* Provides leadership, coordination, and support to prevent, protect against, prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate man-made and natural disasters and other emergencies.

* Provides public health services that include:

• Rabies Prevention (receive notification of all dog bites in the county and work with the person that was bitten to make sure they get screened for rabies risk and the need for post-exposure prophylaxis).
• Lead Poisoning Prevention (works with families of children at risk for, or with an elevated blood lead level to reduce that child's level). Testing is not provided by public health but a referral is made to the NYS office.
• Immunization Program (provides mandatory and optional vaccines for the county residents)
• Communicable Disease Program (investigates and coordinates with other agencies on reports of State-defined communicable diseases).
• Healthy Families Program (Assists at-risk families with strength-based guidance and support in parenting and other life issues).
• Emergency Preparedness (Promoting and educating the community on being prepared for natural and other disasters).
• Children's Programs including Early Intervention.

Responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Communications Act, the Commission's rules, orders, and various licensing terms and conditions. The mission is to investigate and respond quickly to potential unlawful conduct.

* Provides public safety information and services in the area of public safety, including: Emergency services and management. Drug use disorders. Crime forensics lab. Public safety radio communication. Fire bureau. EMS bureau. Traffic and passenger safety. Weights and measures. Monroe County Probation Department, and others.

Coronavirus Update 7/27/2022Cortland County Mental Health Department provides in-person and telehealth opportunities for individuals age 5 and over. We provide individualized mental health treatment, psychiatry services, and the following group therapy:- DBT Group Therapy for adults (18+)- Horizon House Continuing Day Treatment Program- EMERGE for domestic violence treatment- TEESO for individuals charge with sexual offensesIntake forms can be found on our webpage. As always, please call us if you need any assistance.Helps individuals become more functional in emotional, cognitive, social, educational and/or self-care areas.

The Treasurer serves as Cortland County's chief tax enforcement officer, collecting delinquent taxes for the county's towns, villages and school districts.

Records all real property recordings including but not limited to:deeds, mortgages, liens, survey maps, leases, UCC's.

* 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.

Supervises, maintains and develops affordable low- and moderate-income housing in the state through these programs:community development: administers housing development and community preservation programs, such as state and federal grants and loans to housing developers to partially finance construction or renovation of affordable housinghousing operations: oversees and regulates the state's public and publicly assisted rental housingrent administration: administers the rent regulation process for more than one million rent-regulated apartments in New York City and Albany, Erie, Nassau, Rensselaer, Rockland, Schenectady and Westchester Countiespolicy research and development: studies the long-term housing needs of the state and help develop appropriate policies

Records and files documents. Records management. Land deeds, divorce decrees and an index to some naturalization records. Dept. of Motor Vehicles. Pistol Clerk. Provides passport applications. Must have official birth certificate (with seal imprint) OR current photo ID plus two passport photos.

* Provides support and administration of libraries in a 4 county area. * Offers community outreach through 42 member libraries. Talking book sublending agency, book club discussion kits. Accessible through online catalog and local libraries.

Provides technical training and coordination of Emergency Medical Services.

Coordinates education programs, systems response planning, support services, quality improvement and public health preparedness with other emergency and public safety providers, hospitals, agencies and committees.

* Offers a number of different clinics available to adults and children such as: Tuberculosis Control Clinic, Rabies Control, and Child and Adult Immunization Clinics. * Offers a tobacco cessation program that includes: Free starter kit, Individual counseling, and printed educational materials. * Provides the Early Intervention Program. Services include: Occupational, physical, and speech therapy. * Provides Children with Special Health Care Needs help with diagnosis, evaluation and treatment programs. * Provides the Child Find Program that assists with early identification and referral to services in the community. * Provides maternal/child health services, including prenatal/maternity education, home visits, and breastfeeding support.

* Administers 55 poison control centers in the US that provide professional advice by toxicology specialists. All poison centers can be reached by calling the same number.

Clerk of the County and Supreme Court filing civil papers, liens, judgments and other legal documents for public view.

Maintains vital records such as birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are filed in the municipality (Town Clerk's office) where the person was physically born, died, or was married.Records all legal documents including: Land deeds, Mortgages, Veteran Military Discharges, Civil Action Court Records, Supreme and County Court Records. Sells hunting licenses and processes passports. Oversees Motor Vehicle Dept.

Provides technical training and coordination of Emergency Medical Services.

Benefits and services to sustain families and individuals and to help them achieve the highest degree of independence possible.Programs include : Medicaid SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program), formerly Food Stamps Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) temporary asssistance emergency housing assistance adoption day care child support establishment/enforcement child protective services family assessment response foster care protective services for adults long term care Applicants denied benefits can request fair hearings by calling the Office of Administrative Hearings, 800-342-3334.To determine eligibility and submit an application online, go to www.mybenefits.ny.gov

fosters, promotes welfare of wage earners, job seekers and retirees in the U. S. improves working conditions advances opportunities for profitable employment assures work-related benefits and rights

* Provides Public health services related to: Chronic Diseases Communicable Diseases Emergency PreparednessRabies Prevention Immunizations Lead Poisoning Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Tuberculosis Maternal Child Health, including breastfeeding support, childbirth classes, and newborn care classes Early Intervention and Special Education Preschool Stop DWI program

coordinates and develops transportation policy for the state operates transportation facilities and services for highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities administers safety and other programs for railroads and motor carriers engaged in intrastate commerceFor Tompkins/Cortland county call 607-756-7072

* Develops a comprehensive county plan for mental health, developmental disability, and alcohol/substance abuse services. * Allocates funding to local agencies based on community priorities, treatment outcomes, and program performance.* Ensures coordination of services across levels of care and among community providers.* Assists in the systematic change to provide person/family-centered, strength-based, culturally competent, recovery-oriented, and evidence-based services.

maintains city pavement, curbs, gutters, storm sewers, bridges, creeks, retaining walls and city-owned parks, natural areas, city cemetery and Newman Golf Course keeps up city-owned buildings and vehicles; maintains and operates parking garages, traffic signals and signage plants and removes trees along streets and in city parks removes snow in the city collects trash and yard waste; call for a schedule dead animal policy: picks up dead animals from the street and between the curb and the sidewalk cannot pick up dead animals on private property dead animals from private property can be put in the trash for curbside collection removes and retains collars and tags of animals picked up See separate listings for details on these departments' responsibilities: Water and Sewage Street, Storm Sewer, Snow Removal Parks and Forestry Building Systems and Solid Waste

* Provides information to the community about health department programs such as: Starlight Pediatrics (Foster Care Pediatric Clinic) Comprehensive primary care to children in Monroe County Department of Social Services Foster Care Children's Program Immunization Clinic/Immunization Program Flu Clinics - Annual program for eligible high-risk persons Emergency Clinics; Tuberculosis control - tuberculosis screening