Empowering Lives.
Securing Futures.
Our mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. This is accomplished by offering services and supports in an inclusive, people-centered environment.
Empowering Lives.
Securing Futures.
Our mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. This is accomplished by offering services and supports in an inclusive, people-centered environment.
When local community colleges began offering credentialing courses to direct support professionals last fall, Unity House DSPs were first in line.
At Tompkins Cortland Community College, all 15 seats were filled by Unity House staff members, said Patty Tvaroha, professor of human services.
“It has been a blessing, I think, to have them all be Unity House people,” Tvaroha said. “They are creating their own natural support system.” Continue Reading Set Up for Success: Empowering Our Workforce
Gerry Hodnett was an artist with a following.
“There was something very special about Gerry,” said his sister, Sandy Arden. “He made friends wherever he went and he even touched people he didn’t meet.
When Gerry died at age 74 last year, Sandy was devastated, and so were his closest friends. Among them were his housemates at Unity House’s Sheffield Road residence, where he lived since 2011. Continue Reading Remembering Gerry
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Our PROSperity program for mental health (PROS) is hosting a mental health awareness walk on Friday, May 31 in Auburn in front of the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center. The event will begin at 11 a.m. with an hour of… Continue Reading Unity House’s PROSperity Program for mental health to host awareness walk
No matter how healthy we are today, we won’t live forever. Which means that we won’t always be here to make decisions about how to use the money and other possessions we’ve accumulated over our lives – our estates. We… Continue Reading Register Now: For the Next Generation
