ARISE Brochure
ARISE
An Independent Living Center by and for people with disabilities.
WHO WE ARE
ARISE is unique because we are an Independent Living Center: a non-profit, community-based organization run by and for people who have disabilities.
ARISE advocates to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities are protected. We also offer services to individuals with disabilities, their families, and communities in Central New York.
Each year, ARISE works with more than 3,000 people who have all types of disabilities, including physical, mental and emotional, cognitive, and sensory disabilities, as well as people who have multiple disabilities.
ARISE Timeline
1878 - Bureau of Labor and Charities, which would later become Child and Family Service, began providing services to children, women, and families in Onondaga County, New York.
1979 - ARISE was established as an Independent Living Center in Syracuse, New York.
1996 - ARISE opened an office in the City of Oswego, New York.
1998 - ARISE at the Farm began with the donation of a 76-acre horse farm in Chittenango, New York.
1999 - Child and Family Service and ARISE merged to become ARISE Child and Family Service, Inc. (known as ARISE), one of the leading agencies addressing urgent human needs in Central New York.
2003 - ARISE opened a Madison County office in Oneida, New York.
2004 - A second Oswego County site opened in Pulaski, New York.
OUR MISSION
To work with people of all abilities to create a fair and just community in which everyone can fully participate.
Our mission encompasses four key elements of the Independent Living Philosophy:
- Consumer Control.
We embody the concept of consumer control in ARISE’s governance and day-to-day management (a majority of our board of directors and staff are persons with disabilities), and consumers determine the services that they receive. - Advocacy.
We assist persons with disabilities in advocating for their individual rights and seek to overcome “systems” or institutional barriers to individual freedoms that prevent persons with disabilities from fully participating in their communities. - Civil Rights Orientation.
We assure that the rights of persons with disabilities are protected by law and enforced in practice. - Cross-Disability Representation.
ARISE board members, staff, consumers, and volunteers are individuals who have all types of disabilities.
WHAT WE DO
ARISE acts as a catalyst for community change by promoting the social, educational, economic, and individual interests of people with disabilities.
Through more than 40 programs, we offer advocacy and services to support individuals in realizing their potential and being fully participating members of their families and communities.
- Accessibility and Technology Resource Center
- Adoption Services
- Advocacy at Individual and Systems Levels: Benefits Advisement, Education, Health Care, Housing, Public Accommodation
- ARISE & Fish
- ARISE & Ski
- Assistive Technology
- Child Abuse Prevention Services
- Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program
- Crisis Pregnancy Counseling
- Day Camps for Adults and Children
- Day Habilitation Services
- Domestic Violence Counseling
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employment Services
- Horseback Riding: Adaptive and Therapeutic
- Housing Services
- Independent Living Skills Training
- Individualized Support Services
- Information and Referral Services
- Integrated Recreation
- Medicaid Service Coordination
- Mental Health Services
- Peer Counseling
- Residential Habilitation Services
- School-Based Mental Health Programs
- Support Groups
ARISE LOCATIONS
ARISE Main Office and Onondaga County Office
635 James Street
Syracuse, New York 13203
Phone: (315) 472-3171
TTY: (315) 479-6363
Fax: (315) 472-9252
Oswego County Office
253 East Tenth Street
Oswego, New York 13126
Phone: (315) 342-4088
TTY: (315) 342-8696
Fax: (315) 342-4107
Madison County Office
134 Vanderbilt Avenue
Oneida, New York 13421
Phone: (315) 363-2400
Fax: (315) 363-4545
Pulaski Office
2 Broad Street
Pulaski, New York 13142
Phone: (315) 298-5726
Fax: (315) 298-5729
ARISE at the Farm
1972 New Boston Road
Chittenango, NY 13037
Phone: (315) 687-6727
Fax: (315) 687-5794
A United Way Agency