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Operational for more than 30 years, CHC Learning Center is a center for handicapped children that serve students with multiple disabilities and their families. The center provides educational and therapeutic programs for preschool and school age children. Additionally, it offers occupational, speech and language and physical therapies to students. CHC Learning Center in addition offers a home-based program that includes providing services in the home for infants and young children unable to attend the center based program. The center provides augmentative communication devices for individuals who are non-verbal. It also offers a community transition program for school age students that includes enhancing learning and skill reinforcement opportunities within the community. CHC Learning Center is headquartered in Buffalo and serves children in more than 23 school districts throughout Erie and Niagara counties in New York.

Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, also known as Sacred Heart Academy, is an independent, private Catholic day school for women in grades nine through 12. Located in Buffalo, N.Y., the academy provides Catholic education to more than 400 students every year. It offers a variety of placement courses as well as college preparatory classes for students. The academy provides academic support through its guidance department and the learning center. It also provides individual educational services, assessments and referrals on a case-by-case basis and in consultation with the student s family. The academy employs more than 25 classroom teachers. Its student services include library and media center services, learning resources, and scholarships and financial assistance. Sacred Heart Academy is chartered by the board of regents of New York and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.