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EEDA NEWSLETTER- SUMMER 2018 (CLICK COVER TO ACCESS)

EEDA's Creative Arts Program video submission for the Imagine Awards

What an incredible day! Thanks to everyone who helped make this year's Surfers Healing a huge success!
Click HERE to see photos from 2017's event

EEDA NEWSLETTER- SPRING/SUMMER 2018 (CLICK COVER TO ACCESS)

Winter 2018 Newsletter
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NEWS FLASH: EEDA has been awarded the Long Island Award for Agency of the Year from SANYS (The Self-Advocacy Association of New York State, Inc.)
Way to go EEDA!

Click HERE to visit the SANYS site

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 28th HISTORY WAS MADE AFTER MORE THAN 300 DAYS OF ADVOCACY, GOV. CUOMO MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN ALBANY: THE NEW YORK STATE BUDGET WILL INCLUDE $55,000,000 TO ENSURE DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS RECEIVE A LIVING WAGE. THIS IS $10,000,000 MORE THAN THE #bFair2DirectCare CAMPAIGN WAS ASKING FOR! EEDA self-advocates and staff were front and center at this historic event. Self-Advocacy President Christine Barker and front-line supervisor Shaunice Faines spoke at the same podium as the governor!

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THE TIMES UNION ARTICLE

EEDA Self-Advocates and staff, moments before the governor made his historic announcement.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new CAP space at the Henry Pfeifer Center. Thank you Laura Jens Smith and the Riverhead Town Board for making this happen!
June 6th, 2018

“We’re proud to be working with East End Disability Associates- a group of caring, concerned professionals, who do so much for so many every day. Beyond the great work they do to enrich the lives of their clients, the staff at EEDA serves to remind us that kindness and compassion make our lives more meaningful,” said Riverhead Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith.

No Place Like the Dance Studio
Click HERE to read the article in The Independent

eeda celebrates black history month

EEDA on the front page of the Riverhead Times Review in response to the $15 minimum wage proposal and how it would affect us and other agencies.

Click HERE to read the article in Riverhead Times Review

EEDA self-advocates and staff sit down with Riverhead Local to discuss the importance of Medicaid and what it means for the people we support.

Click HERE to read the article in Riverhead Local

EEDA has been named a finalist in the Innovation category at the
6th annual Long Island Imagine awards!!
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