Today we have 600+ employees and 425 volunteers who are the backbone of our efficient and much needed delivery system of programs and services to over 1100 people daily. We work with individuals with mental retardation, speech, vision, hearing, and other physical impairments, neurological, psychological and mental health difficulties including acquired brain injury, autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and cerebral palsy.

Our transportation center is responsible for a range of 600 to 800 daily trips transporting clients either in mini-buses equipped with wheelchair lifts or in minivans, station wagons and individual cars. Our organization operates a fleet of over 100 vehicles. We operate 14 group residences and other supported living sites in many different communities in Connecticut and our Travel Training services help to teach persons with disabilities to use a variety of transportation modes (especially all types of public transit) throughout Connecticut.

The Children's Services Department of The Kennedy Center runs an after-school program and a summer fulltime program for children in the Greater Bridgeport area. The Children's Services department also operates Birth-to-Three, Parent Aide, Opportunities Unlimited, pre-school learning centers, FAST (foster care and adoptive parent support and training), and other early intervention programs. Our Strengthening Families seven week trainings assist families with youth (aged 10 to 14). The Teen Drop-In Center provides a mainstream opportunity for teens with special needs. The Autism Project provides early assessments and on-going and transitional services for families affected with autism.

Our 19 Community Experience programs provide personalized plans using a very small staff to consumer ratio (1:3) because of the severity of special needs displayed within this very vulnerable population. This is important in teaching life skills and in providing attentive supervision as clients become more and more social and involved in their community and in a variety of volunteer duties. In addition, our school-to-career trainings and the work of our job coaches and job placement staff have been a great asset for the high schools and businesses in numerous areas throughout the state of Connecticut. Our ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) program is serving individuals and families throughout most of Coastal Connecticut and in some areas of Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties, as well.