Central NY DDSO – OPWDD
Services Provided: Family Support Services Coordinators are available at each of OPWDD’s regional Developmental Disabilities Services Offices (DDSOs) to help families access Family Support Services. Family Support Services can help in times of crisis when a family member or loved one becomes ill, or when things get difficult at home for other reasons. Find out more information about these services and supports by calling your local Family Support Services Coordinator. Support services may include: information and referral, family and individual counseling, recreation, after-school programs, support groups, transportation and specialized equipment and home modifications.
- Contact Person: Kelly Biviano
- Phone: 315-473-5035
- Website: www.opwdd.ny.gov
DRN Cornerstone
Services Provided: Free comprehensive mental health and counseling services for all ages and family members: Individual and family therapy, Support groups, Community referral, Confidential counseling in the home or one of our offices
Licensed, friendly, competent and supportive mobile professionals, Child behavior training and support, Work and school assistance, Solution-focused strength-based approaches, Intensive case management, Home-based support services, Crisis management
- Degrees, Licenses, Certifications, Affiliations: LMSWs, LCSW-R supervisors, LMHC counselors, Combat vet/military background directors, Extensive growing team of mobile clinicians, Minority-owned business
- Insurances Accepted: Fidelis/Medicaid Sliding scale on case-to-case basis
- Languages Spoken: English and Spanish
- Address: Southside Innovation Center 2610 South Salina Street, Suite 2 Syracuse, NY 13205
- Phone: 315-868-1000
- Email: iward.halverson@verizon.net
- Website: http://www.drncornerstone.com
Foster and Adoptive Family Support Services, Inc.
Services Provided: We provide support, training, advocacy and referral services to foster and adoptive parents.
- Contact Person: Dawn Corrigan
- Address: 2 Lowell Drive, New Hartford, NY 13413
- Phone: 315-724-2989
- Email: Dac2547@aol.com
Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children
Services Provided: Spence-Chapin serves all people connected to adoption. Adoption-competent, trauma & attachment-informed therapy services offered in our Manhattan office and via video chat throughout New York and New Jersey. In-person and virtual groups for kids and teens, adoptive parents, birth parents and adoptees. Live, virtual trainings for adoptive parents about parenting across race, talking about adoption, trauma-informed parenting and more. Affirming support for people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, single parents, LGBTQ+ community. Please visit our website to learn more!
- Address: 410 E 92nd St, New York, NY
- Phone: 646-539-2167
- Email: postadoption@spence-chapin.org
- Website: https://spence-chapin.org/post-adoption/