Provides informal education and written resources for parents, grandparents, caregivers and professional staff. Topics include: discipline, stress management, child care and child development.

* Facilitates meetings between caregivers and their children to work with a Hillside Family Peer Advocate. * Parent education opportunities including active parenting, support groups, and a variety of informational workshops that help increase social connections. * Access to mental health services with an on-site clinician. * Referrals to other community-based services including substance use treatment; mental health services; Women, Infant & Children (WIC) supports; domestic violence supports; food banks; SSI;day care; housing; employment opportunities; and recreational activities. * Support that allows families to accomplish personal goals such as furthering their education and finding job/internship opportunities. * Support for youth and families in achieving success in school, as needed. * Offers monthly family activities offered on-site or in the community.

* Offers strength-based parent education services for new parents and young parents, quality care education offered to working parents as part of child care resource and referral services, and early childhood enrichment programs. Also provides supervised visitation with a trained supervisor. Able to accommodate family and attorney requests as well as court ordered visitation.

Offers services to families currently homeless, facing potential homelessness, or displaced by domestic violence. Helps parents of children ages 0-8 understand their children's development, improves parenting skills, offers opportunities for parents to build their protective factors, provides support for parents feeling isolated, and offers a safe, supportive space for parents to focus on bonding with their children. Parent Promoters work with parents in group settings and one-on-one sessions to ensure parents have the opportunity to enhance their parenting skills. Sessions focus on child development and social-emotional competence in infants and young children. Services include: - Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ): Designed to assess a child's development in regards to communication, fine motor, gross motor, problem solving, and personal-social abilities, in order to detect learning delays early on. Linkages to early intervention services offered when necessary. Parent Promoters can show parents how to engage with their child in the different developmental areas and provide parents with age-appropriate activities to do with their child. - Positive Solutions for Families (PSF): An evidence-based curriculum designed for parents with children ages 3-7. Assists parents in learning positive and effective techniques to promote their children's social and emotional development. Involves only the parents and facilitators; child care offered to participants when needed. Typically offers one session per week for six weeks. - Parents Interacting with Infants (PIWI): A parent-child playgroup designed for parents and their children ages 6 weeks to 3 years old. Offers a fun, interactive setting where parents can play with their children, learn about their child's development, and build connections with other parents. Typically offers one session per week for five weeks. PSF and PIWI can be offered in a group setting within a homeless shelter, domestic violence program, at an agency, or in the community. They can also be offered one-on-one with a parent and Parent Promoter at an agency or in a home.

Program encourages families to play, learn, and develop social skills together in the indoor play room. When weather permits, children may use the center's outdoor play facility. Parents or guardians must accompany children at all times during visits. One day per week there is a structured playgroup for ages 18 months to 5 years.

Comprehensive aquatic, fitness, and recreational facility serving all ages. Offers Red Cross swimming instruction, individual and group fitness program, and day care. Family programs include after school care, summer camps, nursery school, and parent-toddler programs. Social and educational programs available for senior adults, singles, and youth. Some additional youth programs include: soccer, karate, football, rollerblading, tennis, floor hockey, Life Issues Seminar, Israel travel, resource library, theater workshop, cultural arts, adult programming, and Jewish Book Fair and Film Festival. Serves as a Cooling Center for individuals during times of excessive heat. Some cooling locations may require membership, always call to confirm. Also always call to make sure a Cooling Center is open before going there.

Program serving 2-year-olds accompanied by an adult primary care provider. Provides parent education and opportunities to develop support systems with other parents. Also provides opportunities for accompanying adults to participate with their child in a variety of educational activities. Program is an hour and a half every week. Classes begin the week after Labor Day.

An award-winning music and movement experience for infants and young children designed to help bring out a child's natural curiosity about music in a playful, encouraging class environment.

Offers a variety of programs including classes ranging from 6 months to pre-school, parent/child classes, transition and separation programs, a dedicated outdoor nature classroom and both full time and part time nursery.

Family Resource Centers are often open to the public for free play, we also offer structured Parent-Child Playgroups at specific times. These playgroups, for families with children aged from birth to 5 years, are free of charge, with no need to register in advance.

Program encourages families to play, learn, and develop social skills together in the indoor play room. When weather permits, children may use the center's outdoor play facility. Parents or guardians must accompany children at all times during visits. One day per week there is a structured playgroup for ages 18 months to 5 years.

Provides a fun, interactive space for parents/caregivers to play with their children, connect with other caregivers, receive parenting support, and gain strategies and tools to address a variety of parenting challenges and improve communication with their children. Other services available are detailed below. Family Enrichment: Works to strengthen caregiver/child bonds and improve early childhood development through play, family engagement, and early literacy skills. Provides tools and strategies to address a variety of parenting challenges. Family Partnership: Family partners are present to listen, offer support, and assist in linking families with services and resources that would be most beneficial to them. In-Kind & Financial Assistance: Financial assistance and other supports may be offered to families on a case by case basis and as funding allows.

Presents a program for two and three year olds and a parent, in which the child uses all five senses to discover the farm. Provides song, story, and snack.

Provides a friendly, supportive atmosphere through enriching group activities. Offers a place to share parenting experiences and new ideas, celebrate the joys of motherhood, foster respect and tolerance for individual choices, and strengthen and empower families and community. Offers weekly play groups and children's activities as well as a monthly newsletter.

Provides Information and Referral, Reference Services, Readers Advisory and programs for children from birth through grade 8 as well as parents. Programs and services include, but are not limited to storytimes, summer reading programs and arts and crafts instruction.

Offers several programs which focus on infants and toddlers, such as Baby and Me, Tot Park, Junior Nature Explorers, Mud Bunnies, Little Sluggers, Pre-Ballet, and T-Ball. Many of these programs include parent/child activities.

Promotes positive interaction between moms/dads/caregivers and their children through twice weekly participation in activities including play time, singing and movement, snack, making projects, parenting tips, and education about community resources/entitlements. Call for further information.

Provides Reference, Information and Referral Services and Reader Advisory and programs for children birth to those entering 5th grade as well as their parents. Programs and services include, but are not limited to, storytimes, summer reading club, arts/crafts, and parenting programs.

Provides Reference, Information and Referral and Reader's Advisory. Other programs and services may include, but are not limited to Computer Area, iPad Kiosk area for preschoolers, Tween area and iPads. Separate area for elementary age children, Holiday Shows, Summer Reading Programs, Book Buddies, Tween Services, Movement Activities, S.T.E.A.M. Programs, Storytimes, Homework Help, Workshops, Book Discussions, Craft Area and Craft Programs, Games, Chess Instruction, Lego/Duplo Free Build Programs, Computers and Audio Visual, S.T.E.A.M. Kits and Print Materials for checkout.

Provides Information and Referral, Reference Services, Reader's Advisory and programs for children from birth through Grade 6 as well as parents. Programs and services include but are not limited to topics such as the Parent-Child Workshop, summer reading club, Storytimes, arts and crafts, Bilingual Storytime, educational programs and parenting programs. Please call for more information.

Offers preschool classes for 2,3, and 4 year olds. Cooperative preschool, requires parent participation. Also offers Mommy and Me classes. Call for additional information.

Provides after-school and weekend recreation and socialization program for children with special needs (K-Graduation). Activities include adaptive physical education and aquatics, arts and crafts, music and cooking. Programs are also available during school vacations. Also offers a special needs music school. Support Group for Siblings an Mommy and Me Programs. Summer camp available and Teen Programs, Social Skills Groups formed as needed.

Conducts tiny tots discovery program involving crafts, movement, and songs, in which children (ages 18 mos-5years) participate with a parent. Conducts sessions at Smithtown Landing Country Club. Supplies all crafts materials. Call for schedule.

Offers a variety of fun activities for children, to encourage and make reading fun, including arts and crafts, parent and child activities, education clubs and more. Also provides a teacher at the library who offers free one-on-one homework help or tutoring after school.