Dutchess County

KINSHIP CAREGIVER PROGRAMS

Cornell Cooperative Extension
2715 Rte 44, Suite 1
Millbrook, NY 12545
845-677-8223
845-486-2571 (fax)
Email: nm62@cornell.edu

Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County Relatives As Parents Program (RAPP) is designed to assist grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the role of primary caregiver for related children. RAPP provides education and training to learn new parenting and coping skills; Mutual peer support groups; Referral and access to appropriate community based services and resources. RAPP also offers special family events and activities.

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

AGING PROGRAMS

Dutchess County Office for the Aging
27 High Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1962
(845) 486-2555
(845) 486-2571(fax)

Web: http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/Countygov/departments/aging/agindex.htm

Support Group
Dutchess County Office for the Aging
27 High Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
914-486-2555

 

YOUTH PROGRAMS

Dutchess County Youth Bureau
27 High St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 486-3660
(845) 486-3659 (fax)
Email: wsanchez@co.dutchess.ny.us

Web: http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/Departments/YouthBureau/YBindex.htm

LEGAL SERVICES

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV) (formerly Westchester/Putnam Legal Services)
29 North Hamilton Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
PHONE: (845) 471-0058
FAX: 8454710244
www.lshv.org
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (formerly Westchester / Putnam Legal Services) has provided free, high quality civil legal services to low-income people. Our services help struggling individuals resolve urgent, non-criminal legal problems that can lead to larger social problems such as homelessness, child neglect and domestic violence. The result is strong communities where the rights of our neighbors are protected, regardless of their incomes.

 

OTHER LOCAL SERVICES

The Astor Home for Children
6339 Mill Street
Rhinebeck, NY 12572

(845) 871-1000

Web: http://www.astorservices.org/index.php?state=static

Devereux New York
40 Devereux Way
Red Hook, NY 12571
(845) 758-1899
(845) 758-1817 (fax)
www.devereux.org

Devereux New York provides clinical and educational services to children and adolescents who are dually diagnosed with developmental disabilities/mental retardation and psychiatric/behavioral disorders.

 

Updated August 23, 2007