By GREGORY ZELLER //
The Family and Children’s Association has a new home.
The regional health-and-human services leader has officially opened its new Garden City headquarters, christening the 28,000-square foot Treiber Family Center during a Sept. 24 ribbon-cutting and open house reception.
Longtime FCA Board of Directors member Scott Treiber, whose family owns the Oak Street office building now housing the FCA, donated the new space to the 137-year-old association, a nonprofit agency that assists more than 30,000 Long Islanders annually with a special focus on vulnerable children, seniors and at-risk communities.
Melville-based TPG Architecture actually finished upgrading the new space in the spring, but the FCA didn’t officially hold its grand opening until last week. The Treiber Group, the Treiber family’s longstanding insurance brokerage currently managed by Scott Treiber and his siblings, formerly occupied the space.
Scott Treiber: Tangible results.
The Treiber Family Foundation, founded by Howard and Hope Treiber, has long supported numerous Long Island organizations and institutions, including the former Winthrop University Hospital (now NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island) and The YMCA of Long Island.
The foundation, also managed by the Treibers’ six adult children, also boasts a “decades-long relationship of support for FCA,” according to Scott Treiber.
“The time was right to take our commitment to the next level,” the FCA Board member said in a statement. “FCA’s work with vulnerable kids, seniors and people of all ages struggling with mental health or substance disorders is integral to a healthier Long Island.
“We believe in FCA’s ability to make a tangible difference in the life of all Long Islanders,” Scott Treiber added. “This gift is a win-win for us all.”
The new headquarters features off-street parking and an elevator, both integral to improving client services, according to FCA President and CEO Jeffrey Reynolds. It also boasts several technological advances over the association’s prior headquarters, including workstation designs amenable to a post-COVID world and built-in conference-room monitors ideal for telehealth sessions.
“We were compelled to employ virtual technology such as Zoom and webcams during the lockdown, but we quickly discovered that these technologies enabled us to see more clients,” said Reynolds, who noted that many FCA clients prefer virtual visits for scheduling and other reasons.
All told, the new headquarters marks a vast improvement over the FCA’s prior home base on East Old Country Road in Mineola, which the association sold in 2020 – and the FCA is “deeply indebted” to the Treiber family “for this most generous gift,” according to Reynolds.
“While the move has been planned for several years, the timing proved ideal,” the CEO said. “We were able to incorporate COVID safety measures into our buildout of the space, accommodate expanded telehealth operations and make our services more accessible overall.
“We couldn’t have done it without the Treibers.”
