Overnight Respite Programs for Children with Special Needs in the NYC Area

If your child has special needs, an overnight respite program can provide some much needed relief and give you time to de-stress and focus on your own needs. It's also a good idea to get your child used to staying overnight in a place other than home, in case an emergency should ever arise.

Here, we've put together a list of places that offer overnight respite for children in the NYC area, including Long Island and Westchester, Rockland, and Fairfield counties.

New York City Respite Programs

Serving Multiple Boroughs

AHRC of New York City Free-Standing Respite
Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Queens
212-780-4491 or 212-780-4493

Houses and apartments are located in all five New York City boroughs, offering overnight respite for individuals with developmental disabilities ages 4 years and older, of any functional level. Services provided by fully trained staff can be arranged for up to two consecutive weeks.

HeartShare Overnight Respite Programs
Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens
718-422-3292

HeartShare offers a few overnight respite programs. Serving People with Autism Overnight Respite is located in Staten Island. It is open year-round to children with autism  and other intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 7 and older. Home Away from Home is an overnight respite program provided by host families for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. A Holiday Overnight Respite program is offered in Brooklyn.

QSAC Overnight Respite Program
New York City and Long Island
718-7-AUTISM

Quality Services for the Autism Community’s overnight respite programs typically take place at a recreational facility such as a dude ranch, but services can be arranged in another location convenient to the family. The program is available to all individuals with autism or a pervasive developmental disorder.

Bronx

UCP of NYC Overnight Respite Program
1770 Stillwell Ave., Bronx
877-827-2666

Overnight respite is available seven days a week at the Hausman Campus in the Pelham Gardens neighborhood of the Bronx for any child or adult who is a New York City resident, is physically disabled and/or developmentally disabled, and meets the New York State Office of Persons With Developmental Disabilities and Family Support Services guidelines. Guests may stay at the residence for up to 14 days at a time, a maximum of 30 days per year.

Brooklyn

HASC Center Lev Tova Children's Respite Home
2018 Avenue J
718-434-4027

Overnight respite services are offered seven days a week for children with special needs. Lev Tova accepts female guests ages 2-18 and male guests ages 2-8.

JBFCS Mishkon Respite Program
1358 56th St.
718-854-0454

Overnight respite services are provided for people with developmental disabilities younger than 21 years old.

Manhattan

YAI Overnight Respite Program
Chelsea
Vanessa White Germany at 212-255-2673

The YAI Network offers 24-hour professional and caring supervision from Friday afternoon until Monday morning for people ages 5 years and older in a lovely Chelsea townhouse. Guests must be ambulatory.

To learn more about family support services at the YAI Network, contact the YAI LINK information and referral service at 1-866-2-YAI-LINK, 212-273-6182, or TDD 212-290-2787.

Long Island Respite Programs

East End Disability Associates Inc Overnight Respite Program
107 Roanoke Ave., Riverhead
Joan Lucarelli at 631-369-7345 x125

Overnight respite can be scheduled for children with disabilities ages 8 and older who live with their family in Suffolk or Nassau counties.

Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Inc Free-Standing Respite Services
Nassau County
631-273-1300