Apartment Programs

BCS offers 2 types of residential programs to persons with intellectual disabilities; Individualized Residential Alternatives (IRA) and Individual Supports and Services (ISS).

Individualized Residential Alternatives (IRA)
IRA provides room, board and individualized service options to individuals living with disabilities. Staff is on-site 24 hours, 7 days a week to offer support and supervision to the residents. This includes teaching the residents life skills, inclusion in community integration activities, and medical monitoring. Individuals are encouraged to make choices in all aspects of their daily living routine to the best of their ability, including choosing the décor in their apartment, making healthy food choices, and voting on recreation and vacation destinations for group outings with other members living at the residence.

Individual Supports and Services (ISS)
ISS assists adults with intellectual disabilities who have the capability and desire to live on their own with minimal staff support. The program provides funds to pay for housing costs, and on a limited basis, funds to pay for food, transportation, and clothing. ISS is also a housing subsidy program.

BCS PROS

Brooklyn Community Services Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) is a nurturing adult psychiatric rehabilitation program which fosters mental health recovery, independent living, and greater community participation. PROS provides participants with the opportunity to receive instruction and to practice skills in a safe environment while staff members counsel, teach, and provide valuable feedback. Participants are able to learn at their own pace in a safe, structured, non-institutional setting through hope-oriented individual and group services. BCS PROS offers a variety of specialized services such as art therapy, cognitive remediation, dual recovery, optional psychiatric services, and more.

Community for All Day Habilitation

The BCS Community for All Day Habilitation Program provides adults with intellectual disabilities a comprehensive and diverse range of services that help participants learn to better navigate their communities, build skills for future employment, and engage in activities of their choice which promote community inclusion. Our clients enrich the world around them through volunteering, working at animal shelters, child daycare centers, and participating in creative expression groups through a multi-faceted arts program. Community for All Day Habilitation also brings clinical services to clients, like psychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and psychosexual therapy.

Community Habilitation

Community Habilitation is an individualized community-based service for people with intellectual disabilities residing in their homes. Staff work with participants on a one-to-one basis to build independent living skills, money management skills, community safety and travel skills, and to enhance skills learned in a vocational setting. The program allows staff to track participants’ progress as they become more independent and gain the ability to move through life normally.

Greater Heights Clubhouse

The Greater Heights Clubhouse (GHC) is an internationally recognized program accredited by Clubhouse International. The BCS GHC provides a community environment for adults with mental illness from which they can attain their life goals. Members and staff work side-by-side to accomplish the day-to-day work of the Clubhouse. Members use the Clubhouse resources to regain connections to the greater community by accessing employment, education, and housing opportunities. The members and staff actively live the slogan, “Reaching Greater Heights Everyday” through the overarching aim of focusing on their aspirations and achieving life goals.

Hourly Waiver Respite

The Hourly Waiver Respite Program provides recreational activities for individuals with intellectual disabilities while simultaneously providing respite for their family members. Participants engage in fun-filled activities such as arts and crafts, special occasion parties, pot lucks, trips, and most notably, a bowling league that meets weekly and competes in a bowling tournament twice a year. The program provides a space for individuals to build social skills and to feel accepted and included amongst like-minded peers.

Lifelong Enrichment Program (LEP)

The Lifelong Enrichment Program (LEP) serves adults with intellectual disabilities aged 50 or older. These individuals face a unique challenge when their parents and siblings, who in many cases are their primary caregivers, become frail or pass away. LEP guides these individuals in planning for their futures, and supporting their health, mobility and functioning with health assessments, vital sign screenings, healthcare training, and contacting primary care physicians when needed. The program’s overall goal is to help participants plan their transition from supported employment careers into partial or full retirement, giving them the tools and resources they need to remain active and engaged.

NYC Mural Arts Project

The BCS New York City Mural Arts Project (NYCMAP) uses a collaborative mural-making process to foster new relationships in order to discuss and promote mental health andin New York City’s communities. BCS works with community-based organizations, artists, people living with a mental health condition, and the community at large to promote mental health awareness and break down stigmas associated with mental illness. Together, we translate our conversations into a mural that reflects the diversity and strength of everyone involved in the mural-making process. NYCMAP is a collaboration of BCS and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Work Readiness Programs For People Living with Disabilities

BCS offers a range of vocational training and job placement programs to meet the diverse needs of clients with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities and mental illness. Those ready for work are helped to find jobs, others receive basic vocational training, coaching, and support as they transition to employment, and those with very challenging disabilities are placed in internships receiving specialized support where they can begin to build basic skills.These programs can range from 12 months to a year or can be a life-long service for clients. We provide vocational assessment and evaluation to individuals looking to understand what career best suits their lifestyle, work abilities, personality, and academic level, a full range of job placement and job coaching services, hands-on employment preparation and training, as well as internship opportunities as a gateway to a full-time career. Programs are person-centered and support individuals at their current academic and social level, ensuring that our clients can adjust to the productivity and social demands of work on their own terms.

Mental Health Services Learn More

BCS PROS
Brooklyn Community Services Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) is a nurturing adult psychiatric rehabilitation program which fosters mental health recovery, independent living, and greater community participation. BCS PROS offers a variety of specialized services such as art therapy, Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT), optional psychiatric services, and more.

1310 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11236
718.942.3400

Community Health and Mindfulness Program (CHAMP)
This program collaborates with government and other nonprofit agencies to provide culturally relevant suicide prevention interventions and strategies to youth and young adults. Services include individual and family counseling, enriching health and wellness activities, risk assessment and linkage to crisis care.

1310 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11236
929.545.0071

Greater Heights Clubhouse
The Clubhouse provides a community environment for adults with mental illness to help them achieve their life goals. Clubhouse resources include employment, education, and housing support. The Greater Heights Clubhouse is an internationally recognized program accredited by Clubhouse International.

980 Halsey St., Brooklyn, NY 11207
718.235.5780