CPW awarded $150,000 in state funding
November 16, 2023 at 12:43 a.m.
Cerebral Palsy of Westchester (CPW) and Senator Shelley B. Mayer announced on Nov. 9 that CPW has been awarded $150,000 in state funding, secured by Senator 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 a new program: The BRIDGE Training Center. The Center will offer work-based learning and life skills to CPW’s high school and adult clients. The BRIDGE Training Center will offer CPW ways to expand training partnerships with current community partners, bring in new partners, and provide opportunities for individuals in the area not currently served by CPW but who could benefit from a vocational and life-skills training center such as this.
The Training Center program aims to serve hundreds of individuals who, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), are among the most marginalized in the world—teens and young adults with disabilities. With societal and other barriers, these young people face numerous challenges in transitioning to adulthood and learning to live independently.
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