News and Events

At HeartShare, we believe in keeping you aware of news and events throughout the agency. Be sure to visit our Events Calendar for important upcoming dates that may be of interest to you.

Archive of “In The Media”

HeartShare’s Autism Services: Early Childhood

HeartShare transforms the lives of children diagnosed with autism, beginning with early intervention. Since 1977, HeartShare has provided services and supports to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Five years later, those services were expanded to pre-school children as medical evidence showed that early intervention benefits children diagnosed with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, including those…

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HeartShare and NYU Polytechnic Challenge Social Constructs About Disabilities

HeartShare Human Services of New York and NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering have teamed up to create a learning environment that challenges social constructs about disabilities. Adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities from HeartShare’s Day Habilitation Programs have had the opportunity, some for the first time, to learn and grow in the higher education setting….

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Queens Day Hab Celebrates 20 Years

HeartShare’s Queens Day Habilitation (QDH) Program celebrated its 20th Anniversary in April 2015. The two-day occasion was held at the program, and featured the Block Out Band and its performance group, the Queens Day Hab Players, with guidance from HeartShare employees Betty Green, Dominick Barone and Josh Tanitsky. The program reached this milestone with the…

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Thank You from HeartShare

HeartShare’s Spring Gala and Auction was an incredible success. We honored Elvis Duran of Z100’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, Ines Rosales of FOX 5’s Good Day New York, Finance Executive Joseph Mark Velli and Patrick Clarke of Celtic General Contractors. Those distinguished individuals, like you, are supportive of HeartShare and its mission to…

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From Children to Young Adults: HeartShare’s Autism Services

This video, presented at HeartShare’s 2015 Spring Gala and Auction, offers a glimpse of how HeartShare expands opportunities and enhances lives for children and adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Through their HeartShare experience, which encourages independence, prioritizes community inclusion, as well as celebrates and nurtures human potential, Zarah, Isabella and Nicholas now eagerly…

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Celebrities to Attend HeartShare’s Spring Gala & Auction

Elvis Duran, Z100 Radio Host, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and 2015 HeartShare Honoree & Recipient of The HeartShare Genie Foundation Award Ines Rosales, Traffic Reporter, FOX 5’s Good Day New York and 2015 HeartShare Honoree & Recipient of The Linda Dano Heart Award Danny Aiello, Actor and singer (Do The Right Thing and Moonstruck) John…

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Celebrities to Attend HeartShare’s Spring Gala & Auction

Elvis Duran, Z100 Radio Host, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and 2015 HeartShare Honoree & Recipient of The HeartShare Genie Foundation Award Ines Rosales, Traffic Reporter, FOX 5’s Good Day New York and 2015 HeartShare Honoree & Recipient of The Linda Dano Heart Award Danny Aiello, Actor and singer (Do The Right Thing and Moonstruck) John…

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HeartShare National Award Win for Investing in Frontline Workers

The New York City Training Collaborative, which includes HeartShare, United Cerebral Palsy of New York and Services for the Underserved, has been recognized with the 2015 Moving Mountains Award. The University of Minnesota’s Research and Training Center and National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) issue this prestigious award, which recognizes organizations for developing a…

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