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American Red Cross of T. C., Friendship Center

Address:
618 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
The Friendship Center, part of the American Red Cross Homeless Services Program, is a daytime drop-in center where the Outreach and Prevention Case Managers provide support, information and referral, landlord/tenant mediation, as well as housing solutions for individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
The Center acts as a referral center and provides a drop-in site for individuals & families to come have coffee, food, use telephones, and take showers.

The Marilyn Crone Bright Space offers toys, games and books for children to use when their parents are visiting the center.

Visitors can make their own breakfasts at the Friendship Center Mondays through Fridays. Lunches are served every Tuesday and Thursday at 12 noon and the 3rd Saturday of the month from 3 to 5 pm.

The Red Cross Food Pantry serves Tompkins County residents from 2 to 4 pm Monday through Friday. If someone is in urgent need of food, call or drop by the Friendship Center between 9:30 am and 4:30 pm and call the 24-hour Homeless Hotline at other times. During the holiday season, donations of personal care, clothing and other items are sought for the clients of the Friendship Center and the shelter program. Contact the shelter director for more information.
 

American Red Cross of T. C., Homeless Services Program

Address:
618 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
24 hours/ 7 days a week
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 273-6894
Title:
Shelter/Friendship Center Supervisor
Those in need of emergency shelter should call or visit the Department of Social Services (DSS) Special Services Unit first during business hours. If they are eligible through DSS, DSS will refer people directly to the shelter. The Homeless Services program assists those who are homeless or in peril of becoming homeless in Tompkins County. Homeless Services helps participants to find safe and secure housing and to obtain the financial means to sustain it. Cold Weather Policy: If the temperature is below 20 degrees F, persons in need of shelter, even if they have children and/or are not eligible for DSS services, should call the Homeless Hotline.

The Friendship Center of the Homeless Services Program acts as a referral center and offers a drop-in site for individuals and families to come have coffee, food, use the telephones and take showers. Lunches are served every Tuesday and Thursday at 12 noon and the 3rd Saturday of the month from 3 to 5 pm. There is a Food Pantry that serves Tompkins County residents.Food giveaways are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 pm, and Wednesday and Fridays, 2-4 pm.

 

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.
 

Broome Developmental Disabilities Services Office, Clinical Services

AKA (Also Known As):
Region 2 State Operations Office, Tompkins
Address:
1257 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 277-6089
Title:
Treatment Team Leader
Article 16 Clinic Services are available in psychiatric evaluation and/or consultation.
 

Challenge, Inc.

AKA (Also Known As):
Challenge Workforce Solutions
Address:
950 Danby Road, Suite 179
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 am-4 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 277-7865
Title:
President
Challenge serves people with disabilities and others with barriers to employment and provides vocational assessments, supports, experiences and placements for job success. Through contacts with hundreds of local employers, the staff work closely with service recipients to help people find and keep good jobs while emphasizing abilities and accommodating disabilities. Challenge offers assistance in:
  • pre-employment skill training
  • supervised work training in the Challenge building or in supervised work groups in the community
  • job search preparation
  • career exploration and assessment
  • job development and placement assistance
  • on-the-job training and supports
  • job club
  • Life Options:vocational services, plus community, social, leisure/recreational, educational and volunteer activities
  • Medicaid service coordination
  • benefits advisement
  • Food Stamps, employment and training program

To reach Challenge offices: turn from 96B and drive past the main entrance; take a left and pass Serendipity Catering and the loading docks. There is a sign in front of the entrance and plenty of parking. TCAT provides service to the South Entrance.
 

Child Dev. Council, Family Support Services Program

AKA (Also Known As):
Family Support Services Program (FSS)
Address:
609 West Clinton Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 273-3141
Title:
Family Services Director
Family Support Services provides parents of children up to age three with support and guidance to enhance their child's development, including:
  • child development information
    • infant and toddler development
    • parenting strategies
    • community services coordination
  • case management and transportation assistance for medical and social services appointments for program participants
 

CompassionNet

Address:
150 North Main Street
Suite 1
Elmira, NY  14901
Fax:
(607) 732-7624
CompassionNet works to reduce stress and improve quality of life for families with a child who has a life-threatening illness. Case managers provide:
  • advocacy
  • emotional support
  • links to community resources
  • access to various therapies
  • problem-solving
  • assistance with
    • transportation
    • prescription costs
    • co-pay costs
    • respite care
    • home care

Referrals can come from families, health care providers or community agencies, but referral forms require a physician's signature.
 

Elmira Psychiatric Center, Intensive Case Management

Address:
201 East Green Street
4th floor ATTN: BG Downing (607)342-2329
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
24-hour service
Title:
ICM Coordinator
Intensive Case Management assesses the needs of youth with severe emotional disturbances and develops, carries out and monitors a service plan to allow them to live in the least restrictive, family-like setting as possible.
 

Family and Children's Service, Caregiver Counseling, In-home Respite, Geriatric Care Management

AKA (Also Known As):
Family & Children's Service of Ithaca
Address:
127 West State Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am-6 pm; Friday 8:30 am-5 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 273-7484
Title:
Caregiver Counselor & Respite Program Coordinator
Respite program provides substitute home care and friendly visiting services to relieve the primary in-home caregiver for planned short periods of time. Caregiver and family support counseling is available. The program is supported through contributions. Geriatric Care Management services are also available.
 

Franziska Racker Centers, Inc.

AKA (Also Known As):
Special Children's Centers
Address:
3226 Wilkins Road
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 272-0188
Title:
Executive Director
Franziska Racker Centers (formerly Special Children's Center) helps individuals, primarily those with special needs, and their families achieve their goals for success and happiness. Services include:
  • education and day care for young children
  • speech therapy
  • physical therapy
  • occupational therapy and audiology for all ages
  • mental health services in public schools
  • residential services
  • home and community supports
  • service coordination
  • advocacy
Support for families and partnerships with other community agencies are inherent in all activities of the Centers.
 

Franziska Racker Centers, Inc., Preschool Special Education, Cortland

Address:
882 Route 13
Cortland, NY  13045
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm
Area Served:
cortland
Fax:
(607) 758-9287
Title:
Director of Evaluation and Clinical
All special education preschool classrooms integrate typical preschool-age children with special education children to stimulate inclusion and cooperative learning.
Special education itinerant teaching is available in the community.
 

Franziska Racker Centers, Inc., Preschool Special Education,Tompkins

Address:
3226 Wilkins Road
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 272-0188
Title:
Director of Clinical & Education Services
All special education preschool classrooms integrate typical preschool-age children with special education children to stimulate inclusion and cooperative learning. Special education itinerant teaching is available in the community.
 

Greater Ithaca Activities Center, Teen Programs

AKA (Also Known As):
GIAC
Address:
301 West Court Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 3 pm-6 pm; Wednesday, 3 pm-6 pm; Friday and Saturday evening program: TBA
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 272-0250
Title:
GIAC Program Administrator
The Teen Program provides an intensive case management approach for a specific number of teens. This is aimed at helping to improve their academic performance and get a diploma. Participants receive assistance with careers and basic life skills. The Teen Program also advocates for the families of participating teens, giving referrals to community agencies that can help with individual difficult situations. T.E.A.C.H. (Teen Enrichment Academic Collegiate and Homework Program) offers:
  • homework assistance
  • basic study skills
  • individual tutorials
 

Lakeview Mental Health Services, Inc.

AKA (Also Known As):
Lakeview
Address:
600 West Washington Street
Geneva, NY  14456
Hours:
Office: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm; Program: 24 hours daily
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 272-1452
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
Lakeview Mental Health Services is a psychiatric rehabilitation-based program. In Tompkins County, it provides community residences, supportive apartments, and supported housing resources for adults with diagnoses of mental illness. Lakeview also provides:
  • psychiatric rehabilitative services and support to adult residents with psychiatric disabilities
  • instruction in living skills (nutrition, money management, health care, time management, coping skills, community utilization, etc.)
  • supportive counseling
  • long-term and transitional programs
  • case management and housing-related services in the individual's own (unlicensed) home
  • Single Room Occupancy (SRO)
 

Mental Health Association in T.C., Family Support Services

Address:
301 South Geneva Street (Henry St. John Building)
Suite 109
Ithaca, NY  14850
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Area Served:
tompkins
Fax:
(607) 272-5343
Title:
Family Support Services Coordinator
Family Support Services offers a respite program for families where a mental health diagnosis is present or presumed. A trained parent advocate can accompany parents of children with special needs to meetings, etc. This advocate also works with parents/caregivers/guardians who have a psychiatric diagnosis. Limited case management is provided to coordinate meetings with multiple service providers. Advocacy is offered as needed for parents and children. Socialization and skill building activities for children with/or who have a parent with a diagnosed mental illness is offered. Services are provided to children ages 3-18 years old. Activities may involve visits to museums, parks, movies, gyms, restaurants and/or other venues that foster age-appropriate emotional and social growth. The Parents Support Group meets monthly on the 1st Monday of the month for parents to gain support and receive information, education, support and feedback about children with special needs. Parent empowerment training is also offered through this program.
 

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