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Living Resources is proud to announce that our CEO, Elizabeth Martin, was named a 2023 Woman of Distinction. She was recognized by Senator Neil D. Breslin for her outstanding contribution to our community and celebrated at an annual reception at the New York State Capitol. Her nomination states: Elizabeth Martin is a strategic executive who is driven by mission, innovation, and excellence. She is Chief Executive Officer of Living Resources, an Albany-based nonprofit that supports and empowers nearly 2,000 individuals with disabilities or other life challenges to live with dignity, independence, and happiness Ms. Martin joined Living Resources during the [...]

We are excited to announce our second Cycling to Creativity challenge! As the father of one of our supported individuals and an avid bicyclist, Ed Brennan issued this challenge in support of the many programs at Living Resources. Ed has a two-year goal to ride his bicycle from Albany, New York to Albany, Oregon, beginning in late May 2023. This year's leg will be taking him through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and ending in Fargo, North Dakota - a distance of nearly 2,000 miles. This will be a self-supported and self-directed tour, meaning there [...]

The sense of pride and self-accomplishment was so strong, you could feel the excitement before the door was opened. Maybe all the obstacles they overcame made the victory sweeter. If you ask most college students about their scholastic journey, they will tell you about their accomplishments, struggles, high points, and disappointments, but for most of them, graduating was always a foregone conclusion. For many students with intellectual disabilities, however, participating in a college program is frequently thought to be improbable, and walking across a stage wearing a cap and gown in a full college graduation ceremony is considered unrealistic. That is [...]

Click here for a special impromptu video message from Living Resources' CEO, Elizabeth Martin. Listen as she shares her thoughts on the NYS FY 2024 Budget and only receiving a 4% COLA increase in our Medicaid rates!

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Fifteen participants and three staff in our Warren County Day Community Opportunity Program (DCOP) took the two-hour journey into Massachusetts to visit the Berkshire Museum this month. The county’s manager, Hollie Willsey said the trip was well worth it. They spent the full day exploring the museum’s many art, science, and history exhibits, eating lunch at Subway, and enjoying dessert at Ben and Jerry’s, yum! Hollie said, “It was a wonderful day! They were all so happy there and on the way home and even asked if they could go back again in June, so we [...]