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Sheriff's Department, Tompkins County
AKA (Also Known As):
Sheriff's Department
Address:
779 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Records/Civil Office: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm; All other operations open at all times.
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 266-5436
Email:
Title:
Sheriff
The Tompkins County Sheriff's Office is the top law enforcement agency in the county. Both the Sheriff's Office and the County Jail are located in the Tompkins County Public Safety Building on Warren Road.
The Sheriff's Office issues:
gun/pistol permits,
party permits, permits for door-to-door sales in Tompkins CountyFor information call 257-1345. IDENTIFICATION CARDS: For people who do not have driver's licenses and need picture IDs for such purposes as cashing checks. SEX OFFENDER Registry Medication Disposal drop-box for medication disposal at the Sheriff's Department is available 24/7/365. Prescription, over-the-counter and pet medications in many forms are accepted, including:pills
capsules
powders
liquids
inhalers
patches
epi-pens
No household hazardous waste, medical waste, or sharps (needles, lances, etc.) Disposal instructions: -any human or animal medication, either over-the-counter or prescription, is accepted -if possible, keep medications in their original containers -DO NOT black out the medication name, dosage or amount dispensed -DO black out your name and address on the label. Blacked out or not, no personal information will be collected from bottles. -Controlled substances must be brought by person for whom the medication was prescribed Non-controlled substances can be brought by family member, friend, etc.SIDS Alliance
AKA (Also Known As):
First Candle/ SIDS Alliance
Address:
2105 Laurel Bush Rd Suite 201
Bel Air, MD 21015
Bel Air, MD 21015
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm
Phone:
Fax:
443-640-1031
Email:
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
First Candle unites parents, caregivers and researchers nationwide with government, business and community service groups to advance infant health and survival.
Through research, education, and advocacy programs, the organization works to prevent stillbirth, SIDS and other sudden, unexpected infant deaths (SUID). It also provides compassionate grief support to those affected by a baby's death.
First Candle
First Candle
- supplies parents and caregivers with educational and bereavement materials
- provides education and training to health professionals
- conducts grassroots advocacy campaigns to bring attention to important infant health issues at the local, state and national levels
Smokers' Quitline, NYS
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 am-9 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 9 am-1 pm; other times: recorded message
Phone:
The NYS Smokers' Quitline offers services to help callers quit smoking, such as
- free starter kit with nicotine patches, gum or lozenges
- trained specialists offering help with quit plans
- information about local stop smoking programs
- informational taped messages
Social Security Administration, Ithaca
Address:
127 West State Street
2nd Floor
Ithaca, NY 14850
2nd Floor
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9 am-3 pm; Wednesday, 9 am-12 noon
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 273-9312
Title:
District Manager
*Please Note: the automated calling system may take patience and time to navigate.*
Please advise callers to do the following:
- listen carefully to instructions
- press 1 only if you know the old extension, (previous extensions are valid)
- press 0 to get Ithaca office (a real person)
- Obtaining necessary proofs and records to process claims
- Explanation of rights and responsibilities under the Social Security Law
- Social Security cards
- Work and earning reports
- Marriage, death, adoption and student benefit reports
Social Services Deparment, C.C., Cortland County Coordinated Children's Services Initiative
Address:
60 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Cortland, NY 13045
Area Served:
cortland
Phone:
The Coordinated Childrens Services Initiative is a three- to six-month process to help families stay together and avoid out-of-home placement of children with emotional and behavioral challenges.
The family, child, family support representative and, as needed, representatives from other county child and family services systems meet to review the family's needs and strengths.
Based on those findings, a service plan is developed and implemented.
Follow-up meetings track the family's progress.
The program is open to Cortland County families with children ages 5 to 18.
Social Services Deparment, C.C., Foster Care and Preventive Services
Address:
60 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Cortland, NY 13045
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
cortland
Phone:
Title:
Commissioner
Foster Care provides safe, temporary placement for children unable to safely live with their own families. Returning children to their homes is the goal; when not possible, a permanency plan may free the child for adoption, independent living or discharge to an adult residential setting. Referrals come from PINS, Child Protective Services or self-referral.
After referral from individuals, other agencies, or Child Protective Services, Preventive Services conducts a needs assessment, creates a service plan and makes referrals to community agencies. Caseworkers provide financial management for some clients.
This unit's workers provide casework counseling, transport, mediation and crisis intervention.
This unit's workers provide casework counseling, transport, mediation and crisis intervention.
Social Services Department, C.C., Cortland County Coordinated Children's Services Initiative
Address:
60 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Cortland, NY 13045
Area Served:
cortland
Phone:
The Coordinated Childrens Services Initiative is a three- to six-month process to help families stay together and avoid out-of-home placement of children with emotional and behavioral challenges.
The family, child, family support representative and (as needed) representatives from other county child and family services systems meet to review the family's needs and strengths.
Based on those findings, a service plan is developed and implemented.
Follow-up meetings track the family's progress.
The program is open to Cortland County families with children ages 5 to 18.
Social Services Department, C.C., Foster Care and Preventive Services
Address:
60 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Cortland, NY 13045
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
cortland
Phone:
Title:
Commissioner
Foster Care provides safe, temporary placement for children unable to safely live with their own families. Returning children to their homes is the goal; when not possible, a permanency plan may free the child for adoption, independent living or discharge to an adult residential setting. Referrals come from PINS, Child Protective Services or self-referral.
After referral from individuals, other agencies, or Child Protective Services, Preventive Services conducts a needs assessment, creates a service plan and makes referrals to community agencies. Caseworkers provide financial management for some clients.
This unit's workers provide casework counseling, transport, mediation and crisis intervention.
This unit's workers provide casework counseling, transport, mediation and crisis intervention.
Social Services Department, C.C., Income Maintenance
Address:
60 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Cortland, NY 13045
Area Served:
cortland
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 753-5282
This division administers:
- Public Assistance
- Medicaid
- Food Stamps
- Emergency Assistance
- HEAP
- day care and employment services to help individuals become self sufficient
Social Services Department, Cortland County
Address:
60 Central Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
Cortland, NY 13045
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
cortland
Phone:
Title:
Commissioner
The Department operates under the authority of New York State Social Services Law and Part 18 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) and is comprised of three major divisions:
- The Income Maintenance Division administers the following programs based on eligibility and income guidelines:
- Temporary Assistance, which includes
- the partially federally funded Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program
- and the partially state funded Safety Net (SN) program
- Food Stamps
- Medicaid
- Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
- Employment programs
- Child Care Block Grant (CCBG) programs
- Child Support program.
- Emergency programs
- Temporary Assistance, which includes
- The Services Division includes
- Foster Care
- Preventive
- Adoption
- Child Protective Services (CPS)
- Coordinated Childrens Services Initiative (CCSI)
- Adult Protective services
- Long Term Care services
- The Administrative Division handles:
- Resource Recovery
- Records Retention
- Network Technology
- Accounting
- Staff Development
- Security
- Legal
- Fraud
- Special projects, including implementation of various TANF allocations as they are available
Social Services Department, T.C., Child Protective Services
AKA (Also Known As):
CPS
Address:
320 West Martin Luther King Jr./State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 274-5673
Child Protective Services responds to reports of child maltreatment with a family assessment or an investigation.
To report suspected cases of abuse, call the 24- hour, toll-free New York State hotline.
Social Services Department, T.C., Long Term Care Services
AKA (Also Known As):
Tompkins Care Connection; NY Connects
Address:
320 West Martin Luther King Jr./State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 274-5666
Tompkins Care Connection provides:
County residents who meet program guidelines qualify for home care services through the Expanded In-home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP) and Medicaid.
Additional services include:
Tompkins Care Connection is Tompkins County's "New York Connects" program. Tompkins County residents interested in starting a family-type home (residential and non-nursing home care) for seniors can call Long Term Care Services, 274-5222, for an application.
Family Home Requirements include:
- in-home assessment
- information and referral
- case management
- home care services
County residents who meet program guidelines qualify for home care services through the Expanded In-home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP) and Medicaid.
Additional services include:
- private duty nursing
- Long Term Home Health Care program
- Traumatic Brain Injury program
- Care at Home
- Medicaid waivers for children
- Medicaid Personal Emergency Response System
- PRI assessment for nursing home placement
Tompkins Care Connection is Tompkins County's "New York Connects" program. Tompkins County residents interested in starting a family-type home (residential and non-nursing home care) for seniors can call Long Term Care Services, 274-5222, for an application.
Family Home Requirements include:
- meeting water and fire code regulations
- passing a safely inspection
- applicant must:
- be in good standing in the community
- provide personal references
- obtain a physician's statement of his/her ability to perform the services
Social Services Department, T.C., Youth and Family Services Unit
Address:
320 West Martin Luther King Jr./State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Monday- Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 274-5673
Title:
Case Supervisor
Youth and Family Services unit specializes in preventive and foster care services for Tompkins County adolescent youth and their families, such as:
- working with families to prevent out-of-home placement of an at-risk child
- working with youth placed in foster care by Family Court because of PINS/JD behaviors. Foster care placements include:
- family foster care
- group home care
- residential care
- treatment foster care
- sub-programs include:
- multi-systemic therapy
- youth advocacy program
- sex offense evaluations
- William George Agency Therapeutic After School Program for boys at high risk of residential placement
- managing detention placements for Tompkins County youth
Social Services Dept., T.C., Adult Protective Services
Address:
320 West Martin Luther King Jr./State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 274-5666
Title:
Coordinator
Adult Protective Services investigates reports of abuse and neglect of adults and provides financial management, case management and legal interventions needed to protect at-risk adults.
Adult Protective is also a member of the Hoarding Task Force of Tompkins County. Visit http://hoarding.weebly.com/ for information on hoarding resources.
Social Services Dept., T.C., Child Protective Services
AKA (Also Known As):
CPS
Address:
320 West Martin Luther King Jr./State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca, NY 14850
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Phone:
Fax:
(607) 274-5673
Child Protective Services responds to reports of child maltreatment with a family assessment or an investigation.
To report suspected cases of abuse, call the 24- hour, toll-free New York State hotline.