Pathways Inc

Happiness House is a nonprofit health and human service agency that has been serving communities in the Finger Lakes Region of New York since 1969. Located in Geneva, N.Y., it offers programs and services to address developmental disabilities and syndromes, including neurological impairments, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism and mental disabilities. Its recreation activities program offers community-based recreational and peer support activities for young adults with physical disabilities. Its family support services assist parents with every day parenting issues. Its new friends integrated preschool and child care program combines children, three to five years of age, with and without disabilities in the same setting. Its staff consists of professionals and clinicians in the areas of special education, early childhood education, occupational and physical therapies, music therapy, psychology, service coordination and nursing.

Good Shepherd-Fairview Home, located in Binghamton, N.Y., is a multi-level retirement community that offers housing to more than 200 residents. It features a dining room, library, lounge areas and a variety of entertainment activities. The Home s continuing care options include independent apartments, an adult care facility and a skilled nursing facility. These occupy three separate wings in a single community residence. The apartment wing has 39 independent living units with a living room, full kitchen and bath and one or two bedrooms. The adult care facility has 83 private rooms, each with a bath with shower. It is certified by the New York State Department of Health and participates in the Supplemental Security Income Program. The nursing facility is a licensed residential health care facility and is certified by the Department of Health. Good Shepherd was formed as the result of a merger in 1968 of two smaller homes: The House of the Good Shepherd, founded in 1870; and the Fairview Home, founded in 1891 as the Home for Aged Women.