E. Ann Maccarone

E. Ann Maccarone has belonged to the CRC family for 29 years. Social services director since 1999, Ms. Maccarone coordinates and maintains benefits and entitlements for all individuals. She keeps abreast of regulations to promote person-centered planning and access to available services through the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and the New York State Office of Mental Health. She coordinates residential admissions and discharges, works closely with self-advocates (individuals with developmental disabilities who make their own services choices and sign their own consent forms) and families, and oversees correspondences about consent, guardianship, and succession/future planning. She also participates in new residential [IRA] development and is a primary liaison with the families.

Ms. Maccarone earned her bachelor’s in social work from Arizona State University, a graduate certificate in transition planning from New York Medical College's Graduate School of Health Services, along with multiple professional certificates from Hunter College, The New York State Association of Community and Residential Agencies, New York State Department of Health, American Medical Association, National Association of Social Workers and OPWDD.