Housing

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides an explanation of the range of housing options here:  https://opwdd.ny.gov/types-services/housing

ACHIEVE offers supervised apartments, supervised residences, and supported apartments in Tioga County:  https://www.achieveny.org/services/residential-services/

Community Options provides housing services in the Tioga County area:  https://www.comop.org/about-us/our-offices/new-york/#servicesoffered

Tioga Opportunities provides housing services in the Tioga County area:  https://tiogaopp.org/

                                                       https://tiogaopp.org/apartments-for-rent/

DID YOU KNOW?  There are 556 individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) who are registered with the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and live in Tioga County.  Eighty-one of these individuals (15%) live in one of 18 available certified settings.  That mean that 85% live in non-certified settings; usually this mean living at home with their parents.  (2021)