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Provides parent support, information and referral and advocacy to families with serious emotional and behavioral challenges. Support groups offered throughout Suffolk County. Call for more information.

Provides a social program organized by active seniors to visit home bound elderly neighbors, provide companionship, bring gifts at holiday times, or just have coffee and conversation.

Offers Long Island students in grades 4-8, who are in need of positive role models, supervised one-to-one and group mentoring relationships. Weekly one hour meetings allow time for mentors and students to interact, collaborate and socialize .

Provides paid internship opportunities for students who have an interest in the game of golf and its related careers. Call for further information

A program where young adult men, of similar backgrounds help support and educate male teenagers against the dangers of gangs, violence, alcohol/drug abuse, and also go on field trips and other fun activities.This program addresses the needs of the cityâs most at- risk male youth through mentoring, youth leadership, job readiness training, and public speaking skills. The youth involved in this program are placed in after-school employment opportunities as an alternative to unsupervised time. In addition, youth are taken on educational field trips and other fun or cultural outings.

Offers a variety of home care services to individuals who are frail, disabled, or recovering from an illness/injury from basic daily needs to more specialized medical treatments, including medication management. Also provides private duty assistance for hospitalizations or nursing homes, companion services for doctor's appointments or special events. Case/care management and advocacy services are also available upon request.

Provides basic services including home visits, furniture, clothing, food and occasionally financial support.

Pro Action SACC Licensed Care, provides a safe after school programming for Kindergarten-3rd grade, such as homework assistance social and recreational activities. After School healthy snacks are provided.

Offers opportunities for local high school students to learn about the career options into nursing, also offers innovative scholarships and work programs.

Senior volunteers telephone senior citizens living alone, to make sure they are safe. Call for further information and to register.

A 16 week empowerment class to assist participants with charting a path to self-sufficiency. Participants are matched with mentors to help them reach their goals.

Provides peer groups to improve self-esteem through education. Teenage groups deal with diverse subjects including peer/group pressure, problem solving, and improving social skills. Call for more information.

Offers literacy classes and instruction including traditional literacy and computer literacy. Hosts conversation groups for individuals who wish to practice their English speaking and listening skills, and offers one-on-one technology instruction.

Responds to requests from volunteers to be referred to mentoring programs. Screening refers volunteers to programs matching their geographic and demographic preferences. Provides an orientation class, Mentoring 101 to let you know what to expect and how to get started. This two-hour class prepares you to mentor. Call for the dates and times or check the calendar on the web site.

Provides basic services including home visits, furniture, clothing, food and occasionally financial support.

Our Senior Independence Program matches local volunteers with older individuals and adults with disabilities to help them continue living independently and offer simple gestures that help them feel cared for. From providing a ride to the doctor, helping with light household chores, helping with grocery shopping, or just stopping by for a friendly visit, our volunteers help individuals be more connected to their communities and have the help they need to continue living in their home.

The program matches caring volunteers from the community with clients and encourages them to develop a one-to-one relationship based on friendship and support. Compeer staff make weekly contacts with their match using text, phone, email, etc. 2-3 hours of face-to-face contact in a month in which they do some sort of activity and weekly check-in phone calls.

Provides basic services including home visits, furniture, clothing, food and occasionally financial support.

TPTR supports the growth and development of parents and children as caring people who treat themselves, others, and the environment with respect and dignity through competency-based learning and mentorship. It is a strength-based program to help families incorporate new, positive and nurturing patterns into their homes while being affirmed and empowered by mentors, adults who were teen parents and have overcome obstacles. Parents and children generally focus on the same topic during a session. They may learn this content through separate activities which are geared to their developmental stages and interests.

Offers a variety of services including caregiver services including respite, health promotion activities, friendly telephoning and visiting services, and information about services available to community members age 60 or older and provide assistance, as needed, in accessing these services or resources as well as assistance in obtaining groceries to home-bound seniors.

Provides the following: information on the relationship of food additives on a person's behavior, learning and health, dietary program for the attention deficit, autistic, pervasive developmental delay and chemically sensitive individual and written materials that help determine and avoid salicylates in foods, medications and other areas. Also offers food shopping guide, and telephone support from peer parents. Newsletter available.