Offers Nassau and Suffolk County residents, age 25 and older, enrolled in Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services, mental health assessment and monitoring for suicidal thoughts and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional services will be provided to individuals deemed high risk.

Provides online resources for suicide prevention, including a map of locations for voluntary firearm storage. Can also arrange to provide suicide prevention training, education, and consultation for schools, agencies, and community groups.

* Provides substance abuse and problem gambling prevention services through education, support, resources, advocacy and referral. * Provides community education and awareness presentations on a variety of addiction-related topics tailored to requesting school or community groups and training opportunities for professionals in the addictions, education, and health and human services community.* Offers an Addictions Counselor Credentials Training program (ACCT) - 16 month-program.* Offers a Hispanic Prevention Education Program/HPEP for youth and adults. Offers the Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) parent discussion groups. Programs offered in Spanish/English* Offers the Total Approach Family program that provides on-going series, six sessions each for families and others affected by the substance use of a loved one.* Offers Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) professional education and community awareness presentations on FASD, informal, resources and referral and parent networking and support group. NCADD-RA is the NOFAS affiliate of Upstate New York.* Provides education and resources on community coalition development through the Finger Lakes Prevention Resource Center.

* Provides Preventive services through: Parenting services for adult caregivers, age 18 years and older: Active Parenting Program. Parenting Inside and Out (PIO). Positive Parenting Program (Triple P). PAX tools, evidence-based, trauma-informed strategies to improve cooperation and self-regulation with youth. Children and youth prevention/intervention services: Bounce back, focuses on social problem solving, psychoeducation, and relaxation, while adding additional components for children grade K-5. Boy's council, a strengths-based group approach to promote boys and young men safe and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years for adolescent grades 6-12. Girls Circle, helps adolescent girls deal with a variety of issues that include bullying, the pressures of social media, early puberty, gender exploration and binge drinking. SPORT, single-session substance use prevention program, includes physical activity, sports participation, and practicing stress control. Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, 10-session intervention for youth who have been exposed to traumatic events and are suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for adolescent's grade 6-12. Teen Intervene, a brief early interventions for teens who display the initial stages of alcohol or substance use involvement, for adolescent's grades 6-12. Vape Intervention, students explore motivations for using e-cigs, gain knowledge about the risks of vaping nicotine or other substances. Adult services: Empowered Health Consciousness. Ripple Effect of Thriving, group sessions for adults. Resilience and Thriving, offers resilience skills and go from coping to thriving for adult caregivers 18 years and older.

Provides trainings in suicide prevention including Talk Saves Lives, QPR Gatekeeper Training, safeTALK, and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

Workshops held in conjunction with Bassett's Living Well Program which are designed to help people gain self-confidence in their ability to control their symptoms and learn how their health problems affect their lives.Mental Health First AidWorkplace WellnessPAXIS Community ToolsTrauma Informed Care

advocacy services educational presentations prevention programs information and referral resources collaborating with the Mental Health Stigma Taskforce to combat stigma associated with mental illnessto improve mental health and emotional well-being of Cortland County residents.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) provides awareness and education programs to schools, communities, work place, or the general public.

The Center for Problem Gambling provides specialized counseling treatment to problem gamblers and their family members through individual, group, family and marital counseling. The Center for Problem Gambling also provides community presentations to increase awareness about the problems of compulsive gambling.

The Center for Problem Gambling provides specialized counseling treatment to problem gamblers and their family members through individual, group, family and marital counseling. The Center for Problem Gambling also provides community presentations to increase awareness about the problems of compulsive gambling.

The CBHC works with East End communities to raise awareness and sensitivity about mental illness, create linkages for assistance, provide education, and strengthen family support. CBHC will host educational workshops for professionals, lay people and children on issues impacting emotional well-being in children including suicide prevention. Social workers provide referrals and information to east end families struggling to reach their goals. Chat and Chill groups are held in Montauk and Bridgehampton for east end young adults (ages 18-30) affected by suicide.

New York State Licensed Clinical Psychiatric Social Workers provide services to runaway and homeless youth, and those involved in the juvenile justice system who are 12 to 24 years old, without cost, for residents in Brookhaven Township. The program also provides training in independent living skills for youth 16 to 24 who are considered homeless. Services provided through the Sanctuary Program include: counseling, advocacy, short term emergency housing, homeless project, family mediation, information and referral, employment and college preparation.

Offers Nassau and Suffolk County residents, age 25 and older, enrolled in Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services, mental health assessment and monitoring for suicidal thoughts and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional services will be provided to individuals deemed high risk.

Substance abuse prevention program for Wyoming County. Professional prevention specialists deliver evidence-based prevention programs to Wyoming County school districts and communities. Programs include responsible server training, underage gambling awareness, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs training, substance abuse prevention skills training, teen intervention, and more. Encourages partnerships between traditional and nontraditional groups in the community such as youth, schools, probation, businesses, libraries, media, youth-serving agencies, and faith-based organizations, parents, and other concerned adults. Through such partnerships, this community-based coalition provides prevention strategies that target under-age drinking, cigarette smoking, vaping, marijuana use, prescription drug abuse, and use of heroin and other drugs.

Provides life skills, social emotional learning, alcohol and substance use education and awareness, prevention education, and intervention programs. Also offer Parenting classes in person and/or virtually. Please see separate listings for parenting programs. Evidence-based prevention programs are available for students in elementary school, middle school, high school, college and seniors. Prevention Educators work with families and children living in chemically dependent households, providing one on one education and intervention to support family members and children. Offers alcohol/substance use and problem gambling training for professional development for individuals, organizations, schools, and businesses. These events may be public presentations, in-service workshops, workplace training, or on-site training to address the interest and needs of the group. Topics available for training events include issues regarding substance use, current trends, life skills, compulsive gambling, and addictions prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery. Training lengths are contingent on the program.

A program of the New York Council on Problem Gambling. Works for positive transformation of lives harmed by problem gambling, including individuals with gambling disorders as well as their families and communities. Services include: - Assessment - Referral to treatment and recovery support services, including support groups and licensed mental health clinicians (via a private practitioner network) - Education, public awareness resources, and training opportunities Focuses efforts on: - Increasing public awareness of problem gambling - Connecting clients with treatment, recovery, and support services - Working with the gaming industry to promote responsible gambling - Promoting healthy lifestyles which foster freedom from problem gambling

Provides programs and services to individuals and families affected by eating disorders.

Provides prevention, education, training, and information and referral services in efforts to increase awareness of issues regarding alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, abuse, and dependency. Also offers gambling prevention information.

Offers suicide intervention prevention and awareness skills trainings: ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. A two-day intensive, interactive and practice-dominated course designed to help caregivers recognize, review risk and intervene to prevent suicide. Safetalk - Three hour workshop emphasizes the importance of recognizing the signs of suicide and communication skills to help the person at risk. Talk Saves Lives/Suicide Prevention and Awareness - An introduction to suicide prevention, a one hour presentation that covers the scope of suicide prevention and how to fight suicide. Youth Mental Health First Aid - An eight hour program which introduces participant of the risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents.

Provides trainings to professionals working with the community. Trainings include Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for Teens, Youth, and Adults; and Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) training for ages 12 and up. Trainings are available in-person or virtually.