1958 |
New York State Association for Brain Injured Children (NYABIC) formed by parents of children with brain injuries.
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1960 |
We become the Queens chapter of NYABIC. NYABIC chapter begins fundraising efforts.
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1961 |
Queens Chapter advocates for and obtains one class in each borough under the Board of Education Bureau for Physically Handicapped. Evaluation needed for placement could take 2-3 years.
Chapter parents helped to establish an Evaluation and Placement Unit for Queens’s students resulting in more classes being available.
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1962 |
First Dinner Dance.
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1963 |
First Nursery School - 3 classes begin in Electchester.
The Saturday Play Group - is established by parents and led in their own homes.
Chapter parents advocated for and were granted classes in Junior High and High School.
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1964 |
Saturday Play Group moves to the Corner School and the first Director and staff are hired.
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1965 |
Parents successfully advocate for the Samuel Field YMHA to start a camp for our children. This becomes Camp Blue Castle.
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1969 |
NYABIC helped to obtain a mortgage for our Queens chapter to purchase our original building on 26th Avenue in Bayside.
The Pathfinder Nursery School opens and the Saturday Play Group moves in.
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1971 |
The Queens Chapter of NYABIC establishes the Young Adult program offering recreational activities two evenings a week with parent volunteers.
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1975 |
The Queens Chapter of NYABIC incorporates as (ANIBIC), The Association for Neurologically Impaired Brain Injured Children, Inc.
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1976 |
ANIBIC sponsors a Cub / Boy Scout Troop.
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1983 |
The Saturday Play Group and the Young Adult Programs, receive funding from the NYC Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services.
The Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities established in April 1, 1978 provides funding for our Adult Respite Program on Sunday afternoons.
ANIBIC establishes a Vocational Program offering pre-vocational training, placement, and on-site support.
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1985 |
ANIBIC establishes its first 24-hour Community Residence serving 12 consumers with assistance from the Levitt Foundation.
Camp Blue Castle is renamed The Dennis White Camp Blue Castle for its first Director who died tragically in a car accident.
Family Support Services began with counseling for individuals and their families.
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1987 |
ANIBIC establishes its second 24-hour Community Residence on 230th Street in Oakland Gardens. It serves 10 consumers. It is opened with the assistance of the 7th District Masonic Association.
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1989 |
ANIBIC begins Case Management
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1990 |
ANIBIC Supportive Apartments open to promote greater independence with 21 hours of weekly support to each resident.
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1995 |
ANIBIC I.R.A. apartments (Individual Residential Alternatives) open providing 18 hours of weekly support to each individual.
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1997 |
ANIBIC establishes its Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver Program to assist individuals living in skilled nursing facilities to return to their communities.
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1999 |
ANIBIC expands necessitating the relocation of the Vocational Programs to a facility in Whitestone. These programs serve approximately 100 individuals.
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2000 |
ANIBIC establishes a Weekend Respite Program at our Whitestone facility.
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2002 |
ANIBIC Day Habilitation opens
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2006 |
Move from 26th Avenue and Whitestone to the Oakland Jewish Center. Day Hab. without walls begins services.
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2007 |
ANIBIC Senior Services received approval to build a senior citizens complex for elderly individuals with developmental disabilities.
ANIBIC dedicates its newly renovated house on 230th Street to Marsha Owens who was the President of ANIBIC for many years until her untimely death in May 2000.
Third Age Living Options ©, Inc. ANIBIC has received approval to build a senior citizens complex for elderly individuals with developmental disabilities.
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2008 |
ANIBIC’ s third house opens on 229th Street in Oakland Gardens.
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2009 |
ANIBIC takes ownership of the Oakland Jewish Center building on 220th street in Oakland Gardens
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