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Provides community outreach centers throughout the county to meets the needs of individuals and families in need. Each center provides basic needs services along with benefits assistance. Services include food pantries, emergency housing assistance, family services to promote self-reliance and prevent future crisis. HEAP application assistance. Coordinates Medical Transportation.

A Family Assessment Response helps ensure that children are safe, while at the same time setting aside the issue of fault and negative labels for parent and caretakers.

Provides supplemental instruction for students who are having difficulty with their coursework or who want to get more out of their regular educational program.

A free public elementary school that offers grades 4th to 6th for students living in the school district boundaries. Kindergarten is also offered.

Provides direct services and referral services to outside providers to prevent children from being placed in foster care. Referral required. Please call for additional information. Through a combination of center-based workshops and counseling, SCO works closely with families who have experienced crises and helps prevent crisis situations in the future. We offer individual and family counseling services both on site and at home that help to ensure that all families get healthier and happier starts. These efforts have been highly successful at reducing foster care placements as well as accelerating family reunification when a placement was unavoidable. Services available in Spanish.

Offers a drop-in playtime for children accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Families enjoy playtime with manipulatives and sensory play, as well as, dress up, building blocks, arts and crafts and much more!

Provides integrated, supportive housing for people with disabilities who are facing homelessness. Apartments are available for Medicaid recipients 55 and older who require assistance with activities of daily living; individuals who are 18 and older with eligibility for services through the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD); and military veterans with disabilities. Staff is located on site who advocate for residents; connect them to services available in the community; provide independent living skills training, and facilitate social and recreational opportunities.

A free public elementary school that offers grades 4th to 6th for students living in the school district boundaries.

The Outreach Center at Cheryl's Lodge offers center-based programs for low-income individuals and families within the Shenendehowa district and beyond. Programs include after school program, summer camps, High School Equivalency, Head Start (through Saratoga Economic Opportunity Council) Community Education, Literacy Support and more.

Provides services which can help prevent families who have had or are at risk of having their children placed in foster care. Families receive support for stress related issues, such as case management, daycare services, homemaker services, parenting aides, transportation, recreational services, and more.

Engages young adults to work through challenges they face living with a disability, mental health or substance abuse disorder with peers who have struggled with similar experiences.

In-home crisis intervention provided to youth and family for 4-6 weeks, up to 10 hours per week. Works to identify the crisis, defuse the crisis, develop safety plans, and link the family with community services and supports.

Provides parenting workshops, toddler story hours and playgroups, parent support groups, book clubs, home visiting, and referrals to community resources.

Provides intensive home visiting services for parents who are active with DSS and have children who are identified as at-risk for or placed in foster care. Parent Aides teach basic living and parenting skills in the home setting in addition to connecting families to various community resources and supports.

Offers an array of home and community-based therapeutic skill building and family support services for children under age 21 with mental health and/or substance abuse needs. Recipients must have Medicaid.

Provides in-home weekly case planning and referral services, parent service aides, child safety, appropriate discipline and supervision, household management, budgeting assistance, child developmental education, parent/child relationship education, parent role education, and therapeutic treatment for families at risk of foster care placement. Reunification services available for families with children in foster care.

Provides a variety of services to children and families so that children can remain in their homes. Seeks to reduce the risk of psychiatric out-of-home placement for youth by increasing the functional level of each youth and his or her family and by augmenting the community's ability to care for children with serious emotional disturbance through utilization of individualized care principles.

A strength-based program that serves youth ages 0-21 years with serious emotional difficulties, developmental disabilities (if in foster care), and medical fragility. Enrollment in the program is voluntary and no fees are charged to the family. Staff meet with the family/youth in their home and other locations chosen by the family.

To improve student achievement and behavior at school by identifying strengths and resources in families and school, and focusing them toward a common goal.

An engaging, alternative approach to providing protection for children by focusing on engaging families in informal and formal support services to meet needs and increase the family's ability to care for their children. Program addresses situations in which families are reported to child protection services for issues such as educational neglect, where the child's safety is not at risk. Provides strength-based in-home services tailored to the family's needs to address the identified problem. Supports the role of families in determining what services will benefit their children. Families work with FAR for approximately 30-90 days.

Provides parenting education, counseling and case management to parents of young children. A series of parent/child workshops provides an array of parenting skills, developmental education and support. Parents and children may also receive individual counseling. Families in need of food, clothing or other assistance receive information and referrals. Open to all ages.

Offers preventive services to avoid child placement in foster care, future child abuse, and the need for child protective services intervention. Provides services for families to achieve reunification when their children have been removed to foster care or other out of home placement. Also included are home-finding and adoption services.

Offers free, confidential individual and family counseling, as well as crisis intervention. Issues covered include family conflict, parenting issues, divorce, separation, grief, substance abuse, mental health issues, anger management, and behavioral difficulties. Also provides assistance with enrollment for food stamps, health insurance, and other benefits.