Essex County

KINSHIP CAREGIVER PROGRAMS

AGING PROGRAMS

Office for the Aging
132 Water Street, PO Box 217
Elizabethtown, NY 12932-0217
(518) 873-3695
1-877-464-1637 (toll-free)
(518) 873-3784 (fax)
Web: http://www.co.essex.ny.us/OFA.asp

Provides services in: Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Social Security, Lifeline, HEAP, EISEP, transportation, respite.


YOUTH PROGRAMS

Essex County Youth Bureau
Essex County Government Center
7533 Court St.
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
(518) 873-3630
(518) 873-3633 (fax)
Email: jprovon@co.essex.ny.us


LEGAL SERVICES

North Country Legal Services (NCLS)
100 Court Street
P.O. Box 989
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 563-4022; (800) 722-7380
FAX: (518) 563-4058
www.nctrc.plattsburgh.edu/hrdirectory/agency.php?id=2007

Legal counseling subject areas: variety of civil areas specializing in handicapped law education; mentally ill rights; disability claims; public entitlements; landlord/tenant problems; family problems; consumer issues; unemployment.


Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc (LASNNY)
100 Court Street
P.O. Box 989
Plattsburgh, New York 12901
(518) 563-4022; (800) 722-7380
FAX: (518) 563-4058
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.


COUNTY AGENCIES

Family Court Clerk
Darlene Gough
518-873-3324

Housing Assistance
518-873-3691 ext. 691

Mental Health
518-873-3670 ext. 670

Social Services
518-873-3430 ext. 430

Services: Family/Children’s Services, Adoption, Foster Care, Preventive Services, Child Protective Services


Social Services Appointments
518-873-3441 ext. 441


Social Services
518-873-3470 ext. 470

Provides assistance with food stamps

Temporary Assistance
518-873-3470 ext. 470

HEAP
518-873-3445 ext. 445

OTHER LOCAL SERVICES

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

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

Medicaid
518-873-3450 ext. 450


Community and Child Health Plan Medicaid Transportation
518-873-3411 ext. 411



Updated December 1, 2011

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