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Provides information and services to family, friends and person experiencing Opioid/Heroin related issues. Also supports providers, key partners, stake holders and other persons experiencing Substance use Disorders. Offers immediate response services including overdose prevention, treatment and community recovery support for addiction to prescription opioids and illicit drugs such as heroin

Crisis Chat is a program of Family and Children's Service of the Capital Region in partnership with CONTACT USA and funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health. Anyone who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship problems, family stressors, abuse, financial issues, etc. may talk anonymously online with Crisis Chat counselors, who are ready to listen.

Handles PINS petitions, support cases, respondent representation on paternity suits, orders of protection, visitation, voluntary surrender of children.

Provides short term help with basic life needs such as food, clothing, gasoline, and home heating fuels.

Receives and responds to all reports of child abuse and maltreatment on a 24-hour basis. CPS carries out the statutory mandates of protecting children and providing rehabilitative services to families.

Directory Assistance - look-up and connection.

Investigates, assesses and protects children when there is a suspicion of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Caseworkers monitor and arrange for necessary rehabilitative services to families in need.

Educates students within the school district boundary.

Provides an educational program to support children with chronic or life threatening illness that requires treatment at the hospital for an extended period of time. The length of stay varies, during which time a full academic curriculum is provided by Eastern Suffolk BOCES.

Offers use of latest educational software to provide youth in other programs with additional educational assistance through computer technology.

Provides building code information as well as ensures local building codes are enforced including taking and investigating reports of violations. Issues building permits.

Provides individualized assessment and intervention services to individuals diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities who display challenging behaviors. Provides school consultation and behavior therapy services.

Offers a course that will cover statutes such as the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, and other various statutes dealing with public employees. Topics to be included are master and servant, wages and hours, antidiscrimination in employment and minimum wages and maximum hours, as well as regulation of working conditions. Participants will demonstrate the following skills through successful completion of all required coursework and assignments: Discuss the roots of the master-servant relationship; Distinguish employment from independent contracting; Distinguish employment at will from wrongful discharge; Identify torts that can be brought against employers; Examine discrimination in hiring; Discuss accommodation in working conditions; Identify labor organizations; Discuss unfair labor practices; Examine the structure of the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act; Identify constitutional protections against discrimination; Discuss disability discrimination and accommodations and Examine age discrimination in hiring and in retirement. This is an accelerated course that is offered in an online format. You will be expected to spend an average of at least 8 hours per week reading and completing assignments. Please note that extensions will not be granted. This course is the equivalent of at least 45 clock hours of study. 70% is the minimum passing score on all tests and assignments for this course. Additional details are available on the The Center for Legal Studies website. Call for more detailed information.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) is a Federally funded program that assists eligible households in meeting their home energy needs. If eligible, you may receive one regular HEAP benefit per program year and could also be eligible for emergency HEAP benefits if you are in danger of running out of fuel or having your utility service shut off. The 2024-2025 Regular HEAP benefit opened on November 1, 2024. The 2024-2025 First and Second Emergency is scheduled to open January 2, 2025. The 2024-2025 Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement benefit opened on October 1, 2024. The 2024-2025 HEAP Clean and Tune benefit opened on October 1, 2024. The 2024-2025 Cooling Assistance Benefit is schedule to open on April 15, 2025.

Monitors new building conditions and construction and oversees the maintenance of older multi-family structures. Enforces the state and local building codes and housing standards and ordinances. Reviews applications for permits of new buildings, repairs, alterations, signs, and rooming houses. Accepts complaints from tenants about conditions the landlord fails to resolve.

Provides comprehensive home-based palliative care to children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. The program consists of specialty-trained professionals who collaborate with the child's medical team during their illness while providing expressive therapies for the patient and siblings, resources for community support systems, and both spiritual guidance and psycho-social support for family members during the span of illness and treatment.

Offers anyone in need of a cool down location during extreme heat waves or power shut downs.

Assists children and adults with vision or hearing impairments who need eye glasses, eye exams, hearing aids or seeing-eye dogs.

Helps children at an early age to develop key life skills that will lead them to a successful school path including: language/communication skills; early literacy skills/critical thinking; social/emotional development and motor skills.

Social and recreational programs for older adults lunch including special diets and transportation available.

Provides person-centered support to assist young adults with disabilities to become prepared for the workforce and achieve gainful employment in the community. Services include an employment training program, support employment, prevocational services, and pathway to employment.

Feeding Westchester provides information to Westchester residents about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also called food stamps) and has two full-time staff who make home visits to seniors and the disabled to assist them in the screening and application process.

Provides free workshops for seniors, and others, regarding the issues of elder law and financial, life, and estate planning.

Provides individualized, structured foster care services in a safe, nurturing family living environment for children and adolescents with significant emotional or behavioral problems.