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County Mental Health Directory
Family Support Programs
ALLEGANY Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director
Fred Reed , Family Consultant
CATTARAUGUS Parents Who Care Parents Who Care family support provides groups, one-on-one support, advocacy, educational opportunities for both parents and professionals, care management/linking to community services; Compeer for Kids and Camp New Horizons program provided through MHA Cattaraugus. Audrey Powless, Director
CHAUTAUQUA Family Support Program Family support is free to all parents, foster parents, grandparents, and adoptive parents. Group meetings are held in various locations in the county with child care provided free of charge. The program offers educational and informational events to all interested parents and professionals. Respite care is also offered as part of Family Support. Melody Morris, Family Support Services Coordinator
Nancy Steenburn, Mental Health Assistant Dunkirk Toll-Free Jamestown Toll-Free
CHEMUNG Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Renae Soule, Family Consultant, Elmira Andrea Husner, Family Advocacy Rep
ERIE Child and Family Support Program Provides Family Support group meetings in 3 locations in Erie County , educational meetings, planned in-home respite, information, telephone support, advocacy, networking and access to trainings and conferences for parents, grandparents, foster parents of children with emotional or behavioral problems. Free respite/childcare is offered at all group meetings. Jenny Laney, Coordinator
Dianne Riordan, Family Advocate Pat Samson, Family Advocate Mid Erie Family Support Program Provides Family Support Group meeting with free respite/childcare. Transportation can be arranged. Susan Cartagena, Parent Advocate
GENESSE Hillside Family Support (GLOW) Family Support groups are facilitated by a Parent Consultant. Groups offer education, parenting tips, stress management, advocacy, and educational opportunities. Free child care is provided at group meeting, group respite is held regularly. Caroline Schmieder, Family Support Manager
Pam Brannan, Sr. Parent Consultant Tammy Zobel, Family Consultant
LIVINGSTON Hillside Family Support (GLOW) Family Support groups are facilitated by a Parent Consultant. Groups offer education, parenting tips, stress management, advocacy, and educational opportunities. Free child care is provided at group meeting, group respite is held regularly. Support groups are available in Mt. Morris and Dansville. Caroline Schmieder, Family Support Manager
Pam Brannan, Sr. Parent Consultant Kathy Holmes, Family Consultant, Mt. Morris Tammy Zobel, Family Consultant, Dansville PEACE Family Support Kat Nichols
MONROE Better Days Ahead Family Support (BDA) Better Days Ahead is a parent run family support network that holds meetings in several locations in Monroe County. Respite and transportation is available for most meetings. BDA also offers individual respite, advocacy, and educational opportunities. Also Spanish speaking support group and other bi-lingual groups. BDA also offers many parenting programs such as Incredible Years (IYP), Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP), and Multiple Family Group (MFG) Debbie Bartlett, Director
Renee Jacobs, Assistant Director
Tammy Sweeney, IN-Take Coordinator Nancy Lundberg, Family Mentor Supervisor
NIAGARA Support Me In Life's Endeavor's (SMILE) A collaboration of services between The Mental Health Association in Niagara County, and New Directions Youth and Family Services, Inc. Programs provide support group meetings in Lockport, and Wheatfield. Child care is provided free at groups, as well as transportation assistance. Provides family outreach services, individual and systems advocacy for families/children, referral to Compeer Niagara for "kids", and Casey House shelter. Crisis respite is also available to families through Casey House Shelter for children 12 and older. Marge Wright, Coordinator
Clinical Director of Community Services Compeer for Kids/Family Support Volunteers matched one on one with a child. Provides for families referred for respite and families in support groups. Recreational activities, educational workshops, individual and system advocacy referral to other community services and resources, video, books, pamphlet, monthly newsletter, and Niagara County in-home respite program. In-Home Respite is provided in Niagara County to those who have a child or children challenged with seriously emotionally disturbance diagnosis (SED). Jimmie Kowalchuk, Director
Alisa Parlette, Peer/Parent Coordinator Kathleen Murphy, In-Home Respite Coordinator
ONTARIO Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Bettina Davison, Family Consultant (Canandaigua and Geneva)
ORLEANS Hillside Family Support (GLOW) Family Support groups are facilitated by a Parent Consultant. Groups offer education, parenting tips, stress management, advocacy, and educational opportunities. Free child care is provided at group meetings, group respite is held regularly. Caroline Schmieder, Family Support Manager
Pam Brannan, Sr. Parent Consultant Alicia Grandy, Parent Consultant
SCHUYLER Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Tina Breeden, Family Consultant
SENECA Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Ann Scott, Family Consultant, Seneca Falls
STEUBEN Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Sue Hunter, Family Consultant
TIOGA Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Sue Ritchie, Family Consultant (Owego)
Tina Breeden, Family Consultant (Waverly)
TOMPKINS Family Support Services Provides parent support services, planned and unplanned respite care as well as monthly and special summer therapeutic recreational group activities. Respite services are open to all children who are seriously emotionally disabled, developmentally delayed, or who have behavioral issues, or a parent with a mental illness. Respite is community-based using a companion model. (An adult trained with specific interventions to enhance the child(ren) socialization and skill building). Family Support also provides information and referral, advocacy, and community education and training, and Parent support groups. Pat Vincent, Director of Family Support Services
WAYNE Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Diana McNair, Family Consultant
WYOMING Hillside Family Support (GLOW) Family Support groups are facilitated by a Parent Consultant. Groups offer education, parenting tips, stress management, advocacy, and educational opportunities. Free child care is provided at group meeting, group respite is held regularly. Caroline Schmieder, Family Support Manager
Pam Brannan, Sr. Parent Consultant Kathy Holmes, Parent Consultant Sara Schmieder, Youth Advisory Chair
YATES Finger Lakes Parent Network (FLPN) A parent-run not for profit organization offering parent support groups with free child care. Planned group respite care, using a sitter companion model is provided. Advocacy, conferences, workshops and other educational events are offered. Patti DiNardo, Director Loretta Maldonado, Family Consultant
REGION RESOURCES Children's Mental Health Coalition of Western New York, Inc.
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