Help make a difference, meet new people, and revitalize community spaces.
Helping individuals of all abilities realize their full potential.
Offering goal-oriented day services to build skills, pursue interests and contribute to the community.
We believe in every person’s right to work toward their self-identified goals and aspirations.
We are hiring passionate people to work with individuals of all abilities!
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) founded in 1977 and headquartered in Old Bethpage, benefits and proudly supports more than 4,000 individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, mental illness and traumatic brain injury. It is the mission of FREE to help individuals of all abilities to reach their full potential and thrive in their communities. FREE provides a diverse array of supports and services including: housing, recovery services, transition to work, employment, day, community and family services, respite, crisis services, education and after-school support, primary and specialty health care and advocacy.
From the places we live to the places we work, FREE serves the traditionally underserved with a number of initiatives, assistance programs and built-in support systems to help individuals flourish.
On April 20, 1977, Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. was founded with a mission to serve one of Long Island’s most vulnerable populations.
From our humble beginning, with one residence and a handful of employees, we have grown into an agency, with over 1,700 Valued Team Members, that supports over 5,500 men, women, and children to realize their full potential!