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Our Mission
AccessCNY offers person-centered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. Services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment.
Our Purpose
Every day, AccessCNY helps people of all ages and abilities live their best life.
For over 75 years AccessCNY has been a pioneer in meeting the changing needs of our community.
AccessCNY empowers over 2,400 people a year, each with their own unique story. Whether an individual has an intellectual disability, physical disability or mental health diagnosis, AccessCNY’s services help them reach their full potential. AccessCNY advocates so everyone has a voice, everyone is heard and all are connected.
Together we create a community where everyone belongs.
Our Guiding Principles
Integrity – Communication will be honest, direct and sincere. Integrity includes being accountable, ethical, non-reactive and free of judgement. Decisions will be based on facts, and will consider all sides of each issue.
Respect – Communication will be timely and courteous. Behavior will be compassionate and cooperative. We will demonstrate empathy and positive regard for others, regardless of their place in the organization.
Collaboration – Communication will include all relevant stakeholders. Collaboration represents a shared commitment to goals and objectives. Collaboration includes consistency, flexibility, humor, planning, sharing, and support.
Professionalism – Reflected in one’s physical appearance as well as verbal, written and non-verbal communication. Employees will conduct themselves in a manner that demonstrates good character and solid ethics.
Accountability – AccessCNY employees will be clear on the roles and expectations of their positions. This will include timeframes, documentation, outcomes for participants, boundaries and limitations, and ensuring psychological safety.
Innovation – Creatively, new ideas and alternative approaches are encouraged. Although all suggestions will not be implemented, AccessCNY fosters an environment where innovation is welcome and new ideas are respected.
Diversity – Anti-racism ideals will be embedded in all of the agency’s works and will be used to create awareness and understanding for all people, especially those who have been historically marginalized.
Leadership
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Our History
AccessCNY is both a new agency and one with a rich history. The agency was officially formed in January 2015 with the merger of two agencies that served individuals with disabilities: Enable and Transitional Living Services (TLS). In 2018, AccessCNY expanded again with the merger of Spaulding Support Services. The agency’s most recent addition came in 2019, when Onondaga CASA became a part of AccessCNY.
Through our legacy agencies, AccessCNY has a history of service stretching back more than 70 years. Click on our interactive timeline below to learn more about AccessCNY’s history.
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