Niagara County Foster Care Agencies
Hillside Children’s Center Niagara
Services Provided: Multi-service agency based in Rochester, NY providing long-term and short term therapeutic foster care services in 20 NYS counties. 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.
- Address: 66 Stevens St, Lockport, NY 14094
- Phone: 716-439-5436
- Email: info@hillside.com
- Website: http://www.hillside.com/FosterCare.aspx
New Directions Youth & Family Services
Services Provided: Provides a temporary, supportive environment for children who either have no family resources, or who for a variety of reasons, cannot live with their birth families. During their time with us, we identify and prepare a permanent home for children freed for adoption or help birth families heal and develop a safe, nurturing environment to which their children can return. Provide therapeutic and regular foster care services. As a foster parent, you have a uniquely rewarding opportunity to support a child in need of nurturing, love, guidance and compassion and may also help to reunify a family experiencing a difficult time. The steps to become a foster parent include: Calling the intake coordinator for additional information, schedule a personal meeting with the coordinator to review your introductory information, complete the MAPP/GPS II training, and participate in the matching process as referrals are made to the program to find the most appropriate child for your home.
- Contact Person: Melissa Bonello
- Address: Snyder Square North, 451 Harlem Rd, Amherst, NY
- Phone: 716-834-9413 Ext. 214
- Email: mbonello@nydfs.org
- Website: http://www.ndyfs.org/
Niagara County Department of Social Services
Services Provided: Adoption / foster Care Supervisor. MAPP training held 2X yearly. Orientation session every 4 to 5 wks. Packet sent to inquirers with schedule, application / homestudy process starts at orientation meeting. Works with other nearby counties / agencies to share training, homestudies etc. Need families for children 8+, sibling groups and special needs.
- Contact Person: Robin Lundy
- Address: PO Box 865, Niagara Falls, NY 14302
- Phone: 716-278-8665
- Email: robin.lundy@dfa.state.ny.us
- Web: www.niagaracounty.com/socialservices