Advancing Inclusion • Empowering Lives • Creating Community

Advocates has over 1,000 dedicated professionals serving approximately 1,000 individuals and families throughout Central New York.

Advocates Transforms Lives!

By giving today, you can help Advocates provide ongoing support for children and adults with disabilities and their families

Transforming Lives

Advocates supports children and adults with disabilities and their families with 1:1 Mentors/support staff, self-directed Community Habilitation and self-directed residential supports with a Backup Mentor service. We provide Family Training, Family Reimbursement for respite, Service Access, Medical Advocacy and Family Recreation

Self-Directed Support

We offer individualized supports so that people with disabilities can direct their own lives and create a vision for their future.

Family Support Services

We offer financial support with respite and goods and services such as classes, summer camp scholarships, therapeutic horseback riding, adaptive swimming lessons, and so much more.

Family Training

We offer information and resources on service access, financial planning, trusts, guardianship, communication and other topics to assist family members.

"To me, this journey and experience has enlightened my life as well as Jose’s. At Advocates, we look out for each other and we are there for each other."

- Jose's Father

"Advocates helps me to do the things I like to do, meet goals in my life, and overcome my fears."

- Jose

"Kathy has grown as an individual, works with her Mentors on independence and self-expression, and is an active member of the community."

- Kathy's Mother

"The staff have been awesome, and we could not have hoped for such a great, positive experience for Nadia."

- Nadia's Mother

"My goal is help expand lives so that individuals become as independent as possible."

- Advocates' Mentor

"I have a strong desire to assist each individual with specific goals, balancing compassion and understanding, and a willingness to set priorities so that each individual succeeds."

- Advocates' Mentor

"Because of her Mentors, Kathy gives much more thought in her decision-making and the support she receives from Advocates is purposeful."

- Kathy's Mother

Creating Purpose

The life-changing opportunities we witness every day are far from ordinary. Our vision is to provide a sense of responsibility along with new skills, independence, and self-worth to all individuals.

Creating a Vision for Your Future

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