A Personal Development Mentor (PDM) guides a person towards identifying their strengths, uncovering authentic talents, and applying their unique abilities in pursuit of their goals. The PDM helps to bridge the gap between where a person is and where they want to be by assisting with problem solving, decision making, and goal attainment in daily life. This is a transitional, three to six month program that focuses on skill-building with an emphasis on community integration.

* Provides help to those battling addiction get into detox, rehabilitation, and other services.* Facilitates communication during the rehabilitation process between the individual, their family, and clinical/therapeutic staff.* Operates the Clubhouse, which helps those leaving rehabilitation through support services that include but are not limited to: assisting with housing placement, offering rides when needed, and maintaining a safe and supportive environment.* Offers wrap-around support, case management, and life coaching to help those in recovery fully acclimate to becoming active members of the community.

Focuses on creating asset development opportunities for both residents and entrepreneurs. Assists individuals in growing and investing in their communities by providing lending capital, training, consulting, technical assistance, seminars, workshops, and low-cost business rental space to new and existing businesses that would otherwise lack access to these services. Assists area residents in developing asset based thinking by providing financial literacy training, basic budgeting, and home appliance loans to combat predatory lenders. Loan programs and Cottage Industry Assistance Program target low to moderate income existing and prospective individuals. Chautauqua Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Women and Minority Microenterprise Loan Fund Programs help small businesses by providing small business start up and expansion loans. The small business incubator offers small businesses an opportunity to grow and stabilize with subsidies around rent, business services, and technical assistance. Program site serves as a Warming Center during times of excessive cold and as a Cooling Center during times of excessive heat. Always call ahead to make sure a Warming/Cooling Center is open before going there.

Offers an innovative day services program that coordinates a comprehensive set of services to assist individuals with developmental disabilities to live and work as independently as possible in their communities based upon their needs and interests. Participants may receive training in daily living skills such as, but not limited to, healthy living, cooking, physical fitness, arts and crafts, socialization, music and self-advocacy. There also may be opportunities to participate in a volunteer community experiences to explore career options. Other supports include learning how to access safe and effective transportation within the communty and support to individuals attending community college.

* Provides linkage and community support for individuals seeking inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services for eating disorders treatment. Provided by Office of Mental Health grant funded program.* Offers Care management, peer mentoring services, life coaching, and creative arts therapy.

Works with dads--biological fathers, adoptive fathers, father figures, and grandfathers--of children up to 24 years old. Provides life skills training, life coach services, employability skills training, parenting skills training, 24/7 DADS class, and MoneySmart program to benefit dads. Works with dads both in the community and in incarceration. Incentives are provided to complete the training.

Provides a comprehensive, 3-part recovery oriented program for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Goals for individuals in the program are to: improve functioning, reduce inpatient utilization, reduce emergency services, reduce contact with the criminal justice system, increase employment, attain higher levels of education, and secure preferred housing.