Cortland County Department of Social Services

Services Provided: MAPP Training (Model Approach to Partnerships In Parenting) offered twice per year (Spring & Fall) on Thursday evenings from 6-9pm for ten weeks.  Monthly trainings offered for certified foster parents, and quarterly newsletter.  Recruitment priority is foster parents for teens and sibling groups in the City of Cortland. Looking for committed individuals interested in learning more about helping children and families in need, and supporting them through the reunification process and open to discussing possible adoption when reunification efforts are not successful. Catholic Charities adoption intake contact:  Tammy McCall 607-756-3486

Hillside Children’s Center Central Region

Services Provided: Multi-service agency based in Rochester, NY providing long-term and short term therapeutic foster care services in 20 NYS counties.  Syracuse office serves Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and Tompkins counties. office Pre-certification training and home study takes 3-6 months.  Emphasis placed on working with birth families.  Foster families receive weekly visits from FP support team, 24 hour on-call support and respite services. Also provides infant, international, and special needs adoptions services.

Northern Rivers Family of Services

Services Provided: Northern Rivers Family of Services provides foster, kinship and pre-adoptive homes for children in care. Orientations and foster parent precertification trainings offered virtually and in person at one of the 7 program sites. These site locations are throughout the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, Mohawk Valley, North County and Southern Tier Regions. Each child and family is assigned a skilled Permanency Care Manager to provide case management service in the foster home with the foster parent and youth. Website provides further information and an online foster parent inquiry form.