Volunteers welcome in all aspects of citizen action work and may choose to work on issue that affects or concerns them.Required Training & Application Procedures: Call, email, or stop in and complete volunteer form. Periodic trainings offered on issue campaigns, elections and leadership skills available to volunteers.Proof of Immunization: None

Free hot meals on site and practical assistance and referrals for people in need, especially those in situations of poverty, homelessness or loneliness.Lunch: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Noon-1pm. Doors open at 11:30 am for coffee and socializing.Evening meal: Tuesday, Thursday, 5:30-6:30 pm. Doors open at 5 pm for coffee and socializing.2nd, 4th Thursdays, 5:30pm Laundry Love- Drop off laundry on Tuesday 12-1pm and pick up is Friday 10-11am. Volunteers do laundry. They request people pre-sort laundry and empty pockets. 607-273-6532

Alternative for resolving disputes through mediation, convenient, confidential and generally free of cost. Mediators do not impose solutions, but help disputing parties work through their shared problem and achieve resolution.Mediation can be used for: parent-teen conflict custody and visitation disagreements between neighbors workplace disputes issues between schools and parents involving special education or other sensitive matters small claims agricultural cases conflicts involving older people and their families and/or caregiversLocation is difficult to find. suggest client call the office before going.in on Floor IR, at back of atrium

Provides certified counselors available to provide variety assist with insurance issues. Includes information on Medicare D Prescription Drug Program, low-income subsidies, Medicare Savings Plans and EPIC.

Provides legal services through the Committee on Courts of Appellate Jurisdiction of the New York State Bar Association in appeals in the Appellate Division, Third Department through the pro bono attorneys. Appeals Program representation will be limited to family and matrimonial law issues, including family offenses, custody and visitation, divorce, paternity, and termination of parental rights. Not included are appeals addressing only the amount of child support awarded under the Child Support Standards Act.

Provides mediation, conciliation, lemon law arbitration, and youth programs involving peer mediation, and restorative justice services.

30-hr mediation training offered to volunteer mediators (18+ yrs).40-hr CASA training offered to volunteers (21+ yrs).

Volunteer opportunities for those individuals who would like to advocate for those with disabilities. Can range from helping an individual or working to change system-based disability issues.

Provides business and transactional legal services to nonprofit organizations serving the disadvantaged or enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods. Mobilizes attorneys from major corporations and law firms to donate their time and expertise on behalf of nonprofit clients, enhancing their ability to improve conditions in their communities.

Breaks the school-to-prison pipeline and reduces disproportionate minority representation in the juvenile justice system via restorative justice, conflict resolution, circles and conferences.

Recruits lawyers who are interested in volunteering their time and expertise to help non-profit agencies with legal questions, guidance, and representation with experience in business/transactional legal issues, corporate, government, employment , contracts, real estate, tax, environmental, intellectual property, merger and dissolution, and internet/e-commerce. Workshops are offered to non-profits to educate on several topics relating to enhancement and launching of having non-profit legal services.

The lawyer referral and Information service offers general legal aid and legal counseling. Provide referrals to non-profits and civil legal service organization for low-income individuals seeking civil legal advise and/or representation. Free Legal Answers is a virtual online legal advice clinic. Qualifying users post their civil legal question to their state's website. Users will then be emailed when their question receives a response. Volunteer attorneys will not answer criminal law questions.

Probono.net is a national online resource for legal aid and pro bono attorneys, law professors and students, and related social services advocates. The site promotes collaboration and makes it easier for pro bono attorneys to get involved, saving them time and connecting them with opportunities, training events, mentors, and searchable libraries of practice resources. The site is organized by topical "practice areas" and geographic regions, built and maintained by public interest legal organizations and law firms throughout the country. Probono.net has a total of 114,000 members nationwide.

Volunteers in NASSAU COUNTY FAMILY COURT ADVOCATE (Hempstead) program advocate for children in foster care by making home visits, interviewing children and reporting findings to family court judges. Training in the laws and procedures surrounding the foster care system is provided. Three to five hours per week, flexible times. Request a 1 year commitment. Volunteers may be 21 years or older, Adults. Volunteers in MEDIATION ALTERNATIVE PROJECT (Hempstead) are trained in conflict resolution in order to mediate between disputing parties and facilitate a dialog towards the peaceful resolution of the dispute. Advanced mediators may be offered training in specialized areas, such as CUSTODY AND VISITATION cases, Lemon Law arbitration, Special Education mediation. A 25-hour mediation training is required plus additional 6 hours of continuing education per year in order to remain certified. Volunteers must be able to mediate effectively, neutrally and confidentially with sensitivity and diversity awareness. Mediators are required to be available to mediate every month and must be 21 years or older. Volunteers in SENIOR RESPITE PROGRAM (Hempstead) provide in-home companionship and supervision to frail elderly family persons while relieving the primary caregiver for a regular weekly break (no personal care or administering medication involved). 12 hour training. Flexible times. Request minimum commitment of 2-4 hours per week.

Recruits private attorneys to represent low income persons without charge (pro-bono). Handle a wide array of cases with a focus on bankruptcies to matrimonial matters and 17A guardianships and landlord/tenant.

Provides confidential community mediation services to help parties discuss issues, consider options, create their own solutions, and make decisions about next steps. Parents can discuss custody and visitation issues and develop parenting plans, mediation can help schools and parents resolve special education issues, couples can discuss separation and divorce.

Professional staff and trained volunteers monitor permanency plans for foster children and families involved in family court system. Cases assigned by Family Court Judges as needed.

Trained, certified volunteers advocate for residents living in assisted living, nursing homes and adult care residences. represent the NY State Ombudsman and follow defined policy and procedure respect the wishes of residents and act on their behalf when authorized by the resident listen, mediate, negotiate, facilitate and propose solutions help residents, friends, and families to understand the long term care system and regulations help with residents' concerns for their care and rights, personal and financial issues, food service, administrative policies, medical services, resident/staff misunderstandings

Volunteer-based programs offer a way to really make a difference in the lives of community residents, while at the same time providing information that you will personally benefit from. Volunteer opportunities offer flexible hours, free training, and ongoing support.

LawHelpNY is a legal information internet portal covering all of NYS, providing referral information to all the free legal services available covering 11 areas of law. Offers a library of more than 4,000 legal fact sheets on civil legal issues including housing foreclosures, evictions and landlord-tenant issues, divorce, consumer protection, debt, immigration rights and more. Also provides LiveHelp, an online chat option staffed by trained volunteers who can provide legal referrals. Program offers free legal information only, not legal advice. Special bi-lingual Spanish website available at www.ayudalegainy.org

Volunteer opportunities for those individuals who would like to advocate for those with disabilities. Can range from helping an individual or working to change system-based disability issues.

Dispute resolution between community members who have a continuing relationship, such as neighbors, extended family, landlord/tenant, and consumer/merchant. Mediation Volunteer opportunities in dispute resolution after completing a multi-hour course available. Must commit for a minimum of 2 years.