Offers free, confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24/7.

Workshops held in conjunction with Bassett's Living Well Program which are designed to help people gain self-confidence in their ability to control their symptoms and learn how their health problems affect their lives.Mental Health First Aid classes offered free of charge

Provides workshops and seminars on Adolescent Suicide Prevention, Stress Reduction and Crisis Intervention at schools for parents, students and teachers for service groups and community organizations throughout Suffolk County. Staff consists of Masters level psychiatric social workers and professionally trained community educators. Also provides therapist referrals and a referral service. Call.

Provides alcohol and substance use prevention / early intervention programming for schools. Offers alternative activities such as coordinating youth projects, community education on alcohol, substances, and gambling prevention, and family intervention services.

Provides alcohol and substance abuse awareness, prevention education, and intervention programs. Evidence-based prevention programs are available for students in elementary, middle, and high school. Works with families and children living in chemically dependent households. Provides one-on-one educational sessions and family support resources for youth and adults. Offers alcohol/substance abuse and problem gambling training for professional development and certification to individuals, agencies, and organizations to positively impact beliefs, perceptions, and behaviors about substance abuse and addiction. These events may take the form of public presentations, in-service workshops, workplace training, or on-site training to address the interest and needs of the group. Topics available for training events include issues regarding substance abuse, compulsive gambling, and addictions prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery. These training events can span from 1 hour to 18 hour presentations.

Provides online resources for suicide prevention, including a map of locations for voluntary firearm storage. Can also arrange to provide suicide prevention training, education, and consultation for schools, agencies, and community groups.

Works with Hispanic girls ages 12-16 to address the high rate of attempted suicides among young Hispanic girls from impoverished areas of Nassau County.

New York State Licensed Clinical Psychiatric Social Workers provide services to runaway and homeless youth, and those involved in the juvenile justice system who are 12 to 24 years old, without cost, for residents in Brookhaven Township. The program also provides training in independent living skills for youth 16 to 24 who are considered homeless. Services provided through the Sanctuary Program include: counseling, advocacy, short term emergency housing, homeless project, family mediation, information and referral, employment and college preparation.

A program of the New York Council on Problem Gambling. Works for positive transformation of lives harmed by problem gambling, including individuals with gambling disorders as well as their families and communities. Services include: - Assessment - Referral to treatment and recovery support services, including support groups and licensed mental health clinicians (via a private practitioner network) - Education, public awareness resources, and training opportunities Focuses efforts on: - Increasing public awareness of problem gambling - Connecting clients with treatment, recovery, and support services - Working with the gaming industry to promote responsible gambling - Promoting healthy lifestyles which foster freedom from problem gambling

Offers Suffolk County residents and their families, ages 6-99, a variety of services which include: individual, family and group counseling for substance abuse treatment, These services are offered in Spanish as well. Also offer youth counseling, ages 6-21, to help strengthen the family in life situations through counseling, which include: help with the transition of divorce, anxiety and stress, foster care adjustment and many other types of life areas. Also offer prevention services to strengthen and build the community. These services are mainly offered in the schools through evidence based program to prevent violence, alcohol and drug use, teen pregnancy and promote overall healthy living. We provide workshops in the community that give resources and information that the community has identified as a need, such as gambling, heroin use, how to talk with your kids, and healthy ways to cope with stress. Also provide bully free training and services to camps across all ages. Also tailor trainings and workshops to meet needs that organizations feel could benefit the community at large.

Offers Character Education Series for preschool-high school audiences. Topics include Anger Management, Bullies/Teasing, Friendships, Suicide/Depression, Substance Use/Abuse, Diversity/Tolerance, Self-esteem, Peer Pressures, stranger awareness, expressing feelings and more. Available for Health Fairs, Awareness Days, Community Events, and Facilitator/Staff Trainings.

Dedicated to raising funds for suicide prevention research and educational programs, erasing the stigma surrounding suicide and its causes, and encouraging those who are suffering from mental illness to seek treatment. Are you in a crisis? Call 800-273- 8255 or text TALK to 741741.

Offers Nassau and Suffolk County residents, age 25 and older, enrolled in Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services, mental health assessment and monitoring for suicidal thoughts and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional services will be provided to individuals deemed high risk.

Offers training to meet the needs of the professional mental health and recovery community. For practicing professionals, offers certification and re-certification classes across a range of topics, including motivational interviewing, trauma and grief, and ethics, approved for credit by NYS OASAS and NYSED for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, and LMFT. Additionally, offers CPR classes suitable for initial and re-certification of both the general public and medical professionals.

* VA Suicide Prevention Coordinators (SPC) are specialized case managers who ensure that veterans at high risk of suicide receive the care they need. Furthermore, they are involved in training and education, both within the VA and in the community. The new VA suicide prevention initiative has placed more than 150 Suicide Prevention Coordinators nationwide, all of which are licensed mental health professionals.

* VA Medical Centers consist of acute care facilities and community based outpatient clinics. Services may include: psychiatry, intermediate medicine, extended care, homeless and alcohol/drug abuse programs, cardiac rehabilitation, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, nursing home and respite care.

• Additionally, assistance with employment issues can be accessed through a VA Medical Center by requesting a Community Employment Coordinator and assistance with legal matters can be obtained through a Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator.

* Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) contribute to cost containment by making quality health care affordable and accessible to veterans outside VA's core medical services. CBOCs reduce travel time and shorten waiting times for veterans needing outpatient care. Some of CBOCs services include: primary care, group and individual counseling, laboratory analysis, prescriptions and radiology.

* The Veterans Benefits Administration Offices (aka Regional Offices) support the VA Vision to provide veterans the world-class benefits and services they have earned. Services may include: compensation, pension benefits, vocational rehabilitation benefits, home loan guaranty, death benefits, employment benefits and special benefits for the disabled.

* Vet Centers provide readjustment counseling and outreach services to all veterans who served in any combat zone. Services are also available for their family members for military related issues. Veterans have earned these benefits through their service and all are provided at no cost to the veteran or family.

Provides prevention and education about issues related to suicide.

* Provides Preventive services through. Parenting services for adult caregivers, age 18 years and older: Active Parenting Program. Parenting Inside and Out (PIO). Positive Parenting Program (Triple P). PAX tools, evidence-based, trauma-informed strategies to improve cooperation and self-regulation with youth. Children and youth prevention/intervention services: Bounce back, focuses on social problem solving, psychoeducation, and relaxation, while adding additional components for children grade K-5. Boy's council, a strengths-based group approach to promote boys and young men safe and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years for adolescent grades 6-12. Girls Circle, helps adolescent girls deal with a variety of issues that include bullying, the pressures of social media, early puberty, gender exploration and binge drinking. SPORT, single-session substance use prevention program, includes physical activity, sports participation, and practicing stress control. Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, 10-session intervention for youth who have been exposed to traumatic events and are suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for adolescent's grade 6-12. Teen Intervene, a brief early interventions for teens who display the initial stages of alcohol or substance use involvement, for adolescent's grades 6-12. Vape Intervention, students explore motivations for using e-cigs, gain knowledge about the risks of vaping nicotine or other substances. Adult services: Empowered Health Consciousness Ripple Effect of Thriving, group sessions for adults. Resilience and Thriving, offers resilience skills and go from coping to thriving for adult caregivers 18 years and older.

Provides information and resources to prevent and raise awareness about adolescent and adult gambling. Also works to educate the general public and health care professionals about the warning signs of problem gambling, and where to get help.

The Center for Problem Gambling provides specialized counseling treatment to problem gamblers and their family members through individual, group, family and marital counseling. The Center for Problem Gambling also provides community presentations to increase awareness about the problems of compulsive gambling.

Provides trainings in suicide prevention including Talk Saves Lives, QPR Gatekeeper Training, safeTALK, and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).