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Offers a socialization and recovery program to Nassau County residents with severe mental illness, ages 18 and older. Provides opportunities in a "club house setting" for individuals to improve socialization skills, physical, emotional and spiritual health and decision making, reduce symptoms, maintain sobriety, and learn technology skills. Call for additional information.

We provide assistance with daily routines, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, position transferring, using the bathroom, and mobility. These services are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).

Provides short term, intensive care for acute psychiatric disorders geared towards women, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders and psychotic disorders, and other mental health problems complicated by addiction or medical illness.

Provides treatment for a diverse mix of acute behavioral, emotional, and substance abuse problems. All treatments begin with a comprehensive assessment, including psychiatric, physical, and psychosocial components. Treatment is based on a proved behavior modification system and therapeutic rehabilitation for lasting results.

Assists with renewing and first time driver licenses, vehicle registration, road tests, replace lost titles or licenses. Also many of these tasks can be done online.

Offers assistance to participants to achieve goals of work, education, social connection, housing, community involvement, and health; overcoming the impact of psychiatric illness and disability that have obstructed these personal goals. Actively employs creative and expressive arts, symptom management strategies, adventure-based activities, peer support strategies, and cognitive remediation techniques to help people challenge personal barriers and rebuild their lives in recovery.

Offers supervised meetings where you can share similar experiences in a comfortable, caring setting. Depending on your needs, some health care support groups assist with specific conditions and issues, while others are more general in nature. Some of our support groups include: Bereavement Support Group; Breast Cancer Support Group; Breastfeeding Support Group; Cancer Family Support Groups; Caregiver Support Group; Diabetes Support Group; Dialysis Support Group; Gastric Sleeve Support Group; Prostate Cancer Support Group and Stroke Support Group. For more information about these groups as well as other support groups and classes offered, call the Department of Community Education at (516) 377-5333.  

Provide students the technical skills to provide necessary care to patients as well as the critical thinking and communication skills to deliver individualized assistance to those in need of care. This course also provides an excellent entry point for students interested in entering and eventually advancing in the health care profession. CNAs can work in a variety of settings including hospitals, nursing homes, adult day care and assisted living facilities. Nassau Community College, in partnership with the VEEB School of Nursing, is offering an 11-week Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program. Students will learn patient care techniques such as grooming, feeding, transporting and administering treatments as well as how to document patients’ vital signs and symptoms. Course topics include: anatomy, physiology, nutrition, infection control, and legal and ethical policies. This course prepares students to provide nursing care to the elderly, those with cognitive and mental disabilities and others in need of nursing services. Call for details.

Direct individuals, families to local pantry services where anyone who needs it can get food assistance. Assists with the enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Provides short term crisis intervention services to children, adolescents and their families to avoid the need for additional in home services or assist with meeting immediate needs while waiting for services. The program is three months in length, with a total of nine visits. Areas of focus may include mental health, educational, respite, recreation, skills building, and a various areas relating to the youth's functioning.

Mediation services are designed as an alternative to court to handle civil or minor criminal issues and disputes such as family conflicts, neighbor-to-neighbor disputes, consumer-merchant problems, landlord-tenant complaints and student-to-student or student-to-teacher disputes. Settlements are intended to avoid future conflict without placing blame or guilt. Agreements are binding and enforceable by courts. Special eviction prevention program assists landlords and tenants before the court on eviction petitions. Provides consultation and training to schools for conflict resolution curriculum and peer mediation programs.

Program assists those ages 60+ with benefits such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), Home energy Assistance programs (HEAP), Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC), Senior Citizen real property tax exemptions (STAR), and PSEG Critical Care program.

Provides counseling centers, throughout Dutchess county, for children and adolescents, for various emotional and psychiatric issues.

Vet2Vet groups are small groups of veterans, who meet weekly, to share knowledge, provide mutual support and share resources. Groups will maintain confidentiality, and are open to veterans of all generations, regardless of discharge status. Check with website for meeting times and location.

Main fundraising umbrella for community and nonprofit agencies in Ulster County. For human service agencies serving Ulster County, bi-annual funding cycle – programs must address one or more of identified impact areas to be eligible to submit a grant request.

Offers a choice-based food pantry to meet the needs of our members and people in the local community, many who live below the federal poverty level, at no cost. The pantries are managed and run by peer staff, with a specific focus on Veterans each Tuesday at Charlotte’s Table. Anyone in need may visit our food pantries on a weekly basis. Food pantry accepts donations of non-perishable food items Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. To donate perishable or frozen foods, please contact the pantry coordinator to schedule a drop-off date and time.

Provides Lyme disease testing to help with diagnosis and treatment.

Community Education workshops are available for schools, agencies, parents and professionals. Topics covered are Suicide Prevention, Managing Emotions, Cyberbulling Awareness, Let's Talk Mental Health, Coping with Crisis, Understanding Sexual Orientation, Understanding Gender.

Recruits and evaluates individuals and couples who want to be foster or adoptive parents for children who are unable to return to their families. Also provides, for birth parents, siblings, individuals or couples who adopt, home studies, post-placement supervision, educational workshops, support groups and counseling.

Offers specialized medical care for Ear, Nose and Throat, gastroenterology, nephrology, and podiatry.

Provides residential living in supportive apartments for intellectually disabled adults.

Offers a residential home for those who can no longer live alone due to age, disability or mental health illness. Provided for residents are on-site physician, nursing, psychologist, and case management.

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session class for families, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. The course is designed to facilitate a better understanding of mental health conditions, increase coping skills and empower participants to become advocates for their family members.

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. While some areas may be currently able to connect to the Lifeline by dialing 988, this dialing code will be available to everyone across the United States starting on July 16, 2022. When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary. The current Lifeline phone number (1-800-273-8255) will always remain available to people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, even after 988 is launched nationally.

Provides emergency, temporary housing for homeless families in congregate setting. Housing is located in Brentwood, Central Islip and Huntington Station. Staff assist residents to obtain permanent housing and provide the following services: entitlement advocacy, life skill training and referrals to vocational/educational programs, mental health and substance abuse referrals. Affiliated with Transitional Services of New York for Long Island, Inc.