Offers information on support groups for parents and families of children who are struggling with substance abuse and want to share concerns, questions, and want support from those who understand what they are going through.

Offers a support group for families who are at risk of having their children placed outside the home, which helps them develop pro-active coping strategies, problem solving, communication skills, stigma awareness, self-care and advocacy to help inform, educate and broaden the families perspectives. Also provides child care for support group participants.

Provides a support group for Spanish-speaking parents of children with emotional or behavioral disabilities, to share resources, experiences, concerns, ideas and solutions

A parenting class for grandparents, or relatives raising children who are rebuilding a family. This program offers a refresher on effective parenting styles and positive discipline and explores solution-focused communication with your child’s biological parents. This program also includes a presentation on legal issues concerning kinship care, as well as how to be an effective advocate for your child and yourself.

North Country Parenting Support Groups are held weekly at each Family Resource Center, and are open to the public with no fee ever charged. Parents may join at any time and participate for any length of time. As a parent participant, you are able to build on your strengths and receive support, while also reaching out in support to other parents. You decide which important issues you’d like to discuss, and what you want to share.

Offers support and counseling, along with education and advocacy on the medical and emotional aspects and options for those struggling with infertility and reproductive issues, including adoption. Also educates individuals and couples on other support resources available for those with infertility and reproductive problems.

Evaluates and treats children in the inpatient unit, aged 5-13 years, for emotional and behavioral problems, using short term stays (1-12 weeks). Discharge planning includes school placement, outpatient follow-up and family support. Also provides outpatient psychiatric evaluations and treatment for children, adolescents and families including medical assessments of medication for behavior disorders, school psychiatric evaluations, preschool assessment, forensic evaluation for various externalizing disorders such as affective disorders, hyperactivity, attention, impulsivity and conduct problems, affective disorders such as depression and/or mania and developmental disorders and language problems.

Offers peer-led support groups for Nassau or Suffolk County residents considering or involved in the foster care or adoption process. Provides opportunities for teens, children and parents to voice their concerns, questions and successes. Offers a list of resources including counselors, adoption and foster care agencies, adoption attorneys and social workers. Call for meeting times and locations.

Offers a parent therapy group designed to help parents build more positive relationships with their children.

Birthright offers support, help, and education to girls and women who think they may be or are pregnant. Birthright offers free anonymous self administered pregnancy tests, referral to doctors for prenatal care, maternity clothes, infant layettes, information on adoption, and support through pregnancy and birth of the baby.

Offers more opportunities to women experiencing challenging pregnancy situations, and empowers them to make decisions that they can live with.

* Offers free pregnancy tests and options counseling in a non-judgmental setting.* Provides parenting classes, earning points for items in their boutique with class attendance. Stocks a boutique with various items like clothes, toys, strollers, high chairs, and shoes.* Operates a Diapers, Wipes, and Formula program for weekly supplies.* Hosts post-abortive healing classes facilitated by trained counselors to support individuals grieving after an abortion.

Offers support, educational programming, recreation, and information and referral services to non-parent relatives raising children. Participants often include grandparents raising their grandchildren and aunts and uncles that are parenting a niece or nephew.

Offers free support, information and educational program open to all adoptive familes and realative caregivers who have guardiianship of children.

* Offers support, information and referral, and education for developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, and epilepsy. Case management. Residential Homes. Self-Directed Services, including Fiscal Intermediary and Brokerage services. Family reimbursement. Respite. Health Homes. Family support services, including parent support groups. Structured day and evening programs. Support groups, counseling. Community habilitation. Day Habilitation. Camp EAGR - Residential summer camp for children with epilepsy.

* Offers support services and programs to families in need, such as: Homeless Intervention and Case Management. Supportive Housing Program for Adults. Car Seat Distribution. Health insurance access. Personal Care Pantry. HEAP enrollment. Rapid Re-Housing of Homeless Families. Kinship Care Program. Kinship Care Support Group. Medicaid Transportation Program.

After school program and family engagement nights during the school year.

Focuses on the needs and development of children while working with separating/divorcing parents to prevent social and emotional harm. Provides parent education awareness program to reduce conditions that cause stress, and accepts court mandated referrals.

Provides a community-based system of care for families of children with disabilities. Offers both formal and informal services, with an emphasis on self-determination and family control, to help support families with children who have a disability. Offers family engagement activities, peer support, advocacy training, and parenting groups and classes.

Offers support and advocacy for kinship care (means child is being raised by someone other than the parent).

Teaches communication skills to benefit marriages and all relationships.

Provides a parenting support group to help prevent child abuse and teach parents positive parenting techniques.

* Offers prevention education services. Life skills workshop series offered to school and community groups. Training and workshops for parents and professionals.* Offers support groups for parents and youth.* Coordinates and plans services for youth by identifying unmet needs and develop programs to meet those needs.* Offers street outreach and anti-violence groups for K-12 grade.

* Offers a monthly mutual support group sharing experiences as parents of multiple birth children. Women's issues in general are also discussed.