Offers a number of programs designed to meet the needs of children with developmental disabilities and their caregivers.
Services include:
- Respite Services: Offers planned short-term and time-limited opportunities for families and care providers to have some personal time.
- Employment Services: Helps adults and youth to obtain and retain competitive employment through vocational counseling, employment training programs, work experience acquisition, soft skills development, rehabilitation services, and support services to help youth obtain, maintain, or advance in competitive employment or self-employment.
- Children's Health Homes/Care Management: Includes care coordination, comprehensive transitional care, individual and family support, and referral to community and social support services as needed.
- Community Habilitation: Assists youth living at home with a loved one or independently in the community to maintain or develop the highest level of independence possible for them.
- Community Based Day Habilitation: Promotes community inclusion and integration.
- Family Reimbursement Program: Covers expenses for goods and services needed to care for a loved one with a developmental disability who lives at home.
- Self-Directed Services: Enables individuals to make choices about their staff, supports, and services.
- Preventive Services: Provides support to help families learn the necessary skills to ensure their children remain at home and out of foster care placement.
- Behavioral Health Services: Includes community habilitation, caregiver/family supports and services, pre-vocational services, and supported employment.
- Project C.O.A.C.H.: Provides telephone counseling, referral, outreach, and intervention/prevention for individuals and families.
Offers a number of programs designed to meet the needs of children with developmental disabilities and their caregivers.
Services include:
- Respite Services: Offers planned short-term and time-limited opportunities for families and care providers to have some personal time.
- Employment Services: Helps adults and youth to obtain and retain competitive employment through vocational counseling, employment training programs, work experience acquisition, soft skills development, rehabilitation services, and support services to help youth obtain, maintain, or advance in competitive employment or self-employment.
- Children's Health Homes/Care Management: Includes care coordination, comprehensive transitional care, individual and family support, and referral to community and social support services as needed.
- Community Habilitation: Assists youth living at home with a loved one or independently in the community to maintain or develop the highest level of independence possible for them.
- Community Based Day Habilitation: Promotes community inclusion and integration.
- Family Reimbursement Program: Covers expenses for goods and services needed to care for a loved one with a developmental disability who lives at home.
- Self-Directed Services: Enables individuals to make choices about their staff, supports, and services.
- Preventive Services: Provides support to help families learn the necessary skills to ensure their children remain at home and out of foster care placement.
- Behavioral Health Services: Includes community habilitation, caregiver/family supports and services, pre-vocational services, and supported employment.
- Project C.O.A.C.H.: Provides telephone counseling, referral, outreach, and intervention/prevention for individuals and families.
Provides intervention for children, adolescents, adults, and groups who have been exposed to traumatic events such as homicide, suicide, aggravated assault, or community violence. Individuals, families, and the community are offered critical incident stress management which provides education, normalization, and relief of trauma symptoms. When necessary, referrals to support groups and/or on-going counseling services are provided. Follow-up visits are provided as needed to promote the recovery of individuals suffering from the effects of trauma.
Provides intervention for children, adolescents, adults, and groups who have been exposed to traumatic events such as homicide, suicide, aggravated assault, or community violence. Individuals, families, and the community are offered critical incident stress management which provides education, normalization, and relief of trauma symptoms. When necessary, referrals to support groups and/or on-going counseling services are provided. Follow-up visits are provided as needed to promote the recovery of individuals suffering from the effects of trauma.
The Disaster Distress Helpline is a national hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling. The toll-free Helpline is confidential and multilingual and available for those who are experiencing psychological distress as a result of natural or man-made disasters, incidents of mass violence or any other tragedy affecting America's communities.
The Disaster Distress Helpline is a national hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling. The toll-free Helpline is confidential and multilingual and available for those who are experiencing psychological distress as a result of natural or man-made disasters, incidents of mass violence or any other tragedy affecting America's communities.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
The Heartline is a first-of-its-kind resource for youth ages 14-21 who are currently in, or who have recently left, foster care. Callers to The Heartline will access a caring, relatable responder who is a young adult with personal lived experience in foster care or the juvenile justice system in New York State.
The Heartline is a first-of-its-kind resource for youth ages 14-21 who are currently in, or who have recently left, foster care. Callers to The Heartline will access a caring, relatable responder who is a young adult with personal lived experience in foster care or the juvenile justice system in New York State.
A peer-led, confidential warmline for young adults (ages 14-21) who are currently or have once been impacted by the child welfare / foster care system. Offers a support space where young adults can call to talk about the highs and lows of their experiences with a peer who has navigated similar situations and can connect the caller with information and resources that can assist them. Callers have all decision-making power during the call, and can call as often as they need to.
Callers may be connected with resources in the following categories:
- Mental Health
- Housing/Shelters
- Food Access
- Education/GED
- Legal and Rights
- Support Groups
- Domestic Violence
- Vocational/Employment Readiness
- Young Parenting Supports
- LGBTQIA
- Crisis Services
- Addiction Supports
The Heartline is provided in partnership with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
A peer-led, confidential warmline for young adults (ages 14-21) who are currently or have once been impacted by the child welfare / foster care system. Offers a support space where young adults can call to talk about the highs and lows of their experiences with a peer who has navigated similar situations and can connect the caller with information and resources that can assist them. Callers have all decision-making power during the call, and can call as often as they need to.
Callers may be connected with resources in the following categories:
- Mental Health
- Housing/Shelters
- Food Access
- Education/GED
- Legal and Rights
- Support Groups
- Domestic Violence
- Vocational/Employment Readiness
- Young Parenting Supports
- LGBTQIA
- Crisis Services
- Addiction Supports
The Heartline is provided in partnership with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
Offers telephone crisis intervention for victims of domestic violence or rape/sexual assault. Trained staff and volunteers link callers to necessary resources and referrals while providing supportive listening.
Offers telephone crisis intervention for victims of domestic violence or rape/sexual assault. Trained staff and volunteers link callers to necessary resources and referrals while providing supportive listening.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Caregiver Burnout: Tips to Prevent and Manage Stress - Recognize the causes and symptoms so you can get the help you need. http://www.aarp.org/caregiverstress
AARP Caregiver Life Balance Tips - Advice on how to avoid burn-out while juggling family caregiving with work and childcare responsibilities. www.aarp.org/caregiving/life-balance
Respite Care: How to Give Yourself the Caregiving Break You Need - Learn what services are available to help, such as volunteers, day programs and aides. www.aarp.org/respitecareplan
AARP's Online Community - An online forum to connect with others that have the same interests, including caregiving, games, entertainment, home & family, money, and many more topics of interest www.aarp.org/caregivingcommunity
AARP Local Pages - Features online & local events near your zip code. www.local.aarp.org
Caregiver Burnout: Tips to Prevent and Manage Stress - Recognize the causes and symptoms so you can get the help you need. http://www.aarp.org/caregiverstress
AARP Caregiver Life Balance Tips - Advice on how to avoid burn-out while juggling family caregiving with work and childcare responsibilities. www.aarp.org/caregiving/life-balance
Respite Care: How to Give Yourself the Caregiving Break You Need - Learn what services are available to help, such as volunteers, day programs and aides. www.aarp.org/respitecareplan
AARP's Online Community - An online forum to connect with others that have the same interests, including caregiving, games, entertainment, home & family, money, and many more topics of interest www.aarp.org/caregivingcommunity
AARP Local Pages - Features online & local events near your zip code. www.local.aarp.org
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Provides HIV treatment and care information, free of charge, to people living with HIV, their providers and support networks. Staffed by highly trained volunteers to answer questions about living healthfully with HIV. The InfoLine is a call-back service only. Messages must be left and will be returned.
Provides HIV treatment and care information, free of charge, to people living with HIV, their providers and support networks. Staffed by highly trained volunteers to answer questions about living healthfully with HIV. The InfoLine is a call-back service only. Messages must be left and will be returned.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Offers a helpline for those who are struggling with emotional or mental health issues, along with mental health evaluations, crisis care, and treatment, including individual, family, and group counseling.
Provides a 24-hour toll-free Problem Gambling HOPEline, which provides supportive intervention, information about gambling addiction and referrals for local treatment to self-help and professional problem gambling provider programs.
Provides a 24-hour toll-free Problem Gambling HOPEline, which provides supportive intervention, information about gambling addiction and referrals for local treatment to self-help and professional problem gambling provider programs.
Serves women in all walks of life, at all times and passages on their lives. The office acts as the liaison between the women of Suffolk County and county government; Provides and sponsors free conferences, workshops and seminars on health, legal issues and personal enrichment topics; Operates a women’s helpline which provides information referrals, peer counseling and resource material on a wide-range of topics including: domestic violence, sexual harassment, legal rights and breast health and mammography information and Publishes brochures and literature addressing domestic violence. Call for detailed information.
Serves women in all walks of life, at all times and passages on their lives. The office acts as the liaison between the women of Suffolk County and county government; Provides and sponsors free conferences, workshops and seminars on health, legal issues and personal enrichment topics; Operates a women’s helpline which provides information referrals, peer counseling and resource material on a wide-range of topics including: domestic violence, sexual harassment, legal rights and breast health and mammography information and Publishes brochures and literature addressing domestic violence. Call for detailed information.