Essex County

KINSHIP CAREGIVER PROGRAMS

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

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
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
PHONE: (518) 562-4022; (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
PHONE: (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

Medicaid
518-873-3450 ext. 450
Community and Child Health Plan

Medicaid Transportation
518-873-3411 ext. 411

 

Updated May 6, 2008