Albany

KINSHIP CAREGIVER PROGRAMS

Catholic Charities Support Services: Kinship Care
100 Slingerland St.
Albany, NY 12202
518-449-2001
Email: Reneeb@ccalbany.org

Web: http://www.cccaregivers.org/kinship.htm


Provides group and home-based services focusing on counseling, skill development, and therapeutic recreation.  Social Work Services include: Individual and family counseling assessment and linkage to community based services. Support Groups services offer facilitated support groups for kinship caregivers and youth providing encouragement, educational information and emotional support. Social and Recreational Activities include picnics, holiday gatherings, community events.  Respite services include school vacation respite activities, summer camp scholarships, weekend family camping.  Available to caregivers in Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer counties.

A New York State Office of Children and Family Services Kinship Caregiver Program.

AGING PROGRAMS

Albany County Department for Aging
162 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 447-7177
FAX: (518) 447-7188

YOUTH PROGRAMS

Albany County Youth Bureau
112 State Street Room 1205
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 447-7324
(518) 447-5686 (fax)

Email: mdiggs@albanycounty.com

LEGAL SERVICES

Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc (LASNNY)
55 Colvin Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
PHONE: (518) 462-6765; (800) 462-2922
FAX: (518) 427-8352
www.lasnny.org
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York to provide funding for the Children's Law Project whereby more than fifty low-income children with disabilities will receive free direct legal services and 100 parents, children or human services agencies staff will receive legal education on the rights of children with disabilities.

Empire Justice Center (EJC) (formerly GULP)
119 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 462-6831; (800) 635-0355
(518) 462-6687 (fax)
www.empirejustice.org
Services: Child Care, Child Support, Civil Legal Services, Civil Rights, Consumer & Community, Development, Disability Benefits, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Housing, Immigrant Rights, and Public Benefits

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Contact the New York State Office of Children and Family Services Kinship Caregiver Program listed above.

COUNTY AGENCIES

Contact the New York State Office of Children and Family Services Kinship Caregiver Program listed above.

STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES

Contact the New York State Office of Children and Family Services Kinship Caregiver Program listed above.

OTHER LOCAL SERVICES

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany
40 North Main Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 453-6650
(518) 453-6792 (fax)
Email: http://www.ccrcda.org/

Services Provided: Adoption; Advocacy, Information, & Referrals; After School Programs; AIDS/HIV Services; Case Management/Service Coordination; Chemical Dependence Services; Counseling; Crisis Intervention; Day Care; Deaf Services; Disabilities (Brain Injury) Services; Disabilities (Developmental) Services; Domestic Violence Services; Emergency Assistance; Employment Assistance; Family Services; Food Assistance; Foster Parenting;    Hispanic Services; Housing; Immigration Services; Jail Ministry; Mediation; Mentoring Services; Parent Education; Parish Social Ministry; Pregnancy Services & Programs; Respite Support; Senior Services; Shelters; Social Justice; Summer Camp & Programs; Transportation Services; Volunteer Groups; Women, Infant, Children Programs(WIC);youth services, and elder caregiving (available in 14 counties). 

Northeast Parent and Child Society, Inc.
1 Genium Plaza
Schenectady, NY  12304
(518) 346-1284
(518) 377-8714 (fax)
Web: www.neparentchild.org

Services Provided: Residential, special education, family foster care, children's mental health, family preservation, and career development programs


Updated October 21, 2009