The Salvation Army's Elder Services provide community centers where elders can share interests and socialize. Educational classes, day care, meals, and seminars are available along with other activities.

Companions can provide services such as meal preparation, at- home companionship care, light housekeeping, laundry, errand services, grocery shopping, escort to appointments and activities, recreation/socialization, and supervision.

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+.

Volunteers deliver friendly telephone calls on a routine basis for homebound seniors.

Mental Health America Dutchess County offers life skills programs and support groups for children, teenagers, young adults and adults: (Call 845-473-2500 for information regarding a particular program)

FOR CHILDREN:

Kids on the Block features life-sized puppets to enchant kids and teach them healthy life skills, awareness, and mutual understanding. The program comes to you and brings everything needed for the puppet show! There are a number of pre-rehearsed shows and can usually accommodate the topic you’d like to focus on. Services Workshop Topics include: Physical and emotional disabilities; Bullying, gangs, & safety; Handling conflict & forgiveness; Cultural differences & respect; Substance abuse prevention

FOR TEENAGERS:

The Teen Challenge Program is for at risk youth, ages 14-18, with a mental health diagnosis and who are in counseling. Some challenges teens might face today include: low self- esteem, lack of social skills, isolation, and needing further development of life skills and education. The Teen Challenge Program addresses these challenges in a safe environment with staff that are welcoming and relatable. The Teen Challenge Program meets weekly to participate in life skills lessons, community service and recreation.

FOR 18-25 YEAR OLDS:

Supported Education serves students whose post-secondary education has been interrupted as a result of mental illness. Working with Dutchess Community College and state agencies, MHADC helps people get into school, stay in school, and succeed in school. Eligibility for Supported Education: 18 or older, meet admission requirements for Duchess Community College, and be referred by ACCES-VR, New York State’s Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation.

FOR ADULTS:

Are you living with a Severe Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) and looking to become more independent and comfortable in society? PROS (Personalized Recovery Oriented Services) will help you learn and refine your life skills. You get the opportunity to build your own schedule, learn in a familiar setting, and take the pressure off by learning coping skills and medication management.

Services:

Life skills training

Medication and wellness management training

Emotional support

Clinical and professional support

Ongoing rehabilitation resources

Intervention and risk reduction

The Adult Day Center located at 21 Ford Avenue, Oneonta is a supervised, medical adult day program providing activities, nutritious meals, companionship, nursing and rehabilitative care for individuals with a chronic health condition. The Adult Day Center can be reached at 607*431*5736.

The Genesee County Youth Bureau was established in 1971 to plan, coordinate, and supplement activities of public, private, and religious agencies devoted to the welfare and protection of youth. The Bureau is responsible to the Chief Executive and funded, in part, by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

The Youth Bureau’s programs have grown and changed over the years, but its main purposes remain the same. It assists with the development and funding of programs that encourage positive youth development. These programs help motivate young people to develop a sense of responsibility and make a positive contribution to their communities.

Planning

In order to develop strategies that effectively and efficiently meet the needs of young people, the Youth Bureau puts together a Comprehensive Plan that is evaluated every three years. Appropriate goals and objectives are reached after surveys, studies, and needs assessments. These results are incorporated into an annual plan that the staff executes throughout the year.

Coordination/Networking

As they say, it takes an entire village to raise a child. Because relationships with other agencies that share, in whole or in part, our mission are important, the Youth Bureau creates and maintains links throughout the county. Some of these organizations offer resources, staff, and programming for direct services; others offer additional funding sources.

Provision of Services

Funding is available from the NYS Office of Children and Family Services to implement planning objectives. Because local youth-serving agencies have a better idea of what their communities need, the Youth Bureau funds various outside programs. The staff monitors and evaluates activities, and also works with other public and private funding and planning agencies to develop essential programs.

Community Development/Advocacy

The Youth Bureau is responsible for community education regarding youth issues, needs, and problems. The objective is that community awareness and skills will evolve so the community itself becomes the most effective advocate for youth and families.

Youth Board

The Youth Board is an advisory body with youth, municipality, and human service representatives. These members are appointed by the Genesee County Legislature. The board is responsible for setting goals, establishing priorities, recommending funding allocations, and program monitoring and evaluation.

2024 Youth Board

Alexander: Shannon Whitcombe

City of Batavia: Julie Wasilewski

City of Batavia: Kelly March

Town of Batavia: Tammi Ferringer

Byron/Bergen: Open (Apply Here(PDF, 22KB))

Darien/Corfu/Pembroke: Justin Rodland

LeRoy/Stafford: Lynda Lowe

Oakfield/Alabama/Elba: Paul Osborn, President

Pavilion/Bethany: Jessica Torrey

At-Large: Chris Suozzi

Youth Representatives: Beckett Swanson, Elijah Loysen, Fernando Cacho, Corinne Korzelius

Dept of Social Services: Becca Nigro

Job Development: Lisa Smith

Sheriff’s Office: Josh Brabon

Probation Department: Traci Russo

Health Department: Deborah Krenzer-Lewter

Legislative Liaison: John Deleo

Spreading Youth Development Statewide: The Association of NYS Youth Bureaus

New York State has 105 county, town, city and village Youth Bureaus. This network has grown steadily since 1945 and now encompasses all 62 counties including New York City. Youth Bureaus support youth development programs that address community identified needs. Community members, local businesses, human service professionals, educators, clergy, parents and young people are all a part of the planning process.

Founded in 1971, the Association of New York State Youth Bureaus (ANYSYB) has over 200 members representing Youth Bureaus and Youth Boards; not-for-profit youth service organizations and municipalities throughout New York State. The mission of the Association is to promote the physical, emotional and social well being of youth and families in New York State through a unified, statewide network o

Peer Mentoring

•Peer mentoring provides the opportunity for people with disabilities to meet with TLCIL staff, many of whom have disabilities or personal experience with a disability, to discuss goals, concerns and disability-related experiences. TLCIL's trained staff can offer practical advice and assistance, and when necessary, provide referrals to appropriate agencies and organizations.

•** Peer mentoring should not be confused with mental health counseling. While mental health counseling involves a professional-client relationship, peer counseling consists of a peer relationship in which both the consumer and TLCIL's staff person are dialoging about a disability-related issue to the end of meeting a specified goal.

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are offered by employers as a benefit to employees and their families to provide confidential counseling and supportive services on personal or professional issues that may be impacting work performance. These could include depression, anxiety, substance abuse problems, relationship/family issues, work problems, grief/loss, stress, attention and focus problems, as well as a variety of other concerns

Our EAP therapists are available to the employers we work with to provide critical-incident stress management following traumatic workplace events.

Our EAP services also provide on-site training for employees on an array of topics that will positively benefit wellness and professional health.

Popular topics have included:

-Stress Management

-Effective Communication

-Mindfulness

-Dealing with Difficult People

-Depression and Anxiety

-Substance Abuse

-Workplace Harassment

-Conflict Resolution

-Dealing with Change

-Work/Life Balance

​Our EAP Services are set apart by being able to provide appointments quickly, access to a variety of therapists with different backgrounds and skills to best suit the particular need, and in-house access to psychiatry referrals when needed.

If companies interested in our EAP services have employees who do not live locally, we are often able to set up telehealth counseling sessions to provide EAP counseling remotely.

For more information on partnering with Clinical Associates for your organization's EAP, please call Nik Dier, Coordinator of EAP Services at (607) 936-1771 or email clinicalassociatesEAP@pathwaysforyou.org.

At Visiting Angels Horseheads, we provide reliable elderly care to seniors and disabled adults throughout the area. Our services are unique because they are customized to fit the needs of each individual client we work with. Your loved one's specific home care needs and scheduling requirements are the top priority in creating their elderly care plan from Visiting Angels Horseheads. There are countless ways we can assist your loved one, all of which are focused on their non-medical needs.

Some of the ways elderly care from Visiting Angels Horseheads can assist your loved one include:

Medication monitoring

Light housekeeping

Fall prevention

Running errands

Transportation needs

Grocery shopping

Household organization

Preparing meals