Now merged with Family Support Services NDYFS. A community based program that links families to mental health services. An outreach worker will meet families at their location of choice in the community or in their home, listen to their concerns about their children & help them get connected to services in the community. Concerns parents may have about their children include: depression, mood swings, bullying or being bullied, withdrawal or hyperactivity or aggression.

Educational program that coordinates multicultural support services for the Hispanic/Latino population of Buffalo and Erie County. Services include Counseling, Support Services, Interpretation, Food Pantry, Dinner Service, and Agape Support Group. Staff are completely bilingual and bicultural. ##REENTRY##

Provides the following services for families and individuals: intake, assessment, and referral services; preventive programs and parenting education workshops; counseling services; drug and alcohol assessment and treatment; crisis intervention; and financial support.

Assists families in becoming as independent and self-sufficient as they possibly can. This can include assistance in employment, education, parenting and nutrition. Financial management and health and safety may also be addressed. Can also coordinate transportation, assist with clothing and counseling referrals.

Offers appropriate, affordable, and timely intervention and support for families of children only in the Sweet Home School District with issues related to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem/self-image, substance use, family conflicts, peer relationships, or serious academic and/or behavioral concerns. Can also assist parents/caregivers with their own counseling needs and/or parenting support. Offers on-site clinical mental health counseling for students and families, provided by provided by agency and private practitioners. Families may be linked to locations in the community for counseling as well. Will also connect families seeking health insurance, financial assistance, housing, recreation programs, etc. with human service organizations and community resources that can help with these specific needs. Sponsors programs on a variety of topics, including parenting, mental health awareness, bullying prevention, and drug/alcohol use prevention. Also provides a resource library for parents and adolescents offering materials related to parenting, adolescent, and social issues.

A family-driven service in which caregivers partner with a Family Peer Advocate who has lived experience helping parents navigate systems more effectively, learn from the experiences of other families, decrease isolation, and gain hope, ideas, and information. Families can enroll in one or all of the following service components to best meet their needs: - Individual Mentoring & Skills Development: Can be delivered in the home, community and/or office. A Family Peer Advocate provides mentoring, skills development, support, and information on community resources and linkage to other services. - Empowerment Groups: These services are support groups offering community resources, parent connections, and skills development. This service gives parents/caregivers an opportunity to connect and build natural community supports with other parents/caregivers with similar challenges. - Family Advocacy: This service is short term and provides instruction and support around advocacy in areas such as School and Committee of Special Education (CSE), court (preparedness and support), and systems navigation (working with providers in various systems of care). - Parent Education: Offers a variety of trainings and parenting classes throughout the year.

Intensive program teaching parenting skills in order to prevent the placement of children in foster care or to expedite their return from placement. Also located at: 1750 Pine Avenue Niagara Falls, NY, 14301

Provides a variety of support services for families with a child diagnosed with autism, including care management, and are at different stages of their life. Helps parents who are learning to cope with autism for the first time, or parents whose children are older, for siblings, grandparents, and caregivers.

A free public middle school offering grades 5th through 8th for students living within the school districts boundaries.

Provides services which can help prevent families who have had or are at risk of having their children placed in foster care. Families receive support for stress related issues, such as case management, daycare services, homemaker services, parenting aides, transportation, recreational services, and more.

General funding for aged-out foster youth to find gainful employment. It involves a complete wrap-around service, including housing, counseling, mentors, employment readiness, transportation and emergency relief.

Provides families with a safe, developmentally appropriate, resource-rich setting where children and parents can play and learn together.

Focuses on the goals of the family to address complex emotional and behavioral needs of the youth, and partners with the family and facilitates the intensive process with the collaborative team, including natural supports and community providers, while honoring family voice. The team builds the family-specific strengths to get needs met, learn new skills, and develop skills and supports to manage crisis.

Offers a range of intensive mobile services such as individual and family counseling, psychiatric consultations, crisis intervention and prevention, recreation, respite, parent education and training, tutoring, mentoring, case management, and vocational opportunities.

Provides services which can help prevent families who have had or are at risk of having their children placed in foster care. Families receive support for stress related issues, such as case management, daycare services, homemaker services, parenting aides, transportation, recreational services, and more.

A free public elementary school that offers grades 4th to 6th for students living in the school district boundaries.

Individual and group counseling services to improve communication between parents and their children. Family, individual and parent workshops, as well as anger management.

Offers an early intervention and family strengthening program, facilitated by community professionals and FAST parent graduates, to families within the Longwood School District. Assists in building family and community relationships, fosters self-esteem, teaches effective parenting strategies and addresses issues such as school failure, alcohol/drug abuse, violence, delinquency, child abuse and neglect. Call for specific dates and locations.

The Nanuet Family Resource Centers are a school-based, school linked, support initiative. The goal is to support all Nanuet district families and their children to best develop and achieve both academically and personally. Services and programs include, but are certainly not limited to: information and referral services, free parent-teacher workshops and network-a free strength based child assessment program.

A free public elementary school that offers grades 4th to 6th for students living in the school district boundaries.

Provides collaborative support services to families of children with disabilities using a strength-based, family-centered approach to problem solving, and working in coordination with other community providers.

Works collaboratively with national and international black organizations to examine and identify resources and services that show disparities in addressing the needs of black families. Advocates for the reform and passage of local state and federal legislation to improve the quality of lives of black individuals. Sponsors symposiums, public policy and community forums for information sharing.

Makes decisions on school curriculum, decisions regarding discipline, school closures and other educations issues which affect the teachers and students. Parents/guardians wants to gain information about these matters can call the administration office.

Services include helping families access community resources and services, sharing strategies and research based on education with families on parenting and child development, connecting families with medical providers, and assessing children at all stages of development.

Astor works with families who are at risk of having a child with an out-of-home placement. The program helps the family through supportive and advocacy services, create a structured family plan, and link to other needed services.