The Beacon Group

What The Beacon Group does

The Beacon Group is a Roslyn, New York-based staffing and recruiting firm founded in 1992 that supplies trained temporary and permanent personnel to agencies serving the intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) community under contract with the New York State Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). Its core product lines include Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) who assist individuals with I/DD in daily living activities, a Nursing Division providing RNs, LPNs, and Nurse Practitioners for residential and clinical settings, a Clinical Division staffing therapists and behavioral specialists, and a Corporate Recruiting division serving human services organizations and small-to-medium businesses. The firm also operates a Training Services line delivering OPWDD-mandated curriculum such as SCIP, CPR, First Aid, and Diabetes Education through a dedicated training center at its Roslyn headquarters.

The business runs on a sales-led, B2B model with revenue generated through transactional placement fees for staffing assignments; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quoted based on position type, staffing level, and assignment duration. The company targets OPWDD-contracted agencies across the New York Metro Area, including Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk counties), all five boroughs of New York City, Westchester County, and Hudson County, with additional clients in human services and SMB segments. Marketing and candidate acquisition rely on a limited digital footprint consisting of the corporate website (nybeacongroup.com) and Indeed job board listings, supplemented by direct agency engagement.

Operationally, Beacon is a privately held company with 11-50 employees and no disclosed funding, parent company, or ownership changes. Its president and CEO is Barbara M. Lehrer. The firm has built a 30-year operating history anchored by an early partnership with Staten Island Hospital and a deep bench of clinical and direct-care talent, many of whom have remained with the company for a decade or longer. The company does not maintain a proprietary software platform, API, or mobile application; competitive differentiation derives from regulatory expertise, training infrastructure, and accumulated agency relationships rather than technology.

Name

The Beacon Group

Legal name

The Beacon Group

Website

https://nybeacongroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roslyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Staffing Services: Provides temporary staffing for direct care professionals, nurses, and clinical staff to OPWDD network agencies. Revenue generated through placement fees for staffing services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Beacon Group provides healthcare staffing and recruiting services for the OPWDD (Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities) network of agencies across the New York Metro Area. The company supplies direct support professionals, nurses, clinical specialists, and corporate personnel, and operates a state-of-the-art training center in Roslyn, NY offering OPWDD-compliant curriculum and certification programs.

Product overview

The Beacon Group is a healthcare and human services staffing and recruiting agency offering a portfolio of workforce solutions. The core offerings include Direct Support Professionals (DSP) for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), a Nursing Division providing RNs, LPNs, and Nurse Practitioners, and a Clinical Division staffing therapists and specialists. The company also operates a Corporate Recruiting division for executive and administrative positions, and provides Training Services including OPWDD-mandated curriculum and CPR/First Aid certification. These products and services are designed to support OPWDD network agencies and healthcare organizations across the New York Metro Area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Support Professionals (DSP) Staffing service providing trained professionals who assist individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) with activities of daily living, personal care, communication, feeding, transportation, and socialization in residential settings, day programs, and the community. The service is for OPWDD-contracted agencies serving the I/DD population across the New York Metro Area.
• Nursing Division Provides licensed and credentialed nurses, including RNs, LPNs, Nurse Practitioners, RN Supervisors, and Directors of Nursing, for individuals with I/DD and special needs in residential and clinical settings across the New York Metro Area.
• Clinical Division Offers clinical staffing with credentialed professionals including Applied Behavior Specialists, Licensed Master Social Workers, Licensed Psychologists, Mental Health Counselors, Nutritionists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists. The service is for healthcare and human services organizations serving the I/DD population.
• Corporate Recruiting Recruitment services for human services organizations and small-to-medium businesses, covering executive-level, fundraising, development, communications, marketing, fiscal, legal, and IT positions across the New York Metro Area.
• Training Services OPWDD core curriculum and customizable training programs including SCIP (Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention), CPR, First Aid/AED, Diabetes Education, Fire Safety, Sexual Harassment, and Choking & Aspiration Prevention, offered at the company's Roslyn, NY state-of-the-art training center to agency partner staff and Beacon employees.
• Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) Licensed Practical Nurses providing direct clinical care in group home settings under the supervision of a Director of Nursing, managing medical services, nursing, nutrition services, medication administration, and health documentation per DOH/OPWDD requirements.
• Case Manager Human service professionals responsible for assessing, coordinating, administering, and implementing services within an individual's plan of care. Case managers work with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in congregate residential settings under an agency's clinical supervisor.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Staten Island Hospitalhistorical/foundationalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1992The Beacon Group began providing clinical services to the I/DD community in 1992 through a partnership with Staten Island Hospital, initially focused on providing clinical services to Article 16 programs, residential and early childhood programs, and Head Start programs in New York City.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aveanna Healthcare: Home health and medical solutions staffing provider serving pediatric and adult populations including I/DD. Comparable in clinical staffing model, particularly for nursing and home-based care delivery.
• Sevita Health: National provider of home and community-based services including I/DD care, operating across multiple states with similar state-contracted agency relationships. Directly comparable in serving I/DD populations and contracting with state disability agencies.
• Interim HealthCare: National healthcare staffing and home care franchise providing nursing, therapy, and personal care staffing. Comparable in healthcare staffing model and clinical professional placement for home and community settings.
• Maxim Healthcare Services: National healthcare staffing company providing home health, behavioral, and personal care staffing services. Directly comparable in staffing model for nurses, therapists, and direct-care professionals serving I/DD and special needs populations.
• Bayada Home Health Care: Large non-profit home health care provider with staffing services for nursing, therapy, and assistive care across pediatric and adult populations. Comparable in clinical staffing approach and I/DD/special needs service lines.
• All Ways Caring: National home and community-based services provider focused on I/DD, behavioral health, and home health staffing. Directly comparable in serving I/DD populations with multi-disciplinary staffing and training programs.

Regional players

• AHRC New York City: NYC-based I/DD services provider offering residential, day program, clinical, and direct-care staffing. Direct regional peer competing for the same OPWDD-funded workforce and agency relationships in the NYC metro.
• The Arc New York: Statewide I/DD advocacy and services organization supporting OPWDD-contracted programs across New York. Comparable in serving the same OPWDD-funded I/DD population and operating within NY's I/DD staffing and training ecosystem.
• YAI (National Institute for People with Disabilities): NY-based I/DD services organization providing direct care, residential, clinical, and staffing-adjacent services across the NYC metro. Direct regional peer serving the same OPWDD-contracted population and labor pool.

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community health platform with significant I/DD, behavioral health, and home health staffing exposure. Comparable in serving state-funded disability programs and clinical staffing categories, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/beacontherapy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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