The Center for Family Support is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving people with developmental disabilities in NY and NJ.
New York, NY
Joined April 2013
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🗣️ Join #CFS and @NYDisabilityAdv for a rally to advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities and those who support them!📣
🗺️ NYS Capitol Building, War Room, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12224
🗓️Monday, 11/16/26
⏱️11 AM
‼️ RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
🗳️ Lunch & Learn webinar: What’s on the Ballot This Year? Join IAC Votes + NYC Votes Thu 10/29 at 12 PM. Voter rights, accessibility, how to vote & the 5 NYC ballot proposals. All NYS voters welcome! Register: iacny-org.zoom.us/meeting/re…
Lauren is a #CFS participant who draws what she loves. She’s an #artist whose creativity is taking her to exciting new places!
In 2027, she’ll have her first solo show at Summertime Gallery! Read her story: cfsny.org/drawing-a-life-she…
🎭 Meet Jackie, a CFS Advocate with big dreams of being a singer, songwriter, performer & actor. Watch our teaser, then see the full video at our Awards Dinner next Thursday! 👇
⏰ One week away. Last chance for tickets: cfsny.org/dinner26/
#TogetherForOpportunity
Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month at CFS! 🎉 On October 8, CFS hosted a workshop in honor of #NationalDisabilityEmploymentAwarenessMonth, and it was an inspiring day! Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this event so special! 💙
🎶🎨 Our friend, the musician & artist Amoako Buachie, got a standing ovation at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s new Music Therapy Institute, via @CBSNewYork Congratulations Amoako!
cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bro…
Interested in exploring programs and resources designed to support individuals with disabilities of all ages? Join Massapequa High School's Special Education department and SEPTA for the Blueprint for Your Future Fair!
Learn more and register: grapegamersgames.my.canva.si…
Welcome, Dina Casalaspro! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce Dina as the first Executive Director of The Center for Family Support New Jersey. Read more in Crain’s New York Business: crainsnewyork.com/people-on-… #CFS #IDD
🎬 A sneak peek at the 2026 Awards Dinner! Our honorees, Jennifer Lazarus and Mell Goldman, joined the CFS team for a tour of Midtown Loft & Terrace 👇
🎟️ Together for Opportunity
📅 Thursday, Oct 22
Tickets & sponsorships: cfsny.org/dinner26/
#TogetherForOpportunity #CFS
One special night. A year of opportunity. 💙
The #CFSAwardsDinner is more than a celebration. It’s one of our most important fundraisers, helping CFS create opportunities for 1,000+ ppl with #IDD.
Every ticket, sponsorship & gift matters.
Join us 10/22: cfsny.org/dinner26/
🎳 Pin It Forward was an absolute blast!
Thanks to our families, Board members, partners, friends & supporters, we doubled our goal to support the #CFS Innovative Planning & Advocacy Department!
Thanks to @allboroinc our Spare Sponsor & everyone who made it such a success!
⏰ Reminder! CFS’ FREE Planning for Tomorrow workshop is next week. Join us 9/24 for practical guidance on planning for the future of a loved one with #IDD.
🥂 5:30 PM: Refreshments & mingling
🗣️ 6 PM: Program
RSVP: cfsny.org/planning-for-tomor…
CFS had the opportunity to tour the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum and experience the exhibit, Mothers, Prophets, Warriors: Women of the Bible. Thank you for welcoming us and for making the experience so engaging and memorable. @HebrewUnionCollege
#CFS #DrBernardHellerMuseum
Our first CFS SDS Family Group Meeting is set! ❤️Join us September 28 at 11 AM at the CFS Manhattan Office to meet other SDS families, share ideas, and hear updates from CFS SDS staff. Interested? Complete our survey: cfsny.org/cfs-sds-parent-gro…
#CFS #SelfDirection #SDS
Avoid Medicaid Loss! Join @PtoPofNYS on Sept. 15 at 6:30 PM for a workshop with Fidaije Nesimi, @StatenIslandDDC First Vice-Chair & District 75 Citywide Council Co-President, on NYC HRA Medicaid renewals & protecting Medicaid & @NYSOPWDD waiver services.
tinyurl.com/HRA-Medicaid-Ren…
Something special is coming to CFS! Join us for the NYC premiere of Brazilian artist Anna Torres’s The Autistic Cicada, with live music & readings!
📅 Sept. 10 | 🕓 4 PM📍 CFS Manhattan Office, 333 7th Ave., 9th Floor
Celebrate art & community with us: cfsny.org/events/the-autisti…
#DSPs are at the heart of what we do at #CFS, making a difference every day as they support individuals with #IDD build fulfilling lives.
Starting tomorrow (Sept 9–22), we’re celebrating with appreciation, wellness, creativity & fun!
Explore & RSVP: cfsny.org/2026-dsp-week/
SDS parents, let’s talk! ❤️ What’s working, what’s hard, what have we learned, and how can we support each other? Join us to share ideas, resources, challenges & successes.
Help shape the conversation. Fill out our survey: cfsny.org/cfs-sds-parent-gro…
#CFS #SelfDirection #SDS
Exciting news! @gailsimmons judge & exec. producer of @BravoTopChef will emcee the 2026 CFS Awards Dinner on 10/22!
Join Gail & honorees CFS Board Member Jennifer Lazarus & @allboroinc CEO Mell Goldman as we come #TogetherForOpportunity.
More at cfsny.org/dinner26/
