Tot Fun & Run: ot Fun and Run is open to children ages 6 & under and their parents, guardians and caregivers. Come join children and their care providers for a morning full of open play. Tot Fun and Run is a controlled setting for your kids to come play, socialize and interact with children their age. Age appropriate equipment is provided in the Rec. Center Gymnasium and Toddler Room. Equipment featured is 3 bounce houses, rock climbing wall, roller coasters and other popular equipment. Tot Fun and Run is open to children ages 6 & under and their parents, guardians and caregivers. Come join children and their care providers for a morning full of open play. Tot Fun and Run is a controlled setting for your kids to come play, socialize and interact with children their age. Age appropriate equipment is provided in the Rec. Center Gymnasium and Toddler Room. Equipment featured is 3 bounce houses, rock climbing wall, roller coasters and other popular equipment.

Compeer Youth Mentoring run by the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier (MHAST) connects at-risk youth with a mentor. Helps build self confidence, self reliance, and healthy relationships. Youth are referred by therapists, school counselors, or case managers.

Our service plans include:
COMPANION
Safeguarding,Companionship/Socialization,Take walks,Play cards/crafts,
Assist with cooking/Baking,Remind to take medication,Accompany to appointments or community activities and functions,Meal preparation
Grocery shopping,Pick up medication from Pharmacy,Make and change bed
Wash patient laundry,Drop off and pick up dry cleaning,Clean kitchen
Clean patient bedroom and bathroom,Drive client.

Mercy Care for the Adirondacks, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy was established in 2007 as a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization. It is responding to the emergent need to address in a holistic manner the health education, spiritual, and friendship needs of elders living in their own homes. Mercy Care provides on a non-denominational basis the benefits of friendship, companionship, assistance, and spiritual care which is not or cannot be adequately provided by family or friends. Mercy Care's Friendship Volunteer Program is designed to ease isolation and loneliness of elders or infirm persons. It is meant to keep elders connected with their churches and their communities. Parish Nurse Training Program: If you are a Registered Nurse who would like to promote the relationship of spiritual care and health in your practice of nursing, Mercy Care will provide training, equipment, encouragement, and coordination to you to serve the needs of your elder neighbors in their own homes. Education and Advocacy Program: Mercy Care for the Adirondacks sponsors conferences, presentations and education programs and advocates for the needs of elders and programs of care at local, county, state, and federal levels of government. It is being developed as a primary advocate and promoter of quality long-term care for elders and infirm persons in communities served.* Sponsored educational forum on a variety of aging topics-open to the public.

After School Express:

The “After School Express” is a comprehensive, affordable and licensed child care service by the Capital District Child Care Coordinating Council conducted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Rensselaer County. Strict staffing ratios are required and maintained. The program focuses on children attending grades K-8 in southern Rensselaer County.

The program is conducted by trained Boys & Girls Club professionals and focuses on three major core areas:

•Education – Power Hour and Project Learn are nationally recognized and proven educational programs that provide homework help, tutoring and a variety of new and exciting high yield learning activities.

•Health and Life Skills – Develops young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals and develop the competencies to lead a successful life.

•Sports, Fitness and Recreation – A program designed to develop team work, sportsmanship and self-esteem, while teaching the importance of keeping yourself physically fit and healthy. Combines a variety of activities such as arts & crafts and board games, all of which are designed to encourage the children to express themselves, to enhance their creative abilities.

Evening Programs:

Evening programs begin at 6:00pm and operates Monday-Thursday. Children 5-12 must be picked up by 8pm and children 13+ are allowed to stay until 8:30pm. Each night the Club runs a variety of programs to fit each child’s different and changing needs. Gym times are broken up by age groups so that safe play is exercised. Game room tournaments and nightly snacks or dinners are served regularly. The fee for the drop in program is $5 for a year (365 days from initial sign up) for children 5-12 years old, and $7 for children 13+.

We are always looking for great leaders, and role models for our younger persons with disabilities, and that can include YOU!

Youth Own - YO! Is a social and support group for teens and young adults with disabilities.

RCIL has a proud history of services and supports for people with disabilities, by people with disabilities. YO! was founded in much of the same way; teens and young adults with disabilities getting together to provide support and friendship to each other.

YO! meets every month! Sometimes we hang out, have informal discussions groups and social opportunities, while other meetings are activity-centered in the community! If you will need assistance with transportation, an interpreter or other reasonable accommodations to attend our meetings please let us know!

The coordinator of Youth Leadership can also assist with job searches, volunteer opportunities, computer skills, college aspirations, scholarship applications and resume building.

Join Us at YO! - A great place to meet new people!

Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/YouthOwn

For more information, please contact the Coordinator of Youth Leadership at (585) 442-6470.

RAMP - Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program

Career-Focused Mentoring for All Youth

RCIL’s Geneva office is one of the local sites for the RAMP program. Please contact our R.A.M.P. Coordinator at (585) 442-6470 to answer all questions or for more information regarding this program.

LTI mentoring programs establish positive relationships with adult role models to mitigate negative influences like lack of positive role models, incarcerated parents, academic failure, and other barriers to success.  Our goal is to create opportunities for hope and inspiration.

PAX Tools Community Workshops for parents, caregivers, and other caring adults in their own community. PAX Tools extends nurturing environments beyond the classroom, empowering adults throughout the community to improve young people’s behavior and relationships with the use of Evidence-based Kernels.

Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides Services Included:bathing, grooming & dressing services; skin care & hair care; oral hygiene; plan, cook & serve and/or feed meals; help with special diets; light housekeeping; weekly laundry & ironing; linen changes; help with walking; bed to chair transfer; assistance with all necessary ADL's

A program of peer support activities that are designed to help individuals with psychiatric diagnosis live, work and fully participate in communities. These activities are based on the principle that people who share a common condition or experience can be of substantial assistance to each other. Specific program activities will: build on existing best practices in self-help/peer support/mutual support; incorporate the principles of Olmstead; assist individuals in identifying, remembering or discovering their own passions in life; serve as a clearinghouse of community participation opportunities; and then support individuals in linking to those community groups, organizations, networks or places that will nurture and feed an individual's passions in life. Social recreation events with a focus on community participation opportunities will be the basis for exposing individuals to potential passion areas through dynamic experiences, not lectures or presentations. This program will be funded through performance-based contracts with a specified set of deliverables.