NYS Office of Children and Family Services Fund Regional Permanency Resource Centers to Keep Adoptive and Relative Families Together
Regional Permanency Resource Centers Provide Needed Post Adoption Supports and Resources to Families After Adopting a Child or Becoming Guardian of a Relative Child
Regional Permanency Resource Centers (PRCs) will work to prevent post adoptive and post guardianship dissolutions or disruptions, will provide assistance to families so that children may be cared for in their own homes with their adoptive parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and will work to strengthen post adoptive and post guardianship families and avoid foster care or other out-of-home placements.
These Centers serve families with a newly-adopted child or those that have become guardians of a relative’s child, providing supportive services and connecting families to resources such as parent training, peer support, mentoring, navigation for cross-system needs, therapeutic services referrals, counseling, respite care or other supports to help families address issues as they arise. Regional Permanency Resource Centers help post-adoptive and post-guardianship families through the unique challenges they face following an adoption or guardianship. These families sometimes struggle and may need supports to help them avoid placing the children in foster care.
“PRCs provide vital interventions and services to help families navigate the sometimes bumpy times that can occur after a child has been adopted or guardianship has been finalized.”
Acting OCFS Commissioner Sheila J. Poole
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) has awarded funding for new regional Permanency Resource Centers throughout the state. Funding for the PRCs was made available through adoption assistance savings. The funds are being invested in post-adoption services, kinship caregiver services and services to support positive placement outcomes for children at risk of entering foster care.
Find a Regional Permanency Resource Center for Post Adoption Support in Your County
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Abbott House
Serving Dutchess*, Sullivan*, Ulster* and Westchester Counties
Program contact: Catharine Raffaele: craffaele@abbotthouse.net
100 Commerce Drive, Suite 101 New Windsor, NY 12553 | 914-740-6225
Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York’s AGAPE
Serving New York city’s five boroughs (Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, Bronx, Queens) or Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Dutchess, Nassau, Madison, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Tompkins, Ulster and Westchester Counties
Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes
Serving Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Yates Counties
Program contact: Peter Dohr peter.dohr@dor.org
94 Exchange Street, Geneva, NY 14456 | 315-789-2686
Child Care Coordinating Council of the North County, Inc.
Serving Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, and St. Lawrence* Counties including the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Program contact: Juliette Lynch and Katie Schrader: permanancyresourcecenter@gmail.com
194 U.S. Oval,Plattsburgh, NY 12901 | 518-561-4999 | 800-540-2273
Children’s Home of Jefferson County
Serving Franklin*, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence* Counties
Program contact: Karen Richmond: krichmond@nnychildrenshome.com
1704 State Street, Watertown, NY 12601 | 315-788-7430
Gustavus Adolphus (G.A.) Family Services
Serving Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, and Wyoming Counties
Program contacts: Karl Wiggins: karlw@lutheran-jamestown.org and Maggie Dreyer: mdreyer@lutheran-jamestown.org
200 Gustavus Avenue, Jamestown, NY 14701 | 716-665-2116
Hillside Children’s Center
Serving Alleghany, Broome*, Chemung*, Onondaga, Steuben and Tioga Counties
Program Contact: Beth Harrington: bharring@hillside.com
215 Wyoming Street, Syracuse, NY 13204 | 315-459-1606 or 315-703-8708
Serving Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and Wyoming* Counties
Program Contact: Tess Mahneken-Weatherspoon: tmahnken@hillside.com
1 Mustard Street, Rochester, NY 14609 | 585-654-1463
New Alternatives for Children, Inc.
Serving the Bronx*, Brooklyn*, Manhattan*, Staten Island* and Queens*
Program Contacts: Patricia Bryant-Reid: pbreid@nackidscan.org and Carolyn Synol: csynol@nackidscan.org
37 West 26th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010 | 212-651-8035 | 646-352-9073
New York Council on Adoptable Children
Serving the Bronx*, Brooklyn*, Manhattan*, Staten Island* and Queens*
Program Contacts: Delia Caban: dcaban@coac.org and Joann Buttaro: jbuttaro@coac.org
589 Eighth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10018 | 212-475-0222
Parsons Child and Family Center
Serving Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington Counties
Program Contact: Kate Schofield, kate.schofield@northernrivers.org
60 Academy Road, Albany, NY 12208 | 518-426-2600
The Family Center, Inc.
Serving the Bronx*, Brooklyn*, Manhattan*, Staten Island* and Queens*
Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and Washington Counties
Program Contact: Marya Gilborn, mgilborn@thefamilycenter.org
493 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216 | 718-230-1379
The Neighborhood Center, Inc.
SOHO Regional Permanency Resource Center
Serving Herkimer, Oneida, Otsego and Schoharie Counties
Program Contact: Tina Tschaa, tinat@neighborhoodctr.org
628 Mary St, Utica, NY 13501 | 315-272-2698