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Provides warm line for people with HIV/AIDS or for anyone with questions about AIDS or HIV. Offers information and referral to help people obtain services, assistance with financial aid applications, protection from harassment, and advocacy for people with HIV/AIDS.

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

This program provides an evaluation team to assess health and social needs of senior citizens and then recommendations are made for obtaining necessary services. Coordination of services with a physician is made if applicable, along with community service resources. Includes Mall Walkers exercise program at the Galleria, medication awareness program, help in accessing community information and help with filing insurance claims. Also offers caregivers support groups, emergency response devices and telephone reassurance.

Offers transportation by volunteers and trained volunteers to accompany seniors to doctor visits. Offers an array of social programs. Offers references to other supportive organizations in the community.

Provides telephone calls to community members who are homebound or physically isolated who are suffering from psychological or emotional problems or who require a support system. Persons called can be self-referred or referred by physician, psychiatrist, mental health center, case manager, health care provider, or hotline counselor. Also provides therapist referrals and a referral service.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Also known as the Are You OK Program, this is a collaborative effort between the Office for the Aging and the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department in which the Sheriff's Department maintains a computerized system to contact elderly or disabled people at prearranged times. When there is no response, the Sheriff's Department notifies a designated contact person to check on the individual. Clients can arrange to cancel the call on a particular day in the event that they won't be home or the contact person won't be available.

Provides daily phone calls by senior volunteers to homebound seniors who would benefit from the socialization and the monitoring of their well being.

Good morning Broome is a telephone reassurance program for older adults living independently. There are daily or regular check-in calls, along with friendly conversation and companionship. Good afternoon, Broome provides companionship through conversations and meets the social needs that older adults may benefit from as part of healthy aging.

Offered through the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department, in connection with DCOFA, this is a computerized telephone program where homebound individuals or frail elderly are called daily to make sure they are okay. if there is no response, when expected, the police are sent to check on them.m.

Brings together those who have experienced breast, ovarian, uterine, cervical or metastatic breast cancer to exchange information and offer support, strength and hope.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Offers computerized calling system which calls homebound or frail elderly individuals in the community everyday to make sure they are okay. If the phone is not answered the computer notifies the police and a patrol car is dispatched to check on the individual.

The warmline is a 24/7 phone line for individuals with a mental health challenge to speak to a certified peer who can listen, provide some guidance or referrals, and offer some support to the caller.

Participants (Cortland County residents living alone) call Sheriff's Department daily between 9 am and 2 pm. If he/she hasn't called by 2 pm, department checks on his/her well-being.

Links callers with appropriate services using a computerized database of information, national directories, and other resources. FBST May ScheduleFBST June Schedule

Provides a daily friendly phone call or medication reminder to individuals who are isolated, homebound, and/or otherwise vulnerable. Also provides temporary social support or medication reminders to individuals discharged from hospitals.

Provides assistance to help older adults ages 60 and older who are not Medicaid eligible and their families delay or avert costly and premature placement in nursing facilities. Services include case management services and non-medical supportive services which can include aide service for light housekeeping and personal care as well as respite. A consumer directly model, where the care receiver hires someone they know, is also offered.

Brings together older adults and volunteers of all ages to share experiences, stories and laughter through friendly conversation. Beyond building meaningful connections, programs staff provide the following services to participants: daily cost-free calls 365 days a year, safety and wellness checks, access to resources and education, an on-call chaplain for spiritual support, and access to support groups. The program was created for seniors and disabled adults, but everyone is eligible.

Volunteers call and check in and lend a friendly voice to a person who is lonely.

Provides support services to homebound seniors, frail elderly or those with disabilities, from the Town of Pound Ridge, to help make their lives safer. The R-U-OK program offers a daily computerized call to participants, to make sure they are doing okay. If there is not a response a police officer is sent to make sure everything is okay. The File for Life provides a magnetized container which holds medical information, placed on the refrigerator, in case of an emergency and is available to anyone responding to help that person.The Loan Closet provides donated medical equipment, such as wheelchairs, walkers, mobile toilets, canes, etc to seniors with limited finances.The Meals on Wheels program offers home delivered meals on a temporary basis.

Offers a daily computerized call to seniors who may be homebound, ill or disabled, to make sure they are doing okay. If the call is not answered, when expected, someone is sent to their home to make sure they are okay.

Provides regular telephone calls from volunteers to homebound seniors and disabled adults to check on their well-being and provide an opportunity to socialize. The program's main purpose is to alleviate some of the loneliness facing those who live alone and help them to remain independent.