[8][9] In August 1992, the organization announced that effective September 1 of that year, it had changed its name to HeartShare Human Services of New York.
[10][11] The organization has partnered with numerous celebrities, including Lauren Hutton,[12] Linda Dano (for whom an annual award bestowed by the organization is named),[13] Abigail Hawk,[13] and Danny Aiello (who partnered with the group in the mid-1990s "to create the Frances Aiello Day Habilitation Program, a treatment center in Brooklyn".
In a case filed in 1995, and finally decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1997, HeartShare was found liable for refusing to negotiate with a union formed at the Francis Aiello Day Treatment Center.
[17] ArtShare for HeartShare is available to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who create multimedia works, as well as jewelry making and design.
[2] The American Dream Program offers college tuition help, room, board, and other benefits, such as counseling and support, to young people in foster care.