Provides a wide variety of services for community members including ACT and SAT preparation, babysitter training, basic computer skills, driver education, online courses, and certificate programs.

* Offers health and safety courses. CPR. AED heart defibrillation device training. First aid. Water safety, life guarding, swimming lessons. Baby-sitting. Pet first aid and CPR. * Volunteer opportunities.

Provides training and technical assistance to current and prospective child care providers.

Provides child care education in the form of workshops, seminars and conferences for organizations that work with children.

* Provides referrals to all types of child care programs. * Provides information on guidelines to child care subsidy eligibility. * Offers educational programs, seminars and classes on child care issues. * Offers development and training of professional child care providers and programs. * Operates the Repurpose and More Store providing donated materials from local manufacturers for craft projects. * Operates Farm to Preschool - seasonal farm markets at three child care providers in Rochester. * Provides data for all child care needs - breakdown of existing services and service gaps. * Offers a Regional Infant/Toddler Resource Center. Early Childhood Professional Library. * Offers Infant/Toddler Mental Health support in participating child care programs.

Offers a comprehensive babysitter training program for adolescents in grades 6th through 8th.

Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration.

Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

Offers a continuum of training and educational opportunities for professionals who work with young children. On-site trainings can be scheduled for groups at their workplace. Offerings range from entry-level training to classes leading to the CDA and NYS SACC credentials.

* Offers programs for people with developmental disabilities that include: Parenting skills Supported housing Family reimbursement Family training Community habilitation Respite services Supported employment Sky is the Limit after-school/recreation program Summer camp

Provides referral to family day care, group day care, school-age child care programs, and center-based day care. Recruits, trains, and supports family child care providers. Publishes Child Care Directory and Summer Directory to assist families when making child care plans.

* Works with families, children, community partners, professionals and paraprofessionals who work with children. Primary Project. Classroom social-emotional screening. Play-based intervention. Pathways National Accreditation for Child Care Centers. RECAP. Promoting informed decisions in Rochester, NY's early care and education system. Stage of Change Program. Professional development focused on "readiness to change."

Can help parents locate child care that meets their individual needs. Provides information regarding licensed day care centers, licensed group family day care homes, registered family child care, and registered school-age child care programs. Information available includes the location of the provider, days and hours of operation, phone number, and the type of child care program. Can supply information on becoming a registered or licensed family child care provider. Technical assistance, support, and training is available to help in the operation of child care programs. Health and safety items are available to assist in starting a family child care business and also available to existing registered family and licensed group family child care providers. Training necessary to maintain child care registration or license is offered as well as a meal reimbursement program for children in care. Registrar of all family child care and school-age child care programs in Niagara County.

Training available through Health and Safety Services for individuals, families, professional rescuers, and businesses. Areas of training include First Aid Basics, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for infants, children, and adults, Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use, Pet First Aid, and Babysitter Training. In Aquatics, areas of training include Learn To Swim, Life Guarding, Water Safety Instruction, and Life Guard Management. Classroom and online instruction available.

* Provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

Recruitment and training for child care providers. Can send nurse to train in NYS Medication Administration Laws. Nurse can provide training and assist child care programs with developing their health care plans and health related issues. Program called Quality Child Care Campaign, thru the County CCRR oversees program assisting providers and programs in improving quality at their site and to become nationally accredited.

Offers a variety of childbirth and child care classes. Courses include childbirth preparation, big brother/big sister, babysitting, and breastfeeding.

* Provides referrals to all types of child care programs. * Provides information on guidelines to child care subsidy eligibility. * Offers educational programs, seminars and classes on child care issues. * Offers development and training of professional child care providers and programs. * Operates the Repurpose and More Store providing donated materials from local manufacturers for craft projects. * Operates Farm to Preschool - seasonal farm markets at three child care providers in Rochester. * Provides data for all child care needs - breakdown of existing services and service gaps. * Offers a Regional Infant/Toddler Resource Center. Early Childhood Professional Library. * Offers Infant/Toddler Mental Health support in participating child care programs.

Provides emergency medical services, pre-hospital care, and transportation to a hospital facility as part of a coordinated EMS system. Provides emergency rescue operations and/or lifesaving activities for people who are stranded, lost, accident victims, or exposed to other life threatening dangers.

* Provides fire control and extinction.* Offers First Aid, CPR classes, child care classes.* Offers a medical loan closet.

Works cooperatively with the local community to coordinate, plan, and provide programs and services that enhance and develop the lives of the young people in the community.
Offers a variety of programming, such as:

Toddler Tennis: Children ages 4 to 6 years for an introduction to tennis; equipment is provided.

Babysitting Certification: Offers a 8 hour course for youth ages 11 to 15 years. Course covers interviewing, facts about child growth and development, as well as CPS and safety planning.

Licenses and monitors child care providers and facilities. Provides support for people and organizations who are interested in starting child day care programs in their communities. Offers a Child Care Facility Search online that allows individuals to search for New York State regulated providers by name or location (county or zip code). Searching by different types of care, such as family day care or day care centers, is also possible. Facility listings include contact information, address, capacity, and the current status of its license or registration.

Child Care Facility Search can be found at http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

referrals to child care information and technical assistance to start new child care businesses support for existing day care providers and programs short term financial assistance for parents with child care expenses child care advocacy answers questions about child behavior for parents and providers offers resources such as a lending library of books and videos on child development, curriculum, and child care planning online database of child care resources

Teaches four, easy to remember steps to help children identify their feelings, learn healthy self-control and reduce challenging behaviors. Program is for parents, grandparents, teachers, childcare providers. All Facilitators are certified by Devereaux Center for Resilient Children. 

Offers courses in First Aid, CPR, AED, Baby Sitting, Water Safety and Workplace Safety programs, and Disaster Response and Preparedness.

Provides information about child care options, how to evaluate care, referrals to programs that may meet individual needs, other parent education materials and other financial options. Offers small business start-up assistance, training and technical assistance, mini grants, reimbursement for food costs and home and center visitations to child care providers. Also provides demographic information, child care supply and demand, policy planning and development. Parents in Steuben County may take advantage of a subsidy program to help with the cost of child care.