Overview
OPWDD relies on the more than 500 nonprofit service providers it certifies and regulates to deliver quality direct care services to the people it is entrusted with supporting. Whether it is by delivering day services, housing or employment supports, the agency’s service providers are on the front lines each day making sure that the needs of the people we support are put first.
We offer a variety of tools and resources to help providers succeed in doing their jobs safely and effectively and in recruiting a first-rate workforce. Our regulations and guidance are intended to not only make certain that minimum acceptable standards are met but ensure that our providers are both encouraged and equipped to exceed those standards.
Delivering Quality Service
OPWDD provides regulations, guidance and best practices to help voluntary providers deliver consistent, quality services across the state.
Be a Good Provider
Provider Stability & Performance
Providing a quality system of supports for people with developmental disabilities requires training and regular communication to enhance provider performance.
Health, Safety & Prevention
Person-Centered Planning
An individualized approach to service planning, focused on the unique needs and desired outcomes of the person.
How to Hire
Job Openings
Become an IPSIDD Provider
A provider of Independent Practitioner Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (IPSIDD) can be a clinician or a group practice that is licensed in New York State to deliver occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language pathology, psychology and social work services.
Article 16 Clinics
OPWDD Article 16 Clinics principally serve persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) either at the main clinic site or at satellite sites.
Article 16 Clinic services are habilitative in nature, as they improve or limit disabling conditions, disease, or illnesses through the provision of assessments and therapies.
Article 16 Clinic services are habilitative in nature, as they improve or limit disabling conditions, disease, or illnesses through the provision of assessments and therapies.
Resources to Help You
Guidance and resources to help provide the safest, healthiest care
Statewide training that promotes positive relationships
Agencies setting the standard in provider quality
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