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Helps locate and engage caring adults to create lifetime networks for disconnected youth.

Provides in-home supportive outreach for families who are at risk of losing their children to foster care or are attempting to reunite with their children. Offers in-home support for a minimum of one hour per week, advocacy for the family, assistance in accessing other services, and parent education workshops.

Provides detailed information about adoptions and New York State's foster care system and the needs of children in temporary out-of-home placement. Helps interested individuals go through the fostering or adoption process and provides information and supports for families with foster or adopted children in the home.

Provides services to assist adults age 18 or older who, because of physical or mental impairments, can no longer provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations, and have no one willing and/or able to help in a responsible manner.

Investigates reports of suspected abuse and maltreatment of children received from the NY State Central Registry for Child Abuse and Maltreatment. Caseworkers assess multiple risk factors and the safety of the children involved to determine if the family needs assistance in order to keep their children safe.

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

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

Provides Intensive Case Management(ICM) for seriously disturbed children and youths, ages 5-17 years, who are having difficulty functioning in the community. The program is designed to support families in their efforts to help their children, reducing the need for hospitalization and placement by providing weekly home visits, assistance in daily living, advocacy, referral, crisis intervention and coordination of services.

Adult Protective Services assist those persons 18 years of age or older who because of mental or physical impairments, can not provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care, or protect themselves from neglect or hazardous situations, and who have no one willing and able to help in a responsible manner.

Offers therapeutic community based residential treatment for youth. Services include medical/dental care, individual, group and family therapy, substance abuse risk assessment and counseling. Each youth has an individualized care plan and addresses academic needs, mental health needs, substance abuse needs and skills necessary to work toward self sufficiency. Each of the homes are supervised 24 hours per day and the staff includes MSW's, Residential Counselors and Bachelor's level professionals. There is currently one adolescent boys home and one adolescent girls home.

Services for: individuals 18 and older with physical or mental disabilities or at risk of abuse or neglect long term care needs

Provides preventive services to families in need of assistance to prevent child abuse/neglect who are at risk of foster care. CPS provided to all families reported to NYS Child-Abuse/Neglect Hotline regardless of income level.

Supports families by providing services and resources needed to strengthen the family unit, enable families to remain intact, and avoid unnecessary placement of children in foster care.

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).

To report suspected child abuse or neglect, call New York State Child Abuse Hotline, 800-342-3720.Cortland County Child Protective Services receives these reports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is mandated to investigate them.

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.

Accepts reports of suspected adult abuse or maltreatment.

Accepts reports of suspected adult abuse or maltreatment.

Provides case management services to assist families in staying together when a child is at risk of entering foster care and/or to hasten the return home of children in foster care. May include referrals for supportive services such as child care assistance (income guidelines may apply).

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.

Staff work with families, when appropriate, to address conditions which adversely affect a child's care. Staff work with families directly, and coordinate services with community resources to improve family conditions. Provides supportive and/or rehabilitative services to families with children who are at risk, while ensuring safety and permanence for children. Also is responsible for the provision of child protective services, foster care and adoption services.

Offers New York State mandated reporters the following courses: Mandated Reporter Training: The Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect, and SAVE (Safe Schools Against Violence in Education. Call for more information.

Provides a safe, child-friendly, setting to conduct forensic interviews, medical examinations, and overall support and advocacy for child victims and their non-offending family members wherein allegations of sexual or physical abuse are present in either a criminal or child protective investigation.

Accepts reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.

Accepts reports of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.