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Suffolk Independent Living Organization

Educate - Advocate - Empower

SILO's History
3253 Route 112 Medford, New York  11763
Building 10 
​(631) 880-7929
Thank you to all the Health Care Workers on the front lines battling the coronavirus disease, from your partners in the fight, the staff at Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO).

Even though SILO offices are closed we are continuing to provide services remotely. If you are in need of anything, please call our main number: 631-880-7929 or email us at info@siloinc.org
​If you know the name of the individual and extension you are welcome to call & someone will get back to you during business hours.

Check out the article written by New York Association on  Independence Living (NYAIL) Executive Director, on alternative solutions
to the ​Nursing Home crisis, during and post COVID.  

Click the button below!
Source: The Times Union
CLICK HERE

Upcoming Events!

Suffolk County Transition Coordinators Present:
Virtual Transition Night
Thursday, February 11, 2021 6:00-7:30PM​
Register at www.suffolktc.org

Middle Country Central School District
Presents:

Understanding Eligibility & Application Process for Adult Services
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 7:00PM
To register contact: Michelle Siragusa 631-285-8982 / msiragusa@mccsd.net

William Floyd School District Presents:
Protecting Your Child w/ Special Needs Legally & Financially/Estate Planning 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
6:30-8:30PM
To register contact: Wendie Der, LMSW - wder@wfsd.k12.ny.us 
​(631) 874-1980

​Come play BINGO with us on Zoom!
January - 5th & 19th / February 2nd & 16th/ March 2nd & 16th @ 6PM
Email Amy Menditto to register!
amenditto@siloinc.org

We need to advocate for Disability Rights!

State officials are withholding 20% owed to non-profit organizations.

This will limit and reduce the services that these agencies can provide to people with disabilities. Suffolk County officials are looking to cut Transportation, Social Services, and Police if additional federal funds are not received.
          -Bus routes for both SCAT & line buses will be cut, decreasing ridership.
           -It will significantly impact people with disabilities going to work, doctor appointments, college, grocery shopping, etc.
           -Impacting their ability to be independent in the community. 
             -If cuts are made, it will leave the disabled population vulnerable, especially during this pandemic. 
           -These cuts will impact employment and the available resources that the disabled population relies on. 

Reach out to your local congressional Representative (House and Senate) and advocate for the Federal COVID -19 Stimulus package that would assist New York State and local municipalities to continue providing for those individuals with disabilities that need the supports to remain independent in their community.
 Contact your Congressional Senators and House of Representatives to protect your rights!

Senators
Kirsten Gillibrand  
Phone: (202) 224-4451
Email: kirsten_gillibrand@gillibrand.senate.gov

Chuck Schumer  
Phone: (202) 224-6542
Email: Scheduling_schumer@schumer.senate.gov 

​House of Representatives  
Lee Zeldin
Phone: (631) 289-1097 

Thomas Souzzi
Phone: (631) 923-4100
 Kathleen Rice 
Phone: (516) 739-3008

Peter King
Phone: (516) 541-4225

Suffolk County proposes discontinuing 19 bus routes. 

*S54 — 548 riders per day
* 10B — 45 riders per day
* S59 — 90 riders per day
* S57 — 139 riders per day
* S31 — 12 riders per day
* S76 — 36 riders per day
* S56 — 89 riders per day
* 2A — 106 riders per day
* 7A — 60 riders per day
* 10C — 85 riders per day
* 6B — 108 riders per day
* S47 — 73 riders per day
* 8A — 131 riders per day
* S62 — 339 riders per day
* 1A — 63 riders per day
* 6A — 78 riders per day
* S69 — 3 riders per day
* 2B — 161 riders per day
* S23 — 149 riders per day

If these bus cuts go through next year, THOUSANDS will lose their line bus routes and HUNDREDS will be left without Para Transit due to cuts and if they go back to 3/4 mile guideline.
These cuts will impact people's ability to get to work, doctor appointments, school, and all other daily needs.

Please email Legislator Robert Calarco - Presiding Officer by Nov. 4, 2020 to not cut these bus routes.
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Email: Robert.Calarco@suffolkcountyny.gov

The medical community is against the proposed cuts to the Suffolk County para transit system.
One doctors perspective:
Kerim Odekon, MD, MRP, MSc
Primary Care Physician in Suffolk County, New York


YES I CAN!

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Give 9-1-1 the information they need to help you fast!
Call NY Connects @ 631-730-3737 for assistance in registering

 24 HR AA Hotline  
For anyone who has a desire to stop drinking.
Contact: 631-669-1124 

Virtual Disability Etiquette Workshop Recording

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About Our Organization

Suffolk Independent Living Organization

    The Suffolk Independent Living Organization (SILO) has been providing programs and services to people with disabilities in Suffolk County since 1985. SILO is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, consumer controlled, non-residential, civil rights, mentoring and educational organization. SILO's philosophically is tied to the nationwide Independent Living Movement which asserts that people with disabilities have the same rights and responsibilities, needs and desires, as their non-disabled peers.

   SILO is Suffolk County's Independent Living Center and one of 39 Independent Living Center sponsored by the New York State Education Department through the Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation Department (ACCES-VR). There are over a thousand Independent Living Centers throughout the United States and its territories, adhering to the same philosophy and providing similar services and programs to people with disabilities.
​   SILO has the reputation of providing the most comprehensive cross-disability related services to the disabled community in all Suffolk County. As an advocacy agency we work with individuals, businesses, and other government and private agencies to promote equal access for people with all disabilities. SILO is not a "case management" agency; rather, our focus is on empowering the individual, by educating and preparing them to advocate for themselves. Most of our staff are people with disabilities themselves, and this peer model facilitates for a better relationship between the Specialist and the individual being served. SILO's services are person-centered so individuals determine their own individual short and long term goals.

​   SILO encourages people with disabilities to take an active role in the community in which they live, work and play. So if you are a person with a disability, a family member or a friend of a person with a disability living in Suffolk County, we urge you to become involved in making our community more accessible to all. Individuals with disabilities are welcome to join our peer support group, or become a part of our advocacy training workshops. We welcome volunteers to participate in one of our many programs, your skills and personal experiences can assist SILO in achieving its goal of full integration for people with disabilities throughout Suffolk County. We need you to become involved.

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SUFFOLK INDEPENDENT LIVING ORGANIZATION

3253 Route 112 
Building 10 
Medford, NY  11763

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​Call us at (631)880-7929
​Email us at info@siloinc.org
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