Schenectady County

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.



Carver Community Center, Inc.
700 Craig St.
Schenectady, NY  12307
(518) 374-8456

Services Provided: Social Worker Foster Care Prevention, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Education- After school and school day tutorial programs, Substance Abuse Counseling, Daycare, Youth Services Recreational Program

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

Schenectady County Senior & Long Term Care Services
Schaffer Heights
107 Nott Terrace, Suite 202
Schenectady, NY 12308-3170
(518) 382-8481
FAX: (518) 382-0194

COUNTY AGENCIES

Schenectady County DSS
487 Nott Street
Schenectady, New York 12308-1812
518-388-4470

YOUTH PROGRAMS

Schenectady County Youth Bureau
433 State St, 4th Floor
Schenectady, NY 12305
(518) 386-2211
(518) 382-5988 (fax)
Email: shane.bargy@schenectadycounty.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.

OTHER LOCAL SERVICES

Northeast Parent and Child Society, Inc.
1 Genium Plaza
Schenectady, NY 12304

Carver Community Center, Inc.
201 Duane Avenue
Schenectady, NY 12304