Mid Hudson News: Cerebral Palsy center gets grant for facility

RYE BROOK- Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW) has been awarded $150,000 in state funding, secured by Senator Shelley Mayer, to construct The BRIDGE Training Center.

CPW will use the funding to make modifications and renovations to an existing 1,500-square-foot house on its campus in Rye Brook.  Once renovated, the building will house The BRIDGE Training Center.  The Center will offer work-based learning and life skills to CPW’s high school and adult clients.

This training center will provide tremendous support and resources to Cerebral Palsy of Westchester’s high school and adult clients, helping them face the challenges in transitioning to living independently,” said Senator Mayer.  “I thank Linda Kuck, the Executive Director of CPW and her team for their commitment to ensuring teens and young adults with disabilities have opportunities and the resources they need to thrive.”

“This project addresses some of the most dire needs of our community,” said Linda Kuck, CPW’s Executive Director.  “It has been a dream to convert this home into this life skills vocational training center, which will enable us to meet these needs in an innovative way.  The BRIDGE Training Center will remove barriers to independent living and full inclusion in society through individualized “real-world” life-skills and vocational training.”

The training center, once open, will serve hundreds of teens and young adults with disabilities.

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