* Provides family counseling, support groups, workshops and linkage to community resources.

Offers free support, information and educational program open to all adoptive familes and realative caregivers who have guardiianship of children.

* Offers support services and programs to families in need, such as: Homeless Intervention and Case Management. Supportive Housing Program for Adults. Car Seat Distribution. Health insurance access. Personal Care Pantry. HEAP enrollment. Rapid Re-Housing of Homeless Families. Kinship Care Program. Kinship Care Support Group. Medicaid Transportation Program.

* Provides comprehensive, long term case management and counseling services to young parents and their children. Services include: Home visiting Parenting education Employment services Education support Peer support groups

* Provides peer support advocacy, information and referral, educational, support groups with childcare to parents/guardians raising a child with emotional, behavioral, mental, and/or developmental challenges.

* Offers a monthly mutual support group sharing experiences as parents of multiple birth children. Women's issues in general are also discussed.

Provides mother-to-mother education, information, support, and encouragement to parents who want to breastfeed.

Provides a community-based system of care for families of children with disabilities. Offers both formal and informal services, with an emphasis on self-determination and family control, to help support families with children who have a disability. Offers family engagement activities, peer support, advocacy training, and parenting groups and classes.

Offers support and advocacy for kinship care (means child is being raised by someone other than the parent).

Provides support, information and advocacy to Albany County families who are raising children with serious emotional disturbance. Providers are all parents of children (some who are grown) who have serious emotional disturbance and provide peer to peer support.

Services include a bi-weekly support group, information and referral services, training for parents and for providers, social activities, annual public awareness campaign, and individual and systems advocacy within the Albany County child-serving systems and agencies.

* Provides information and technical assistance to families navigating special education processes. * Offers training and technical assistance to professionals and families. * Assists with locating resources for families and professionals working with children with disabilities.

Facilitates healing for separated and divorced individuals through regional support groups. Offers transformational healing events and retreats and annulment information sessions.

* Offers support group, seminars, referrals for counseling and educational material pertaining to stepfamily issues and concerns.

* Offers support, information and referral, and education for developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, and epilepsy. Case management. Residential Homes. Self-Directed Services, including Fiscal Intermediary and Brokerage services. Family reimbursement. Respite. Health Homes. Family support services, including parent support groups. Structured day and evening programs. Support groups, counseling. Community habilitation. Day Habilitation. Camp EAGR - Residential summer camp for children with epilepsy.

* Offers support services and programs to families in need, such as: Homeless Intervention and Case Management. Supportive Housing Program for Adults. Car Seat Distribution. Health insurance access. Personal Care Pantry. HEAP enrollment. Rapid Re-Housing of Homeless Families. Kinship Care Program. Kinship Care Support Group. Medicaid Transportation Program.

Provides support for parents, with children and adolescents ages 17 years and younger, with emotional social and/or behavioral disorders an opportunity to support each other on a regular basis in a safe, confidential environment. Child care and transportation are provided, whenever possible.

* Provides family and parent/caregiver educational classes to strengthen family bonds and improve family functioning. Scheduling and meeting places are flexible. Active Parenting: First Five Years (parents of children Birth to age 5) Active Parenting: Ages 5-12 Active Parenting: Teens Active Parenting/Families in Action (teens and parents) Baby Care Workshop (Birth to 12 months) Discipline is NOT a Dirty Word (all ages) PS It Works! (all ages) Parents Apart (divorcing/separated parents) Parenting A Second Time Around "PASTA" (grandparents, relatives, and others raising children again)

Offers trainings and education to families, parent-to-parent support, and advocacy assistance. Provides funding to families for respite, therapeutic recreational activities, summer camps, specialized adaptive equipment, home modifications, and emergency services.

* Offers a free parent support group for parents of children with behavioral issues, such as a negative attitude, truancy, drug and/or alcohol abuse, running away, and verbal and physical abuse.* Offers free support groups for children.* Meetings are held on Zoom and are in English only.

Provides support for individuals going through a divorce or separation.

* Provides intensive support services to kinship families with legal custody or an informal care arrangement for youth in the home. Services include: Information and assistance with referrals to community-based services 24/7 access to phone-based Hillside crisis management services Individual advocacy and one-to-one case management support Monthly caregiver and youth support groups Family-focused social/recreational activities Caregiver education groups and trauma-informed trainings Parenting A Second Time Around (PASTA) workshops Based on participating families' needs, Permanency Specialists will meet with families in the community, in their homes, and at Hillside office locations Support groups, workshops, and family activities are offered virtually, at accessible community venues or Hillside locations

* Offersmaterial assistance for expectant moms and parents such as diapers, formula,clothes, and other baby necessities. Other services include the following:Self-administered pregnancy tests.Options counseling, parenting and lifeskills classes through our "Earn While You Learn" Program, andabortion recovery.

Provides a community-based system of care for families of children with disabilities. Offers both formal and informal services, with an emphasis on self-determination and family control, to help support families with children who have a disability. Offers family engagement activities, peer support, advocacy training, and parenting groups and classes.

* Offers individualized services to persons who are disabled such as: Homemaker basic skills training for caregiver. Parent support group. Companionship and respite services. Family crisis program. Transportation to and from recreation events. Children's day camp, games, sports, supervised exercise. After school wellness program - for school-age children who have high medical or behavioral challenges. Financial Reimbursement for families to assist with costs of caring for a family member with a developmental disability. Behavior Management Services - providers will assess behavior, make referrals and develop a support plan to assist families to manage challenging behaviors in the home.

Support group for grandparents raising their grandchildren. Meets 3rd or 4th Monday, 6:30-8:30pm; call for dates.