Capital District Educational Opportunity Center

The Children's Annex is a private, nonprofit program for children with special needs, and is located in Kingston, N.Y. It is approved by the New York State Office of Education of Children with Disabling Conditions and the New York State Health Department. It offers academic instruction in language arts and mathematics to children between the ages of 2 and 15. Its school-age program is a social and academic learning program for students between the ages of 5 and 12. It offers an intensive learning program for students between the ages of 3 and 15 that provides communication development, including augmentative systems like sign language and assistive devices and the enhancement of verbal abilities. It offers community-based services, such as special education, speech and language therapies and counseling. The Children's Annex also offers 12-month school program and tuition and transportation services and has been operational since 1976.

The Hampshire Educational Collaborative, founded in 1974 and located in Northampton, Mass., is a nonprofit, multi-service agency that offers a range of programs and services to provide learning for the community's at-risk youth. The organization provides learning by educating and supporting students, teachers and administrators through programs in early childhood, after school, special education and adult education. It also provides professional development for educators. The organization is governed by school committee representatives from its local member school districts. It also has classrooms for children with cognitive disabilities in public schools. Additionally, it has created small alternative high schools for students with behavioral and emotional challenges. The Hampshire Educational Collaborative also oversees a number of regional programs, such as family network centers, community partnerships for children, and strategic planning for families and youth.