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Investigates reports of child abuse and neglect to protect children (under 18 years old) from further maltreatment and provides rehabilitative services to children, parents, and other family members involved.

Supervised Visitation (SV) provides safe and neutral settings for non-custodial parents to visit with their children.

Provides assistance to adults who are mentally or physically impaired, without regard to income, and who can no longer provide for their own basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse, or hazardous situations, and who have no one to help them. Services include Investigation, Assessment, Counseling, Case Management, Advocacy, Money Management, Housing Referrals, Crisis Intervention, Orders of Protection, and Guardianship.

Offers a number of professional development programs for teachers, as well as for teacher candidates. Mandatory workshops offered include: School Violence Prevention and Intervention Workshop; Training in the Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect and Dignity For All Students (DASA) Workshop. Numerous online professional development graduate courses, certificates and summer institutes for teachers are offered. In addition; Molloy University offers a number of conferences for educators throughout the year. Courses vary each semester. Call for more detailed information regarding all the programs, workshops and courses that are offered.

Family Unification Program: moves families into Section 8 when their children are at risk of out-of-home placement. Section 8 application and Department of Social Services referral required Family Self-Sufficiency Program: case management, goal setting techniques, information, referrals and opportunity to become financially independent for Section 8 participants and public housing residents

Receives and investigates reports of alleged abuse and/or neglect of children under 18 years of age. Provides referrals and/or monitor services as needed and petitions Family Court on behalf of children in need of protection.

Investigates and intervenes on behalf of adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger. Responds and investigates reports of adult and child abuse or neglect. Ongoing supervision for those at risk of abuse is also available.

Responsible for investigating all allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect received by the Department from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, part of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Anyone can make a report of Child Abuse and/or Neglect if he/she is suspicious that a child (0-18 yrs of age) is being neglected or abused. The source of the report as well as the report is kept confidential. The source can be anonymous if the reporter is not mandated by law to report. Nassau County receives and begins investigating reports of abuse or maltreatment 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Call for more information.

Provides child and family programs including includes the Adult Protective Services (APS), Child Protective Services (CPS), Preventive Services, Foster Care, Adoption, and Juvenile Services units. Adult Protective Services provides protective and preventive services to adults 18 years of age and older where there is an inability to act on their own behalf with the aim of ensuring self-determination, and the ability to live as safely and independently as possible in the community. Child Protective Services role is to investigate, intervene and support family and caregivers ability to safely care for their children where there are allegations of abuse and maltreatment of children. Preventive Services works in the homes at-risk children providing supportive and rehabilitative services that are trauma-informed, solution-focused, child centered, and strength based to prevent out-of-home placement and to assist families to return their children from foster care at an earlier time, while foster care offers children a safe living environment while assistance is offered to families and caregivers. Juvenile Services Team is a community-collaboration aimed at preventing out of home placement and institutional care for juveniles and adolescents and reducing the likelihood of contact with the criminal justice system.

Provides a variety of specialized protective services to vulnerable adults, ages 18 and older whose condition or circumstances make them vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and exploitation by others. These services are designed to prevent or remedy the neglect, exploitation, or abuse of vulnerable adults by strengthening their capacity to function and be self-directing. Services include: homemaker services, home management, housing improvement, housekeeper chores, adult residential services, and health related services.

Provides services and assistance to adults ages 18 or older who, because of mental or physical impairments, can no longer provide for their basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, or medical care; nor can they protect themselves from neglect, abuse, or hazardous situations and have no one willing or able to help in a responsible manner.

Investigates reports of alleged maltreatment or abuse of children made to the NYS Child Abuse and Maltreatment Hotline.

Services provided without regard to income to assist people age 18 or older who have physical or mental impairments to the extent that they cannot meet their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care; are unable to protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations; and have no one willing or able to help them in a responsible manner. Personal Care Services Aide Program: Provides some or total assistance with personal hygiene, dressing, and feeding; nutritional and environmental support functions and health related tasks. Such services should be essential to the maintenance of the patient's health and safety within his/her own home, ordered by the attending physician based on an assessment of the patient's needs by a qualified person in accordance with a plan of care, and supervised by a registered professional nurse. Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program: New York State recognizes that some patients who need personal assistance also have a strong desire to manage their own services. Consumer Directed Personal Assistance allows patients to screen, interview, hire, train and supervise their attendants.

Provides assistance to adults who are unable to act on their own behalf or manage their own affairs or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment.

Investigates reports alleging child abuse or neglect. The purpose of Child Protective Services (CPS) is to ensure that children are safe and to prevent any future abuse or neglect through the provision of supportive services. Protects children from physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse by their parents and caretakers. Also helps families obtain needed services to guarantee their children are safe from harm. When a child is not safe at home, placement of the child outside the home will be considered. The child's placement may be done on a voluntary basis, with the parents' approval, or on a non-voluntary basis, at the direction of the court. Once a child is determined to be safe, an evaluation of risk or likelihood of future neglect is made. It is then ascertained if any services are needed to ensure that this risk is minimized.

Provides support to children and families to prevent out-of-home placement of children. Provides support and stabilization to children in foster care placement. Offers support to youth and their families to identify their strengths and needs as they work to address the symptoms of their mental health diagnosis or behavioral health needs.

Provides services and referrals for services to adults 18+ yrs unable to care for themselves, have unmet essential needs, or are at risk of harm. Includes investigation, assessment, and case management.

Adult abuse is the mistreatment of an impaired adult, age 18 or over, who may be dependent on someone else for basic needs.

Aims at identification, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Investigates reports of abuse/neglect and provides or arranges for services necessary to ensure protection of children <18 yrs.

Recruits, trains, and certifies foster and adoptive families, and arranges placement of children into appropriate homes. Children may be unable to stay with their family for a variety of reasons, and placement may be temporary or in some cases permanent.

Receives and investigates reports of alleged abuse and/or neglect of children under 18 years of age. Provides referrals and/or monitor services as needed and petitions Family Court on behalf of children in need of protection.

* Provides oversight to local social service districts, adoption, adoption assistance and child protective services.