habilitation program>>
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New Step Down Grant from New York State
CP Unlimited received a grant from Governor Kathy Hochul to establish a Hudson Valley ‘step-down’ program to help adults living with co-occurring mental illness and intellectual or developmental disabilities safely transition back into their community following care within an inpatient setting.
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New Op-Ed in NY Daily News
If social care and public health begin to break down, the inevitable result is that more people will seek crisis care at our hospitals. Hospitals will face significant deficits from treating ballooning numbers of uninsured people. Providers will no longer be able to bill Medicaid for patients who still desperately need care. Even if New Yorkers with disabilities retain their coverage, they will feel the strain of an underfunded system — both in their communities and at the hospital.
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John T. Vlachos Appointed as CPU Board Chair
On June 30, 2025, CPU will welcome John T. Vlachos as our new Chairman. Currently the head of the Audit, Compliance, and Risk Committee, Mr. Vlachos has served on the Board of Directors since 2019 and steps into this new role with the appreciation of the entire CPU community.
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CPU Values Statement
The CPU team is motivated by a set of core values that help guide our approach and improve outcomes for the people we support.
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