BE HEARD!
Submit your questions or comments about the OPWDD 1115 “People First Waiver” to people.first@opwdd.ny.gov, call 1-866-946-9733 or TTY: 1-866-933-4889.
For more information about the waiver, click here.
Who We Are
SKIP is short for Sick Kids [Need] Involved People but it’s long on the kind of assistance that has helped more than 10,000 very sick and/or developmentally disabled children over the past 27 years in the state of New York get home from hospitals and institutions to live with their families and participate in their schools and communities to the fullest extent possible.
SKIP of New York is the only 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit agency of its kind. It is based on the belief that every kid deserves a shot at the best childhood they can get, especially kids who are medically fragile and/or developmentally disabled. Through service coordination, advocacy and hands-on problem solving, more than 150 SKIP case managers make sure the 3,000 children they work with each year get that chance. Because when it comes to healing a child, there’s no place like home.