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Provides monthly teen peer support groups, helps teens develop community service and social-recreational skills by planning, developing and attending regional events.

Houses inmates in secure facilities with specific rules governing visitation, mail and other security measures. Provides inmates access to a variety of programs such as a GED Program, parenting and religious classes, substance abuse and mental health counseling.

Provides Care Management services in supporting a child’s recovery including coordination of an individual’s medical, mental health, substance abuse, and social service needs.

Offering Biblical counseling for spiritual, emotional and relational distress for individual, marital, family and referral counseling.

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 evaluation and service coordination for any child suspected of having a developmental delay or a diagnosed disability; provides special instruction, speech, occupational and physical therapy to meet the needs of EI eligible children.

Provides medically supervised outpatient substance abuse program as well as individual, group or family counseling for individuals or for family members of individuals who abuse alcohol or drugs.

Provides Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and Community Oriented Recovery and Empowerment (CORE) Services for adults. These services are for adults, for Health and Recovery Plan (HARP) eligible enrollees who are Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health needs within New York State’s Behavioral Health System. These individuals are diagnosed with a serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

Offers a county-operated mental health facility that provides mental health counseling in various settings for community residents including, but not limited to those who have acute or chronic psychiatric disorders or who may be experiencing difficulty resolving personal or interpersonal conflicts or making personal adjustments to stressful life situations such as separation, divorce, widowhood, loss of a child, poor health, unemployment, family violence, delinquency or substance abuse.

For a life-threatening emergency, call 911. EMERGENCY OUTREACH SERVICES (EOS)EOS is provided to individuals and families who have mental health needs that have become a crisis. These services also provide ongoing consultation with local law enforcement agencies, assisting them in resolving mental health problems that come to their attention. Consultation will also be provided to other government agencies, local businesses, and members of the community.EOS is available during the day: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm.MOBILE CRISIS TEAM (MCT)MCT is an after-hours emergency and crisis service that provides confidential counseling by phone. Services are available for people of all ages who are considering suicide or struggling with issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, loss, family problems, mental health problems, or addiction.MTC is activated by Law Enforcement Personnel or the Crisis Line.** MCT is available after hours: Monday-Sunday, 4:30 pm - 8:30 am **CRITICAL INCIDENT NEGOTIATION TEAM (CINT)CINT has specialized training in dealing with violence and weapons and provides on-call assistance to law enforcement agencies for hostage negotiations, barricaded individuals, and other critical incidents. CINT is activated by Law Enforcement Personnel only. CINT is always available: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Provides mental health counseling and medication management to individuals ages 5 years and older.

Individualized, comprehensive care to veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.va.gov/homeless has information about health care, mental health, housing assistance and employment and job training programs for veterans.

SAIL offers individuals with disabilities, family members, and other interested parties assistance and advocacy related to benefit and entitlement programs, community services, and other local, state, or federal programs. Services include advocacy and assistance with Social Security applications and appeals, and applications and appeals concerning State and local resources (including Personal Care services, home health aide services, in-home nursing, homemaker services, public assistance, food stamps, early Intervention services, Family Health Plus, Medicaid, transportation, Medicaid waivers, etc.). Where necessary, assistance and advocacy is provided for informal appeals, fair hearings, and administrative law reviews. In addition, advocacy and assistance is provided for children of school age concerning the CSE process and meetings, as well as for issues involving IDEA, FAPE, transition planning, Work-Study, and other school-related services. Assistance and advocacy are also provided for individuals who choose to access services through VESID, CBVH, OMRDD, OMH, SOFA, DOT, Hospice, and other state and local agencies.

Provides volunteer opportunities for events, administrative needs, fundraising, programming support and mentoring. Volunteers assists in a varity of programs, as well as with advertising materials.

Provides comprehensive services to assist individuals in restoring movement, promoting healing, relieving pain, and adapting to physical changes. Services provided on an inpatient and outpatient basis and include physical, occupational, and recreational therapy, speech language pathology, and rehabilitation counselors.

Provides a comprehensive pre-school program for economically disadvantaged children, or children with disabilities, ages 3 to 5 years. Services include education, health, mental health, nutrition, parent involvement, and social services.

Provides a safe space to support individuals in all stages of recovery. Offers various programs, meetings, and special events that are inclusive to the entire recovery community. The purpose is to help the individual and their support network develop the skills they require to maintain a successful recovery. This is a drop-in center and individuals are welcome and encouraged to drop in at any time during hours of operation.

Provides volunteer opportunities for events, administrative needs, fundraising, programming support and mentoring. Volunteers assists in a varity of programs, as well as with advertising materials.

Provides residential treatment through a structured integrated therapeutic model for individuals ages 18 years or older who are suffering from the disease of alcoholism and drug abuse.

Provides legal services, advice and assistance to persons receiving care or alleged to be in need of care at inpatient and community based facilities for individuals with mental disabilities.

Offers training to meet the needs of the professional mental health and recovery community. For practicing professionals, offers certification and re-certification classes across a range of topics, including motivational interviewing, trauma and grief, and ethics, approved for credit by NYS OASAS and NYSED for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, and LMFT. Additionally, offers CPR classes suitable for initial and re-certification of both the general public and medical professionals.

The Office of Community Services, under NYS Mental Hygiene Law Article 41, is responsible for ensuring a comprehensive array of services across the disability groups of mental health, substance abuse and mental retardation/developmental disabilities for the citizens of Schenectady County. The office operates the County's adult and children's SPOA (Single Point of Access) and AOT (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) programs and contracts out direct service provision to a network of provider agencies.