This is a reminder that all August broker invoices need to be uploaded no later than November 18th.
Category: Administrative
Information Provided by NYHRC
The New York Housing Resource Center now offers three essential resources that work together to help you understand your housing options. Together they form Your Guide to Housing, a collection of audio and text-based resources that provide a pathway through many housing-related topics to help you plan for your future. Resource Highlights: · Season one of A Housing Journey Podcast is […]
Important Message from the New York Alliance for Inclusion & Innovation
Advocacy Alert SNAP Benefits End on Saturday, 11/1/25 – Take Action Barring any federal intervention, 42 million Americans will lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on Saturday. This is a result of the federal government shutdown that is now in its 5th week. This includes 3 million New Yorkers, including over 100,000 individuals with intellectual […]
Announcement from Alan Kulchinsky
Dear Friends, With a very heavy heart, I’m announcing that I will be leaving the position of Executive Director of Independent Support Services at the end of this year 2025. This was obviously a very difficult decision having founded the agency in 2002. The past 23 years have been the pinnacle of my career. However, […]
Broker Invoice Announcement and Other Broker News
Dear Brokers, To ensure your invoices are processed and paid as quickly as possible, we want to make you aware of an important update. 📣Additional Reminder: Please be sure to indicate whether services were provided Face to Face or via Telehealth on all invoices: Thank you for your attention to this matter and for helping us ensure the payment […]
Support Broker Agreement Form Updates
An eblast was sent out earlier today, however there was a glitch with the platform we used to send the information causing the links to be inactive. The links at the bottom of this message are active and usable. With the approval of the 2024 COLA increase for brokerage, ISS is updating their Support Broker […]
COLA Implementation Meeting Recording Available
Template Housing Training Session
A presentation was hosted on February 17, 2023 by ISS Director of Program Services, Mary Abbatiello regarding changes to the SD Budget Template (Version 10/01/2022), specifically the Housing Subsidy budget tab. The video and chat log can be viewed at https://help.issny.org/books/participant-and-circle-resources/page/110122-template-housing-training-session.
ISS Hosts Canadian Visitors
In April 2022, ISS Staff travelled to Miami, FL along with colleagues from the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration to present at the ANCOR National Conference. Conference attendees were able to learn about Self-Direction at ISS through a presentation on our sustainability report and by viewing our documentary Self-Direction: Make Your Own Path. […]
Important Announcements!!
ISS is reinstating the FAPTO Policy Participants and or their Designee can choose to allow Staff to be paid under the Family Approved Paid Time Off policy for up to 20 hours in a calendar year as long as their Self-Directed Budget can afford it and it is approved by Independent Support Services. FAPTO is at the […]