Find a YAI Service

More information about applying for a service and availability

Find YAI's supports and services. Availability and eligibility will vary. For more information about applying for a service and availability please call YAI LINK at 212.273.6182.

For more information online you can read our Frequently Asked Questions or learn more about the different acronyms in our acronym guide

You can also review our Eligibility FAQ or take our short Eligibility Survey to find out if you are likely eligible for YAI services funded through the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). Please feel free to call us at 212.273.6182 if you need further help understanding how to access supports and services.

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Bronx Evening Adjustment Program (BEAP)

A recreation program providing community-based leisure activities to encourage and promote independence for people, ages 18 and up.

Bronx Supplemental Day Habilitation

A socialization/recreation program designed to assist adults in achieving greater independence.

Hankering for More

Hankering For More's primary goal is to help its adult members spark social connections with peers that allow them to create and maintain their own social network without staff support and outside of formal HFM events.

Leisure Trax

Leisure Trax offers adults with developmental and learning disabilities vacation and travel opportunities, including weekend trips and extended vacations with domestic and international destinations. Free travel (some trips) offered to eligible people who reside in the Bronx. Also can potentially offer as a waiver respite to people 18+ residing in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, or Brooklyn at home with their families.

MAC (Mainstreaming At Camp)

In partnership with the Frost Valley YMCA sleepaway camp, YAI/NIPD offers an award-winning inclusive camping experience in the Catskills to children and teens with developmental and learning disabilities, ages 8 and up.

YAI Arts Studio

We open our studio to people with autism and other developmental or intellectual disabilities looking to advance their creative voice and expand their creative community.

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Vocational Services

Vocational services provide a wide range of supports to assist in finding and maintaining employment.

Free Psychological, Psychosocial, and Autism Assessments

Providing free diagnostic evaluations for Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan residents. Eligibility criteria varies with different boros, but all applicants must not be eligible for Medicaid.

Day Habilitation - Bayside, Queens

The emphasis of day habilitation is participation in the larger community. Most activities occur outside of the day habilitation walls. By participating as volunteers at various organizations, participants have daily opportunities to develop skills, including safe travel using public transportation and community integration.

Coffeehouse Program - New Jersey

The Coffeehouse program for adults provides an environment where participants can expand their social circles and become active members of the community. The program includes activities focusing on improving self-esteem, maturity and independence.

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Community Habilitation - Long Island

Trained specialists provide individualized skills training in the home and the community. Focus is on a person's strengths and life skills for development, including building skills and independence in the areas of self care, social skills development, money management, life safety, household tasks, enjoying the community, and job success.

OPWDD eligibility and residing at home with family are required to enroll in this service.

Support Coordination

Support Coordinators assist people with developmental disabilities and their families to enroll in and gain access to services and supports appropriate to their needs.

Brooklyn Children & Adolescent Program (BCAP)

Friday and Saturday recreation and socialization programs offering various activities and community trips throughout the metropolitan area for people, ages 6 and up.

iHOPE - International Academy of Hope

The International Academy of Hope (iHOPE) is a highly specialized brain injury school in New York City. It meets a significant and unmet need in the NYC community, while also serving as a world-class model of best practices and high tech solutions in the delivery of educational brain injury services.