Advocacy, education, outreach, community service and health care information for persons 50 and older and their families.

* Collaborates effort between neighborhood citizens and the City of Rochester's four district neighborhood centers to deal with a variety of neighborhood issues; Neighborhood planning and coordination services. Police and Citizens Together Against Crimes (PAC-TAC) Program: Volunteers in the community work with an on-duty patrol officer or crime prevention officer and help prevent crime. Neighborhood Watch Programs. * Provides car seat safety inspections for residents of their district.

1) Help homeowners and renters reduce their energy costs, help multi-family building owners provide energy efficient apartments for their tenants, reduce the impact homes have on the environment, and provide training to contractors on how to provide quality energy efficiency services to their neighbors. 2) Provides homeowners with free or reduced-price energy assessments and low-interest loans to finance energy-saving improvements.

Assists in locating housing, linking people to public assistance, rental subsidies and financial assistance, advocating with landlords, and assisting in conflict resolution.

Works to addresses the patient's rights issues for seniors when there are patient-right related problems, such as being denied admission to a hospital, an unsafe transfer, premature discharge from a hospital, poor discharge planning, poor quality of care, or lack of post-hospitalization care.

Offers low cost neuter/spay program for pets at 25 locations in Queens, Nassau and Western Suffolk.

NREG provides comprehensive care to children and adults with with epilepsy using diagnostic procedures and treatment.

Seeks to enable and encourage all residents of Mastic, Mastic Beach, Moriches and Shirley to improve quality of life through pride, teamwork and open communication.

Coordinates efforts to look out for the rights of seniors in the state. AARP fights for age 50 and over individuals and their families at the local, state and national levels. We work on important issues, such as: Leading efforts to update Social Security and promote other retirement savings efforts to help everyone achieve lifetime financial security.

Serves as a nucleus of activities concerned with Hellenic language, history and culture, political life, social issues, economy. With the study of Greece and Hellenism the Center aspires to educate and nurture students with the values of Hellenic civilization. It also aims to form strong bonds between the University and the Greek-American communities of Long Island and New York, and establish connections and interactions with educational and academic institutions in Greece. Call for more detailed information of events and programs offered to the community.

Provides systems change advocacy, training and support to other advocates and organizations, and high quality direct civil legal representation to protect and strengthen the legal rights of people in New York State who are poor, disabled or disenfranchised.

Specialized information and referral/assistance program for older adults and their families. Supports the passage and enforcement of laws and other social measures that protect and promote the rights and interests of adults age 60 and up.

YAP delivers individualized direct services to families involved in the child welfare system that focus on safety, permanency and well-being.

Offers pet adoption services and low cost spaying/neutering certificate referring pet owners to veterinary services at reduced fees. Send $1.00 and S.A.S.E. per certificate to above address to receive a low cost spay/neuter certificate.

Sullivan Housing Corporation was established to preserve and improve housing opportunities for low- to moderate-income residents of Sullivan County. The company's activities include: rehabilitation of existing housing, property management, and assistance to households applying for available loans and grant funds. Rural Sullivan also runs a comprehensive housing counseling program which assists persons through home ownership counseling, loan default remediation, and tenant/landlord issues.

Offers information, education and referral about adaptive equipment, accessibility, disability awareness, ramps and home modifications, medical equipment for loan, and civil rights for people with disabilities.

Allows families to sit down and talk things over with a trained volunteer mediator.

A public-interest law firm that specializes in cases challenging government policies or practices affecting the constitutional rights of a significant number of people.

Syracuse Unit2307 South Salina StreetP.O. Box 397Syracuse, NY315-430-3533Binghamton Unit8 Montour StreetBinghamton, NY 13903607-752-3813Elmira/Corning UnitPO Box 698Elmira, NY 14902607-329-8846

Provides legal services, advice and assistance to persons receiving care or alleged to be in need of care at inpatient and community based facilities for individuals with mental disabilities.

* Provides legal services to individuals requiring help with a government body limiting constitutionally protected rights, first amendment rights, right to equal protection under the law, right to due process, right to privacy.

* Operates a neighborhood preservation company focused on the improvement of the South Wedge neighborhood. Business plan advising for new and existing business owners in Southeast Rochester (14620). Victory garden(s) - family sized plots for growing fresh vegetables South Wedge Farmers Market Block Clubs Development of affordable housing opportunities Wedge Newspaper* Offers Housing Assistance Program. home repair grants to income qualified home owners as funding is available

Program offers assistance, information, education and referral about benefits, housing, nursing home advocacy and diversion to avoid moving into a nursing home, respite services for care givers, consumer-directed personal services, traumatic brain injury services, and a personal care bank for toiletries and supplies for families in need.

* Provides investigation and mediation services for those who feel they have been discriminated on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, physical disability, visual disability, psychiatric mental disability, marital status, source of income, age, sex, transgender status, arrest or conviction, family status, genetic predisposition, carrier status, sexual preference, military status, domestic violence victims,and sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination.* Provides enforcement of State and Federal laws against discrimination.

Provide Health Homes and Ryan White care management services to persons living with various chronic illnesses (HIV, Mental Health, Asthma, Diabetes, Hepatitis C, etc.) in Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins Counties.