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Bridges For Youth and Families

AKA (Also Known As):
Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth
Address:
120 West State Street
2nd Floor
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm and by appointment
Area Served:
tompkins
Title:
Program Coordinator
Bridges for Youth and Families, a NYS-certified Interim Family Program, provides emergency services to runaway, homeless and unaccompanied youth.
Focused on runaway prevention and reunification, Bridges staff works with young people who:
  • are thinking of leaving home or running away
  • have left home or run away
  • are homeless and want to reunite with their families

Youth living away from parents or legal guardian may also be eligible for services
Services for youth up to age 21 include:
  • family mediation
  • advocacy
  • community outreach and education
  • intensive case management
  • short-term solution-focused counseling
  • transportation
  • anger management and life skills groups
  • social and recreational activities

Bridges may also provide short-term emergency shelter for youth under 18.
 

Community Dispute Resolution Center

AKA (Also Known As):
CDRC
Address:
171 East State Street (Center Ithaca)
Room 105-1
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 9 am-4 pm. Mediations scheduled anytime.
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 275-9225
Title:
Executive Director
The Community Dispute Resolution Center(CDRC) provides an alternative for resolving disputes through mediation. Mediation is convenient, confidential and generally free of cost. Mediators do not impose a solution but help disputing parties work through their shared problem and achieve resolution. Mediation is useful in almost any sort of conflict:
  • parent-teen conflict
  • custody and visitation
  • disagreements between neighbors
  • workplace disputes
  • issues between schools and parents involving special education or other sensitive matters
  • small claims court
  • agricultural cases
  • conflicts involving the elderly or their families and caregivers
 

Community Dispute Resolution Center, Mediation & Dispute Resolution Service

AKA (Also Known As):
CDRC
Address:
120 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 275-9225
Website:
Mediation is a voluntary and confidential processes, structured to foster positive communication and increase understanding. An impartial third party helps those involved in communicating effectively and considering other perspectives. Mediation Programs Include: Parenting Plan Mediation, Parent-Teen (Family) Mediation, Elder Mediation, Permanency Mediation, Agricultural Mediation, and Land-lord/Tenant.
 

Cornell Cooperative Ext of TC, Family/Parenting Education

Address:
615 Willow Avenue
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
September - May: Monday - Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM; June - Aug: Monday - Friday, 8AM to 4PM
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 272-7088
Title:
Extension Educator
The Family/Parenting Education Program offers an extensive list of workshops: Parenting Skills Workshop Series fosters family communication skills. The eight hands-on, interactive sessions help participants identify ways to use the easy to learn skills: 'encouragement', 'can do', 'choices', 'self-control', and 'respecting feelings'. Parenting Styles workshops explore the cultural values, personal beliefs, and strategies that enable parents to raise competent, capable, and proud children. Participants join in six sessions that complement the Parenting Skills Workshop Series. Parent Education Network provides useful information for parents with toddlers, teens, foster care children, and other caregivers. "Stone Soup" workshops focus on raising children with special social/emotional needs and is advised by local parents. Parenting Skills Facilitated Visits pairs a Parenting Educator to coach one-on-one with parent(s) and child(ren) who are working with the Children's Services Unit. Parenting Educator Facilitator trainings are offered annually to anyone who would like to use the curricula and increase the availability of quality parenting education in our community. The Tompkins County Coalition for Families builds a supportive community for all children and families. An ad-hoc group of organizations and citizens convene monthly for dialogs and action on the Third Thursday morning, 8:30am-9:30am at CCE-Tompkins.
 

Finger Lakes Residential Center

Address:
250 Auburn Road
Lansing, NY  14882
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 533-5012
Title:
Facility Director
The Finger Lakes Residential Center is a limited secure residential facility for court-placed delinquent boys. The Center provides secondary and high school education, tutoring services, vocational training, a residential treatment program, and counseling for juveniles. The Finger Lakes Residential Center is a program of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
 

Lansing Residential Center

Address:
270 Auburn Road
Lansing, NY  14882
Hours:
Every Day, 24 hours
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 533-7309
Title:
Facility Director
The Lansing Residential Center houses court-placed female delinquents, providing:
  • secondary and high school education
  • tutoring services
  • residential treatment program
  • counseling for juveniles
 

Liberty Resources, Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Program

Address:
Tompkins County Human Services Bldg
320 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 274-5020
Title:
Program Supervisor
Multisystemic Therapy (MST), an intensive family- and community-based treatment program, addresses the sources of serious antisocial behavior in juvenile offenders to eliminate need for out-of-home placement. MST interventions aim to:
  • improve caregiver discipline practices
  • enhance family relations
  • decrease associations with deviant peers and increase interactions with pro-social peers
  • improve school or vocational performance
  • engage youth in positive recreational outlets
  • develop a network of extended family, neighbors and friends to support caregivers
 

The Village at Ithaca

AKA (Also Known As):
Village at Ithaca; The Village; V@I; V at I
Address:
609 W. Clinton St.
Suite 109
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM; weekend/evening programs
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
607-319-4656
Title:
Executive Director
The mission of the Village at Ithaca is to advocate for excellence and equity in public education, by developing strategic community relationships, programs, and services to ensure that students within the Ithaca City School District, particularly Black, Latino, and low-income students, consistently meet or exceed district and state standards of achievement. The Village at Ithaca provides referrals, and utilizes supportive Village/partnership programs.
 

Tompkins County Mental Health Services, Child & Family Clinic Plus

AKA (Also Known As):
Child and Family Clinic Plus
Address:
201 East Green Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Mon, Wed: 8:30AM-6PM; Tue, Thu, Fri: 8:30AM-4:30PM
Fax:
(607) 274-6224
Child and Family Clinic Plus program is a multifaceted program that provides screenings, assessments and evidenced based care to children and families. The goal is to work closely with families to help with early identification of emotional needs of children. Free voluntary screening in community settings like schools and health centers, only with a parent or guardian's signed consent, is available to determine if a full clinical assessment is warranted. The Child and Family Clinic Plus program is a full service mental health clinic serving children in Tompkins County who are in need of mental health services. Services include psychotherapy, play therapy, medication, assessment and testing, family therapy, consultation and referral.
 

William George Agency for Children's Services

AKA (Also Known As):
George Junior Republic
Address:
380 Freeville Road
Freeville, NY  13068
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm (Administration)
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 844-4053
Title:
Managing Director
The William George Agency for Childrens' Services supplies institutionalized residential treatment for socially and emotionally handicapped boys ages 12-17 and girls of high school age. There is an on-campus school, recreation and work-experience program. Regular treatment is provided through individual counseling and therapeutic groups by professional social workers and psychologists. Current capacity: 193, of which 52 beds are in the Boys' Hard-to-Place ("Critical Care") program and 12 are in the Girls' Hard-to-Place ("Critical Care") program, 20 are for sex offenders, 27 are for dually diagnosed youth (mentally retarded/emotionally disturbed), 9 are in an intensive residential substance abuse program, and 73 are in a less structured, open-campus program. Referrals may be made by Departments of Social Services, Probation, school districts or the Office of Children & Family Services.
 

William George Agency, Sexual Offender Treatment Program

Address:
380 Freeville Road
Freeville, NY  13068
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 844-4053
Title:
Managing Director
The Sexual Offender Treatment Program is for the residential treatment of adolescent male sexual offenders.
 

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