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Offers tips for seniors and their loved ones to avoid fraud and abuse. Speakers are available to educate the public about issues like consumer frauds, senior scams, internet safety, civil and labor rights.Please report suspected neglect or abuse of nursing home residents to the NYS Department of Health Nursing Home Complaint hotline 888-201-4563 and to the Attorney General's Office at 800-771-7755. Suspected abuse can also be reported online through a form.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

Helps lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in upstate New York build and sustain healthy families through support, advocacy, information and access to community and sensitive health care and services.Current programs and service: network of LGBTQ-led families offering support, education and a sense of community to adults and children educational programs for LGBTQ parents and aspiring parents resources for LGBTQ families to help create better health outcomes for adults and children programs and information on LGBTQ families and parenting to improve cultural competency of educators and health and human service professionals. individual assistance and referral, websites, regional parent discussion listserves, quarterly newsletters, email news online searchable database of 500+ welcoming community resources and health and human service providers. educating and empowering LGBTQ parents to be advocates for their families and speaking for LGBTQ families in schools, the media, the community and government

211 Tompkins Cortland

Provides direction for service provision to persons with chronic mentally illness. Involved in identifying service gaps/barriers and in responding through program development, facilitation of inter-organizational working relationships, and support of advocacy efforts to improve quality of lives of persons with chronic mental illness.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

Advocates represent Association on Alzheimer's-related issues to federal, state, and local government and to health care and long-term care providers. The benefit is to increase federal research funding, growth in state-supported services, and improvement in quality of care for those in residential facilities.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

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.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

Provides assistance for day laborers by coordinating sites, advocating for worker rights, mediating for unpaid wages and assisting with unemployment applications.OSHA Trainings

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Works to enact positive changes for people with disabilities at the local, state and federal level as part of the Statewide Systems Advocacy Network (SSAN). The SSAN is a strong voice on issues, policies, regulations and legislation that affect people with disabilities. The SSAN also works to increase awareness of disability issues and the independent living movement.

Finger Lakes Region 211

Offers advocacy and public information to assure reproductive freedom of choice and access to reproductive health care services.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Non religious Religion - Believe Everyone has Value.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Serves as a statewide voice for more than 700 boards of education. Provides current information and advice on matters affecting school boards. Cooperates with other educational and related organizations to promote excellence in education. Provides advocacy information, leadership development and custom services to public school boards.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Advocates for the legal rights and the change of legislation regarding issues which impact the poor immigrants in New York state, and find just cause when local or county government is not correcting a problem.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Advocates for quality, affordable and accessible child care in legislation and public policy for children and families. The Council collaborated and works with other child care organizations and community groups, school, etc. to education about and support high-quality child care.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a protection and advocacy system for individuals and their families with chronic diseases or developmental and other disabilities. Offers legal assistance of issues including: disability, Medicaid and other insurance, permanency planning, and housing.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a dynamic group of student activists from Nassau and Suffolk counties that evaluates, directs and implements programs and services to create safer and more supportive schools for LGBT students and their allies.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Provides a formal communication link between Town Government and citizens with disabilities to establish an agenda of issues and problems confronting the disabled and develop solutions. Call for more information.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Believing that every child in New York State deserves fair opportunity to achieve the learning standards established by NYS Board of Regents, the Alliance for Quality Education formed to increase resources for education so that every public school can provide quality education to all of its students.

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

Provides advocacy to low-income consumers with utility issues and assists with getting help for common problems like denials of service, shutoffs, billing and service quality complaints, improving affordability through low income rates and energy efficiency programs, and receiving assistance to pay utility bills.No Financial Assistance

211 Susquehanna UW Vestal

211 North East New York

Works to build awareness and the importance of quality early child care and education, and the funding issues related to child care, to parents, child care providers, business leaders and key stakeholders in the community.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Advocates for heart and stroke patients in various capacities, such as legislative, promoting education, organizational, regarding the issues which may impact them and their families.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

Works toward the goals of countering and reducing hatred by fighting Anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry here and abroad, combating international terrorism, probing the roots of hatred, advocating before congress, aiding victims of bigotry, developing educational programs, and serving as a public resource for government, media, law enforcement, and the general public.

211 Hudsson Valley / ADK