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Hearts and Hands is a volunteer based non-profit organization that provides free escorted transportation, companionship, and in-home supports for older adults in communities throughout Erie and Eastern Niagara Counties. Our care recipients are often individuals who stopped driving due to age-related medical conditions or for financial reasons. Recipients may also need assistance at home with light yard work and home maintenance, or companionship to renew and refresh their caregiver. Our elderly neighbors are often lonely, isolated, and in need of friendly human interaction. In response to a recent community assessment and a national assessment from AARP, Hearts and Hands has designed our program to address social isolation through all three avenues of service: transportation, household supports, and companionship. Hearts and Hands volunteers may be the only people our care receivers see during a week, and their company is, in and of itself, a bright spot in daily life. Hearts and Hands is a best-efforts program. Services are provided by volunteers who give their time as they have it available. Program Eligibility Who is eligible for the Hearts & Hands service program? Older adults age 60+ Adults with a disability Our service area extends across Erie County and Eastern Niagara County.

Provides outpatient services to individuals 5 years of age and older. Treatment for children and teens focuses on family systems. Areas of concern may be Attention Deficit Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or the parent child relationship. Provides adult treatment for a variety of psychiatric and psychological disturbances including Depression, Anxiety and Panic, Bipolar Disorder, and disturbances of thought and perception (such as hallucinations and delusions). In addition, issues such as family violence, sexual abuse, and impaired interpersonal relationships can be addressed. Clinical staff is comprised of mental health professionals of Masters-Level training and Community Mental Health Nurses, along with access to the expertise of a psychologist and psychiatrists. Various modes of treatment are utilized and include psychiatric evaluations, individual psychotherapy, marital and family therapy, group therapy, psychological testing, and psychiatric medication treatment. Treatment is supervised by a psychiatrist.

Provides emergency housing placement after hours for the Erie County Department of Social Services (ECDSS). Assesses callers with emergency housing needs to determine if their situation makes them eligible for emergency shelter provided by the County, and provides placement for clients determined to be eligible. Also provides transportation for individuals placed after hours for ECDSS by 211 WNY. Over the phone translation services used.

Residential and home services to adults and children with developmental disabilities and/or mental illness, including respite services, supervised congregate care, and family care. Transportation is available for Family Care and IRA. Supportive Apartments are available to those individuals with developmental disabilities ages 18+.

Provides EISEP Case Management, Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERs), In-Home Contact and Support, Health Insurance Information Counseling Assistance Program (HIICAP), Home Delivered Meals (HDM), Congregate Meals, Nutrition Counseling, Nutrition Education, Information and Assistance, NY Connects Options Counseling, Afternoon Trips and Transportation, and Senior Center Recreation and Education. Has a contract with the Center for Elder Law & Justice for Legal Assistance.

Services provided on a case-by-case basis after assessment. Emergency assistance may include information, advocacy, referrals, emergency food, personal care toiletries, diapers (through Every Bottom Covered), clothing, household items, prescription medications, budgeting assistance, and utility payment assistance (Neighbor for Neighbor Heat Fund and Care and Share; see separate listings on these programs). Care Managers help families and their children achieve wellness goals by providing support and service navigation with various health and social care systems and other resources. Also provides a care management program centered around helping seniors access benefits, transportation, health care, and social services. Workforce Education program available for clients ages 13 and older. ##Veteran##

Provides enhanced services by linking monitoring and advocacy in order to ensure that an individual’s quality of life may be maintained or improved in the least restrictive environment, keeping in mind continuum of care. Offers a Single Point of Access for connections to community agencies and providers. SPOA is not a service, but a process (a means to accomplish an end). Initial SPOA will concentrate on individuals with high needs. SPOA will coordinate services which may include but are not limited to:

• Living arrangements
• Educational/Vocational
• Physical Health
• Family
• Mental Health
• Self Care
• Economic
• Transportation
• Social
• Substance Abuse
• AOT - Assisted Outpatient Treatment
• ICM - Intensive Care Coordination Services

The SPOA Committee consists of representatives from the Cattaraugus County Department of Social Services, the Cattaraugus County Probation Department, Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Foundations for Change, Department of Aging, Mobile Transitional Support Team, Community Action, Hillside Family of Agencies, Evergreen Health Services, Buffalo Psychiatric Center, Directions in Independent Living, and Intandem; as well as any agency that may be involved with SPOA referral.

Provides transportation for adults with Severe Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) within Niagara County to day programs, medical or rehabilitation appointments, and services. Program operates in Niagara Falls, Lockport, and North Tonawanda areas. In addition to individual appointments, daily routes are established for transporting to and from CMI community support program sites.

Hearts and Hands is a volunteer based non-profit organization that provides free escorted transportation, companionship, and in-home supports for older adults in communities throughout Erie and Eastern Niagara Counties. Our care recipients are often individuals who stopped driving due to age-related medical conditions or for financial reasons. Recipients may also need assistance at home with light yard work and home maintenance, or companionship to renew and refresh their caregiver. Our elderly neighbors are often lonely, isolated, and in need of friendly human interaction. In response to a recent community assessment and a national assessment from AARP, Hearts and Hands has designed our program to address social isolation through all three avenues of service: transportation, household supports, and companionship. Hearts and Hands volunteers may be the only people our care receivers see during a week, and their company is, in and of itself, a bright spot in daily life. Hearts and Hands is a best-efforts program. Services are provided by volunteers who give their time as they have it available. Program Eligibility Who is eligible for the Hearts & Hands service program? Older adults age 60+ Adults with a disability Our service area extends across Erie County and Eastern Niagara County.

Offers a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline providing advocacy at all hours for victims of sexual assault. Programming also includes transportation, court accompaniment and preparation, individual and group counseling, community education, primary prevention, crime victim compensation assistance through NYS Office of Victim Services, and outreach to rural victims of sexual assault.

Assemblymember representing New York State's 144th Assembly District. Party affiliation: Republican Sits on the following committees:

• Committee on Election Law
• Committee on Judiciary
• Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts, and Sports Development
• Committee on Transportation
• Committee on Ways and Means
• Committee on Rules

Albany Office: LOB 718 Albany, NY 12248

Assistance in filling out forms, information and referral. Portal to portal transportation for medical appointments and limited groceries. Hot, nutritious lunches. Center provides recreational activities, educational and health programs (blood pressure, hearing, cholesterol screening). Organized trips (day and overnight).

Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) offering pediatrics, internal medicine/family medicine, OB/GYN, pediatric and adult dental services, podiatry, social work, nutritional counseling, medications for opioid use disorder, and pharmacy with home delivery. Serves all populations with special focus on the medically under-insured, uninsured, and those experiencing homelessness. Also provides onsite lab, ultrasound, STD testing, COVID-19 testing and vaccines, health education/groups, blood pressure screening, and free walk-in pregnancy testing. Provides transportation assistance to help clients get to appointments and referral assistance. Participates in 340B drug discount program and has onsite enrollers for the New York State of Health insurance marketplace. Hospital affiliations: Sisters Hospital and the John R. Oishei Children's Hospital. ##REENTRY##

Public transportation for Wyoming County including medical transportation for Wyoming County residents. Handicap accessibility and senior fares available. Call or visit online for a detailed list of routes. Operates a free grocery run from Perry to the Village of Warsaw Tops Friendly Markets bi-weekly on Tuesdays.

Homeless crisis shelter service providing ONE NIGHT ONLY in local Dunkirk Motel if there are rooms available. Does not provide transportation to or from areas.