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• VA Suicide Prevention Coordinators (SPC) are specialized case managers who ensure that veterans at high risk of suicide receive the care they need. Furthermore, they are involved in training and education, both within the VA and in the community. The new VA suicide prevention initiative has placed more than 150 Suicide Prevention Coordinators nationwide, all of which are licensed mental health professionals.

• VA Medical Centers consist of acute care facilities and community based outpatient clinics. Services may include: psychiatry, intermediate medicine, extended care, homeless and alcohol/drug abuse programs, cardiac rehabilitation, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, nursing home and respite care.

• Additionally, assistance with employment issues can be accessed through a VA Medical Center by requesting a Community Employment Coordinator and assistance with legal matters can be obtained through a Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator.

• Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) contribute to cost containment by making quality health care affordable and accessible to veterans outside VA's core medical services. CBOCs reduce travel time and shorten waiting times for veterans needing outpatient care. Some of CBOCs services include: primary care, group and individual counseling, laboratory analysis, prescriptions and radiology.

• The Veterans Benefits Administration Offices (aka Regional Offices) support the VA Vision to provide veterans the world-class benefits and services they have earned. Services may include: compensation, pension benefits, vocational rehabilitation benefits, home loan guaranty, death benefits, employment benefits and special benefits for the disabled.

• Vet Centers provide readjustment counseling and outreach services to all veterans who served in any combat zone. Services are also available for their family members for military related issues. Veterans have earned these benefits through their service and all are provided at no cost to the veteran or family.

• Offers adult and child immunization clinics.* Provides Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.* Offers an Expectant Parents Health Guide that provides support and home visits to newborns and their parents.* Offers tuberculosis testing and treatment.* Provides STD testing.* Offers Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Developmental Disabilities (EIP).* Offers public health emergency preparedness planning.* Offers COVID-19 testing and vaccines. * Offers public health environmental services. Rabies control program. Household hazardous waste. Water testing and safety. ATUPA (Tobacco Sales Compliance Checks). Restaurant and children's camp inspections.* Offers health education and health promotion. Tobacco prevention and cessation. Injury prevention (Helmet program). Dental health education. Wellness and general health promotion.

• Assists through VA Suicide Prevention Coordinators (SPCs) licensed mental health professionals who manage care for at-risk veterans, provide training and education.* Offers information on VA Medical Centers services. Additionally, assistance with employment issues can be accessed through a VA Medical Center, and assistance with legal matters.Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) provide affordable, accessible care to veterans outside VA's core medical services by offering services like primary care, counseling, lab work, prescriptions, and radiology, while reducing travel time and wait times for outpatient care.Veterans Benefits Administration Offices (Regional Offices) provide veterans with earned benefits and services, including compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation, home loans, death benefits, employment support, and disability assistance.Vet Centers offer free readjustment counseling and outreach services to veterans who served in combat zones and their families for military-related issues.

• Produces and disseminates information leading to increased recognition, prevention, and treatment of problem gambling.* Conducts and publicly supports research activities to establish and document areas of need.* Provides free training to healthcare and other professionals to assess and treat persons with gambling-related problems.* Fosters expanded and improved services for residents adversely affected by gambling.* Assists industry and business leaders in developing customer- and employee-based problem gambling awareness programs.* Conducts workshops and conferences.* Connects individuals to therapy and Gambling Anonymous (GA) services.

• 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.

• Services offered: Hydromassage. Laundry. Reiki. Art Therapy. Suicide Prevention. Crisis Intervention. Peer-to-peer veteran groups.

• Provides information and tools in order to raise public awareness, promote education, and increase actions to reduce suicide throughout Seneca County.Meets regularly to plan goals and activities around suicide prevention. Meetings include agency representatives and community members.

• 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.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers the Healing Conversations program and the International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day events. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention also offers other resources for those who have experienced suicide loss to include providing a listing of support groups in the region focused on suicide loss, but do not run or manage these groups.