Protective services for adults.

Offers preventive services to avoid child placement in foster care, future child abuse, and the need for child protective services intervention. Provides services for families to achieve reunification when their children have been removed to foster care or other out of home placement. Also included are home-finding and adoption services.

Responds and investigates reports of adult and child abuse or neglect. Investigates and intervenes on behalf of adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger. Ongoing supervision for those at risk of abuse is also available.

Accepts reports of suspected adult abuse or maltreatment.

Professionals from various disciplines whose primary focus is to investigate, intervene and prevent elder abuse and financial exploitation (age 60 and over). JFS coordinates the teams for Ulster.

New York State Central Register Hotline to report child abuse and neglect.

Provides child and family programs including includes the Adult Protective Services (APS), Child Protective Services (CPS), Preventive Services, Foster Care, Adoption, and Juvenile Services units. Adult Protective Services provides protective and preventive services to adults 18 years of age and older where there is an inability to act on their own behalf with the aim of ensuring self-determination, and the ability to live as safely and independently as possible in the community. Child Protective Services role is to investigate, intervene and support family and caregivers ability to safely care for their children where there are allegations of abuse and maltreatment of children. Preventive Services works in the homes at-risk children providing supportive and rehabilitative services that are trauma-informed, solution-focused, child centered, and strength based to prevent out-of-home placement and to assist families to return their children from foster care at an earlier time, while foster care offers children a safe living environment while assistance is offered to families and caregivers. Juvenile Services Team is a community-collaboration aimed at preventing out of home placement and institutional care for juveniles and adolescents and reducing the likelihood of contact with the criminal justice system.

Investigates reports of child abuse, neglect or abandonment; documents substantiated cases; provides for the temporary placement of children who, for their own protection, have been removed from the custody of the adults who are responsible for their care; works with families who are experiencing a problem with child abuse with the objective of facilitating continued family unification or reunification; and provides ongoing supportive services for children in permanent placement.

Provides in-home supportive outreach for families who are at risk of losing their children to foster care or are attempting to reunite with their children. Offers in-home support for a minimum of one hour per week, advocacy for the family, assistance in accessing other services, and parent education workshops.

Oversees Protective Services for Adults (PSA) and other adult services provided through the local departments of social services and local operations relative to Family-Type Homes for Adults (FTHA). Provides technical assistance to adult services staff of local districts; conducts informal case reviews; participates in audits; reviews consolidated services plans; conducts complaint investigations; and develops public education, training, and interagency initiatives.

Receives and investigates reports of alleged abuse and/or neglect of children under 18 years of age. Provides referrals and/or monitor services as needed and petitions Family Court on behalf of children in need of protection.

* Investigates abuse, exploitation, neglect (by self or caretakers) for adults and offers the following services: Counseling Case management Advocacy* Investigates abuse, exploitation, neglect (by self or caretakers) for children. Emergency placement of abused or neglected children and access to foster care if required* Offers foster care, adoption and home finding.* Provides services for families in crisis to avoid the need for foster care placement. Casework/referral services Family preservation programs Medicaid transportation services

To report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect, call the New York State Child Abuse Hotline, 800-342-3720.Tompkins County Child Protective Services receives these reports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is mandated to investigate them.

* Provides programs and services for people with intellectual and/or other developmentally disabilities and their families. Programs and services include: ArcWorks manufacturing and subcontracting business Job Path- Job placement, training, and ongoing support for persons ready to work in the community Community Pre-vocational programs ArcDeli cafeteria and catering Day Habilitation Programs- site based and without walls Resources for community inclusion Self-Advocacy Certified Residential services Health Services Family Support Services Guardianship RecreationResidential housing servicesPediatric Developmental AssessmentMedical Equipment Expense AssistanceCaregiver Training

Offers protective services in cases where an adult is at risk of harm and has no one who is able to responsibly assist them.

Provides services to assist adults age 18 or older who, because of physical or mental impairments, can no longer provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations, and have no one willing and/or able to help in a responsible manner.

Provides a variety of specialized protective services to vulnerable adults, ages 18 and older whose condition or circumstances make them vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and exploitation by others. These services are designed to prevent or remedy the neglect, exploitation, or abuse of vulnerable adults by strengthening their capacity to function and be self-directing. Services include: homemaker services, home management, housing improvement, housekeeper chores, adult residential services, and health related services.

Investigates reports of maltreatment of vulnerable adults and provides service planning to meet the needs of vulnerable adults.

Provides casework services in the fields of Child Protection, Adult Protection, Preventive Services, Foster Care, Kinship Care, Adoption, and Domestic Violence. Caseworkers assist families in dealing with complex human problems that impair or prevent them from achieving or maintaining independence.

Investigates reports of child abuse and neglect to protect children (under 18 years old) from further maltreatment and provides rehabilitative services to children, parents, and other family members involved.

Services provided without regard to income to assist people age 18 or older who have physical or mental impairments to the extent that they cannot meet their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care; are unable to protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations; and have no one willing or able to help them in a responsible manner. Personal Care Services Aide Program: Provides some or total assistance with personal hygiene, dressing, and feeding; nutritional and environmental support functions and health related tasks. Such services should be essential to the maintenance of the patient's health and safety within his/her own home, ordered by the attending physician based on an assessment of the patient's needs by a qualified person in accordance with a plan of care, and supervised by a registered professional nurse. Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program: New York State recognizes that some patients who need personal assistance also have a strong desire to manage their own services. Consumer Directed Personal Assistance allows patients to screen, interview, hire, train and supervise their attendants.

Provides case management services to assist families in staying together when a child is at risk of entering foster care and/or to hasten the return home of children in foster care. May include referrals for supportive services such as child care assistance (income guidelines may apply).