Cayuga Home for Children
Auburn, NY
(315) 253-5383
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Working to meet the changing needs of children and families. For over 150 years, Cayuga Home for Children has been serving children, families, and individuals in New York State. Originally founded in 1852, our services have steadily grown and expanded to include assisting not only children but their families, foster parents, and the developmentally disabled of all ages. Our current goal is to help people to grow and become independent, healthy, and productive citizens through quality counseling and residential and support services.
With an incredibly dedicated and enthusiastic staff, as well as a close partnership with those we serve, Cayuga Home for Children is committed to excellence. Our programs emphasize customer service, quality, and innovation.
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The Children’s Village
Dobbs Ferry, NY
(914) 693-0600
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Since 1851, the mission of The Children’s Village has been to work in partnership with families to help society’s most vulnerable children so that they become educationally proficient, economically productive, and socially responsible members of their communities.
CV serves New York’s most at-risk youth and their families.
Programs include a residential school for troubled boys, a runaway shelter, foster and adoptive homes, street outreach, family support programs and much more. The Village has a long history in designing, developing and replicating evidence based programming starting with WAY (Work appreciation for Youth) in1984. US Department of Labor sponsored replication of CV’s design in 1994. In 2000 CV started providing MutliSystemic Therapy (MST) to the NYS Office of Children and Family Services and subsequently became a MST Network Partner.
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Community Solutions, Inc.
Windsor, CT
(860) 683-7100
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Community Solutions, Inc. (CSI) is a private non-profit human service company founded in 1962 that promotes self-reliance, responsibility and accountability among at-risk and disadvantaged adults, adolescents and children referred from criminal justice, juvenile justice and child welfare agencies. Using evidence-based assessment instruments and treatment methods, CSI provides services that effectively meet each client’s unique needs. Through the efforts of its professionally-trained and highly committed staff, CSI has been working to provide positive solutions for our clients, their families, the referral agencies and the communities for over 45 years.
CSI has highly regarded community-based programs in Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland and Rhode Island, with services in four primary areas: Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare, Adult Residential and Intermediate Sanctions. CSI has grown and diversified in response to the needs of clients, referral sources and communities.
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Evidence-Based Associates
Wilmington, NC
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Evidence-Based Associates (EBA) represents a “family” of evidence-based practices that demonstrate positive results for violence prevention and treatment of at-risk children, adolescents and their families. EBA exists to help communities and policy makers select model violence prevention programs that reduce violence, drug use and cultivate positive citizenship within communities.
EBA focuses on disseminating information about, and encouraging the use of, research-tested and proven programs.
At EBA, we work closely with individuals, agencies and policy-makers to identify the most effective program by assessing the risk and protective factors in the community and/or school, while also determining the population most in need of our services. Our team of experts can provide information about evidence-based programs and lead communities in better program adoption decisions, and ultimately higher quality implementation.
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Liberty Resources, Inc., headquartered in Syracuse, New York, is one of Central New York’s most diversified and trusted human service agencies. Founded in 1978 by a concerned group of citizens who wished to develop community based services in Madison County, Liberty Resources continues to expand its geographic reach and scope of services.
Providing residential and non-residential services to individuals and families, our present array of services include Mental Health; Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities; services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, families and youth involved in the child welfare system, domestic violence services,
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Liberty Resources strives for excellence in all areas – as an employer, service provider, and a corporate citizen of the CNY community. We are proud to be recognized as one of Syracuse’s top 100 companies for four consecutive years, and the recipient of the 2002 Donlon Community Award for excellence as an employer. Our dedicated workforce of over 300 individuals exemplifies our dedication to quality and commitment to our communities.
Liberty has earned certification and licensure from the following regulatory bodies: NYS Office of Child & Family Services; NYS Office of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities; NYS Office of Mental Health; and NYS Office of Alcohol & Substance Abuse Services. Liberty Resources is also an authorized provider of MST services in association with the MST Institute and University of South Carolina.
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Since 1969, Lighthouse Youth Services has been a beacon of hope for abused and neglected children and for families in crisis. Lighthouse provides residential care each day for more than 250 children in our foster homes, group homes, residential treatment centers, supervised apartments, and other residential programs. Children of all ages come to us...from infants to older youth.
Lighthouse is a national leader in our work with children. Staff members author nationally published books and articles, frequently present at national conferences and consult with states and agencies nationwide.
Since its inception, Lighthouse has been characterized by innovation, a willingness to meet needs as they arise and a commitment to a continuum of care. These threads run through our work with abused and neglected, delinquent, homeless or runaway youth and their families.
"Lighthouse is certified by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Abuse services, licensed by the Ohio Department of Human Services, accreditation for Services to Children and Families, and receives funding, in part, from the United Way and the City of Cincinnati."
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North American Family Institute began providing services to youth and adults in 1974. We opened our first Connecticut program in 1994, developing the first specialized foster care program in the state to serve adjudicated youth.
Today, the NAFI Connecticut Continuum offers a wide range of residential and non-residential services with the mission: Creating diverse and innovative services for people. The various programs consist of residential and group home settings as well as community based programs serving youth and families in their own homes, schools and neighborhoods. Together, these programs form a continuum that prides itself on meeting each individual’s specific needs in the least restrictive setting possible. The continuum is widely recognized for its Evidence Based programs, its Gender Specific Programming, and it work with the DD/MR population in the community.
The many programs that constitute the NAFI Connecticut Continuum provide children and families countless opportunities for success and focus on promoting growth through responsible choices in our communities.
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VisionQuest National, Ltd., a national behavioral health organization for youth, has been providing services to youth and families over the last three decades. Started in 1973 as an alternative to traditional juvenile lock-up, VisionQuest has grown to be a behavioral health organization with programs in seven states. For the past 34 years, VisionQuest has combined innovative programming including extraordinary experiences, adventure activities, and education with evidence based best practices to continue in their commitment to the highest level of services for kids and families.
Young people are referred to VisionQuest programs by Juvenile Probation Departments, Child Welfare Agencies, MH/MR Agencies, managed care organizations, and parents. VisionQuest receives Medicaid funding in the states of California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida, and operates JHACO accredited programs in Pennsylvania.
Reaching troubled teens requires skill and persistence. VisionQuest uses strategies that reach young people in a variety of ways, promoting healing and learning on multiple levels. VisionQuest services offer both short and long term residential treatment for young men and women, as well as step-down programming, emergency shelter, gender specific treatment, family-based group homes, and community based services for kids when they return home.
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