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CMCS’ Supported Employment Division is attracting new business partners that provide a range of employment opportunities for the individuals we serve.

Have you ever considered opening up your heart and home to a child in need of love and care? Please read more about becoming a foster parent and helping change the life of a child today.

CMCS staff member Dorene Word-Hadly (middle) was recognized at the recent Mid-Hudson Coalition and NYSACRA sponsored DSP Conference. DSP’s (Direct Support Professionals) work directly with people with physical disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities, assisting individuals to become integrated and a part of their community.

WVOX radio has featured CMCS as we try and recruit loving and caring foster parents who are looking to make a difference in the life of a child. Please click to find out how you can help.

Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible for the children in our foster care programs.

How the CMCS Supportive Employment Program builds confidence, social skills and futures for adults with developmental disabilities.

Help us increase the awareness of the trauma and neglect children suffer and the work ahead to help them heal. Help them be safe, and feel safe. Help us provide the therapeutic, clinical, medical and educational supports that can put them on a road where they can fulfill their potential.

CMCS Staff across all locations helped “Light It Up Blue” in honor of Autism Awareness Day!

Our adults with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) have made great strides in their ability to communicate their needs through the use of iPads and other technical devices, and improving on living and social skills, helping them become more independent. As a sign of its success and growth, we have opened 2 new residential homes for adults with autism where we employ the ABA model,

CMCS was proudly represented in both the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17th and in the White Plains St Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 11th. (Did you know that our namesake, John Cardinal McCloskey, was responsible for overseeing the construction of St. Patrick’s Cathedral!)

The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund awarded a grant for the CMCS Drop-In Center to provide runaway and homeless youth with a safe haven from the streets and provide them with assistance and programs to help them lead safer, productive lives.

Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr helps secure discretionary funding for the CMCS Sunrise Drop In Center.

Keith Robinson, Asst. Director, TFFC, along with Julie Farber, Deputy Commissioner Division of Family Permanency Services at ACS and foster parent Ms. Valerie Gibbs at the ACS National Foster Care Month Celebration

It was move in day for four of our adults with autism and a chance for more independent lives.

CMCS hosts a thank you breakfast for the staff and agencies who stood with us and offered their support after our Courtlandt Avenue flood

The Office of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino proclaims April 18th 2015 Cardinal McCloskey Community Services Recognition Day.

Each October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The CMCS Supported Employment program members, and employer JingleNog, were honored with awards.

Research tells us that less than a third of incidents/cases of child abuse are disclosed or identified, and even fewer are reported. How can you help?