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Front Door Information Session Videos Now on OPWDD Website, in multiple languages including Spanish!! For the last two years, the Metropolitan Parent Center of Sinergia, collaborated with OPWDD and its partners for this project. Our team engaged families, who were fundamental providing recommendations that guided our work to ensure cultural and linguistic authenticity of the project. We extend our gratitude to all families who were instrumental in this project, and to Tatiana Calderon, our... READ MORE >>

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Welcome to the Metropolitan Parent Center
The Metropolitan Parent Center (MPC) is one of only four Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIC) in all of New York State, providing information, training, and one-to-one support to families of children ages 0-26 with the full range of disabilities, and to the professionals who work with them. The MPC helps parents gain the skills and knowledge to help their children develop academic and functional skills that lead to independent productive adult lives.
 
Funded through the U.S. Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Metropolitan Parent Center is part of a nationwide network of Parent Training and Information Centers in the United States, as well as a member of the NYS Parent Center Network. READ MORE >>

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NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities List of Providers Offering Free Wi-Fi or Special Accommodations for 60 Days

October 19, 2020

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mopd/resources/list-of-providers-offering-free-wifi.page 

Comcast 

Offering free public Wi-Fi for 60 Days to families who do not have a subscription already.  
Call: 1-855-846-8376 for English Enrollment 
Call: 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish Enrollment  
Comcast Free Public Wi-Fi 

Charter Communications/Spectrum 

Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. 
Call: 1-844-488-8395  
Charter Communications Free Wi-Fi Access 

Altice USA 

For households with K-12 and/or college students who may be displaced due to school closures and who do not a currently have home internet access, we are offering our Altice Advantage 30 Mbps broadband solution for free for 60 days to any new customer household within our footprint.  
Call: 866 – 200 – 9522 to enroll in Optimum Region 
Call: 888 – 633 – 0030 to enroll in Suddenlink Region 
Altice USA Free Broadband Announcement