If you're part of an immigrant family in New York, your day probably starts before sunrise and ends long after dark. Maybe you're working long hours, sometimes two jobs, to cover rent and bills, then coming home to take care of everyone else. Money is tight, and there never seems to be enough time.

And on top of all that, you're trying to get help for someone you love. A child who needs an evaluation. A parent or family member at home who needs help bathing, eating, or getting to the doctor. The forms pile up, the calls go to voicemail, the appointments land in the middle of your shift, and half the time no one explains things in your language.

If you've been putting it off, we understand. It's not that you don't care. You care so much. There just aren't enough hours in the day, and no one has told you where to begin.

We know, because we come from immigrant families too. We've seen this in so many homes in our community, and it's why we started Special Need Foundation Inc. We wanted families like yours to have someone who would take some of that weight off your shoulders, in your language, one step at a time.