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OR, display only programs located in: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Westchester.

ProgramServices
Ach/Achos (Big Brother Big Sister Orthodox Program) 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Phone: (212) 632-4687
Fax: (212) 632-4795

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Orthodox Jewish Services

A Big Brother Big Sister program for the Orthodox community providing children from single-parent families and families with special circumstances with a volunteer adult role model who offers friendship and support. Volunteers engage the children in social and recreational events.

AMHSEC (American Mental Health Services and Education Center: Online Courses) 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Phone: (212) 632-4667
Fax: (212) 632-4680
Web: http://www.amhsec.org

Services: Training, Education and Research

This program offers Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and New York State Chapter of NASW (NASW-NYS) approved on-line CEU courses for continuing professional development.

Bikur Cholim - The Rabbi Isaac N. Trainin Coordinating Council 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Robin Schoenfeld, LMSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475
Web: http://www.bikurcholimcc.org

Services: Jewish Connections; Orthodox Jewish Services

Assists organizations to develop and sustain bikur cholim groups, which visit the sick or home bound, through on-site training and consultation, written materials, and an annual conference.

Center for Trauma Program Innovation (CTPI) 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Paula Panzer, MD
Phone: (212) 632-4698
Fax: (212) 307-7896

Services: Training, Education and Research

CTPI strengthens the agency's clinical practice and service programs for victims of traumatic stress by providing a systematic approach to trauma-focused program development that promotes effective clinical and community intervention. CTPI also develops clinical innovation work groups, collaborative networks, new learning approaches, community interventions, advocacy and prevention forums, and evaluation and research opportunities. Develops models for use by other mental health/social service agencies interested in creating a trauma focus within their organization.

Center for Trauma Program Innovation resource guides:
Stress around the Holidays in Times of Economic Hardship
Miracle on the Hudson Anxiety: Clinical Considerations
Coping with Uncertainty: Finding your own Style
Dealing with Sudden Job Loss

UJA-Federation of New York's Connect to Care 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Phone: (212) 632-4602
Fax: (212) 399-2475
E-mail: connect-to-care@jbfcs.org
Web: http://jcprograms.org/c2c.html

Services: Jewish Connections

Assists individuals and families to cope with the economic downturn by providing employment and career-transition services, including job networking opportunities and career seminars; financial consultation, debt counseling, and budget assistance; legal services; and supportive counseling and Jewish spiritual care.

Cult Hotline and Clinic 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Arnold Markowitz, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4640 (24-hour hotline)
Fax: (212) 956-3334
E-mail: info@cultclinic.org
Web: http://www.cultclinic.org

Services: Crisis Hotlines

Provides counseling to families, adults, and youth involved with cult and missionary groups, information about cult or missionary practices and beliefs, guidance in identifying a course of action for parents and other family, and advice on how to separate from a cult. Provides ongoing family support groups for family members of people involved in cults. Offers workshops and preventive education programs to synagogues, churches, youth groups, parent groups, senior groups, and schools.

Doula to Accompany and Comfort 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Judith Kahn, MA
Phone: (212) 632-4608
Fax: (212) 399-2475
E-mail: doula@shiraruskay.org
Web: http://www.shiraruskay.org/doula.html

Services: Jewish Connections

When approaching death, people often experience fear, loneliness and isolation. Well-prepared volunteer Doulas, working with one person at a time, can minimize the sense of isolation, provide emotional comfort, and assist with practical concerns. You may request a Doula for a patient, client, congregant, friend or family member.

Early Childhood Consultation Services 
34 West 139th Street
New York, NY 10037 [Map]

This program moved to a new location on June 21, 2010:
Learn more...

Director: Fern Fisher, MA, MS, LCSW
Phone: (212) 690-7234
Fax: (212) 584-8484

Services: Child Development and Learning

Specialists in child and family development and early childhood education provide ongoing, on-site consultation at private and public preschool programs throughout New York City. Consultants observe in classrooms and meet with directors, teachers and parents as needed. Early Childhood Consultation Services also offers the Elaine Kramer Child Development Workshops for educators, and on-site consultation workshops and staff development days for community schools. Mobile Evaluation Team (MET) offers observation and planning at school sites.

Genesis Project for Single Parent Families 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Judith Levitan, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500

Services: Jewish Connections

Helps parents and children handle the stresses of single parent family life and find strength and community through support groups, workshops, projects and social activities.

Martha K. Selig Educational Institute
Institute for Child-Care Professionalization and Training 

Director: Frank Delano, LMSW
Phone: (914) 773-7316
Fax: (914) 773-7666

Services: Training, Education and Research

The Institute provides training, education and professional growth opportunities for milieu staff throughout JBFCS, as well as other mental health and human service agencies. The training is aimed at enhancing the quality of child care, both within the agency and throughout the mental health community, and professionalizing the category of milieu counselor.

Martha K. Selig Educational Institute
Institute for Infants, Children and Families (IICF) 
34 West 139th Street
New York, NY 10037 [Map]

This program moved to a new location on June 21, 2010:
Learn more...

Director: Rebecca Shahmoon Shanok, Ph.D., LCSW
Phone: (212) 690-7234
Fax: (212) 632-4534

Services: Training, Education and Research

Offers a range of model infant and early childhood services; advanced training which integrates practices from across the professions; consultation; and on-site consultation and training for diverse programs which serve babies and children, reaching at-risk children and their families, especially those living in poverty, across all relevant systems.

Relationships for Growth & Learning (RfGL) -- formerly Early Childhood Group Therapy Program (ECGT)
Community-based screenings and intervention services for children in diverse preschools, including daycare, Head Start and UPK, to provide a safety net for young, vulnerable and diagnosable children ages 2 through 9. Work with families, teachers and schools to improve their responsiveness to children's needs. Coursework, seminars and reflective supervision anchor RfGL's transdisciplinary certificate training program. [more information...]
Infant-Parent Study Center
Post-graduate, transdisciplinary certificate program for PhDs, MSWs, MDs, educators, nurses, OT, PT, SL/P arts therapists and professionals to advance their clinical and leadership skills in working with infants, young children and their families. [more information...]
Judicial Consultation Project (JCP)
Provides training and consultation to enable Family Court judges, lawyers and child welfare personnel to make sound placement decisions through enhanced understanding of early child development and attachment principles. [more information...]
Training & Consultation Center (TCC)
On-site training, consultation, and technical assistance for programs that serve pregnant parents and young children through age six and their families.
Distance Learning Project
Through state-of-the-art videoconference technology, the Institute brings one- and two-year intensive training to professionals and programs in other parts of North America.
Institute Network
Provides continuing education and support to Institute candidates and graduates, as well as open meetings for the professional public.
JACS (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others) 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Sharon Darack
Phone: (212) 632-4600
Fax: (212) 399-3525
E-mail: jacs@jacsweb.org
Web: http://www.jacsweb.org

Services: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services; Jewish Connections; Orthodox Jewish Services

Helps Jews who are in recovery from alcohol or other substance abuse and their loved ones draw strength and hope from Jewish spiritual resources and traditions. JACS provides weekend retreats, spiritual days, a speakers bureau, web site, teen program, and training for clergy and Jewish communal service professionals.

JACS Teens (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others) 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Sharon Darack
Phone: (212) 632-4600
Fax: (212) 399-3525
E-mail: jacs@jacsweb.org
Web: http://www.jacsweb.org

Services: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services; Jewish Connections; Orthodox Jewish Services

Helps Jewish teens who are either in recovery from alcohol or other substance abuse, or are concerned about the problem as it affects their friends and loved ones. Participating teens draw strength and hope from Jewish spiritual resources and traditions through activities such as weekend retreats, spiritual days, a speakers bureau, web site, and training for clergy and Jewish communal service professionals.

Jewish Bereavement Support Group Program 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Coordinator: Robin Schoenfeld, LMSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475

Services: Bereavement Services; Jewish Connections

Serves those who have lost spouses, parents, children or other loved ones through support groups that are co-led by an experienced social worker and rabbi.

Jewish Family Life Education 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Jonathan Katz, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475

Services: Jewish Connections

Educational workshops and lectures designed to help individuals cope more effectively with life-cycle issues. Programs address topics such as parenting, adolescence, being single or divorced, aging, and interpersonal and family relationships. Groups led by professionals are offered by request at public and private schools, yeshivas, synagogues, Y's, and community organizations.

Rita J. Kaplan Jewish Connections Programs 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475
E-mail: info@jcprograms.org
Web: http://www.jcprograms.org

Services: Jewish Connections

The Rita J. Kaplan Jewish Connections Programs provide a broad and integrated array of services to help communities address both normative life-cycle issues and traumatic events such as severe illness or incidents of violence.

Marsha Winokur Learning Centers
Learning Resource Network (LRN) 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Leslie Epstein Pearson, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4499
Fax: (212) 584-8484

Services: Child Development and Learning

Consultation services to parents and professionals on questions about learning and child development. While we are here to answer all questions about learning and developmental issues, we are also available to address specific concerns about children with autistic spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, and problems with attention and behavior. We are also available to present workshops and training for both lay and professional groups.

We write about relevant topics in our online newsletter: Thinking Children

Loss and Bereavement Program for Children and Adolescents 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director:
Phone: (212) 632-4665
Fax: (212) 307-7896

Services: Bereavement Services

Provides bereavement groups designed to help children and adolescents cope with the death of a parent or caretaker. These groups are held at JBFCS sites throughout the city. Individual and group counseling are also available for surviving caretakers. Specialized training course for mental health professionals is offered.

Martha K. Selig Educational Institute 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Paula Panzer, MD
Phone: (212) 632-4519
Fax: (212) 307-7896
Web: http://seliginstitute.org

Services: Training, Education and Research

The Educational Institute is the educational and training arm of JBFCS, providing in-service training, advanced training programs, workshops, and continuing education seminars on mental health and human service topics, the Peter Blos Biennial Lecture, all-day professional conferences, training and consultation to other agencies, internships, and community outreach and education. The Educational Institute also includes the following programs: Advanced Training Program in Child, Family and Group Psychotherapy; Institute for Child-Care Professionalization and Training; Adult Milieu Training Program; Social Work Education and Licensing Support Services; Institute for Infants, Children and Families (IICF).

National Center for Jewish Healing 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Coordinator: Susan Rosenthal, LMSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475
E-mail: info@ncjh.org
Web: http://www.ncjh.org

Services: Jewish Connections

Helps communities meet the spiritual needs of Jews living with illness and loss through an international network of Jewish healing centers and programs, developing Jewish healing resources and leadership. We also offer consultation, publications, on-line resources and conferences.

New York City Self-Help Center 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Coordinator: Susan Rosenthal, LMSW
Phone: (212) 586-5770
Fax: (212) 399-2475

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Jewish Connections

Provides consumers and professionals with telephone information and referral service to mutual aid groups throughout New York City. Also provides consultation to mutual support groups and groups requesting training in running mutual support groups

New York Jewish Healing Center 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Rabbinic Director: Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475
E-mail: info@jhhrn.org
Web: http://www.nyjhc.org

Services: Jewish Connections

Addresses the spiritual, emotional, and psychological needs of Jews faced with illness and loss. Drawing on Jewish tradition, the center offers spiritual support groups and spiritual counseling for people who are seriously ill, their families, and bereaved individuals. It also provides training for health-care professionals and members of the clergy and offers consultation and referral.

Rabbinic Internship 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Jonathan Katz, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500
Fax: (212) 399-2475

Services: Jewish Connections

Provides rabbinic students with field work placements in projects of the Jewish Connections Division to enable them to develop skills in responding to the psychosocial needs of individuals, families, and groups.

Support for Recently Separated and/or Divorced 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Coordinator: Judith Levitan, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4500

Services: Jewish Connections

Helps Jews who are recently separated or divorced manage their new life circumstances, through support groups, workshops and social events. The program also offers a comprehensive program of support groups, resource sharing, and psycho-education for parents who are single by choice or due to divorce or death of a spouse.

The Mary S. Froelich Division of Volunteer Services 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Jamie Bloom, MBA
Phone: (212) 632-4687
Fax: (212) 632-4795
E-mail: volunteer@jbfcs.org

Services: Volunteer

Over 2,000 men and women work as volunteers throughout agency programs providing adjunct support to therapeutic services. A Volunteer Services coordinator for each program provides training and supervision on an ongoing basis to volunteers.

Learn More & Apply to Volunteer!

BIG BROTHER/BIG SISTER
JBFCS’ Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) programs are friendship-based and match children from single-parent or special needs homes with caring adults of the same gender on a 1:1 basis. Assignments are carefully made to ensure that the mutual interests of both “Bigs” and “Littles” are met.

JBFCS In-Treatment Big Brother Big Sister Program — is for children who are clients of JBFCS and serves as an important adjunct to the child’s therapeutic treatment at one of our clinics or residential treatment facilities. Volunteer “Bigs” and “Littles” represent the diversity of New Yorkers. (Flyer)

Jewish Big Brother Big Sister — This program serves Jewish children from the community who are not in treatment at JBFCS. “Littles” are matched with Jewish volunteers of the same gender.
(Flyer for Volunteers) (Flyer for Families).

COMMUNITY FRIENDS
This program serves clients with a range of emotional problems who are isolated, lonely, and in need of companionship. Volunteers, who are matched on a 1:1 basis with adults of the same gender, make weekly phone calls and encourage participation in a weekly social outing, such as visiting a museum, sharing a cup of coffee, or just a leisurely walk in Central Park. The goal is to decrease isolation and increase participation in social activities. Volunteers maintain contact with a social worker who works with the client-volunteer matches. [Brochure]

DOULAS TO ACCOMPANY AND COMFORT
Doula volunteers provide companionship to those nearing the end of life and who have little or no family or friends nearby. Doula volunteers visit individuals in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and at home. After an 8 week training, volunteers are well prepared to offer friendship and comfort. Volunteers must be at least 25 years old and be prepared to make a commitment of 18 months of service after the training. Current Social Work students are not eligible. [learn more...]

G-Men (GENESIS PROGRAM MALE VOLUNTEERS)
Help better the life of a child by being a role model to children who live in single parent family homes. Provide friendship along with sports and arts activities to children while their parents attend a Genesis educational program at the West Side JCC. Volunteers should be male and 21 years or older. Attend 8 kids' group meetings per year along with other volunteers. A one-year commitment is required and volunteers receive ongoing support from the social work staff.

LIFE SKILLS MENTORS
Mentor volunteers work with young adult men ages 17-21 helping to build life skills such as resume writing and job preparedness. This volunteer assignment is based at a JBFCS residential facility in Manhattan. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.

TUTORS (“STUDY BUDDY” PROGRAM)
Tutors in our “Study Buddy” program provide homework assistance to children in a Midtown Manhattan elementary school. Volunteers provide academic support and guidance in the subjects of reading and math. Individuals must be 18 years of age, and be able to commit to a full school year. Tutors meet weekly with their student on a 1:1 basis for one hour, from either 3-4pm or 4-5pm. Training and supervision is provided.

JBFCS FRIENDS
The Friends program offers a calendar of monthly events to allow busy young adults the opportunity to volunteer hands-on at the various JBFCS programs. Events typically take place on one Sunday afternoon per month. Activities with JBFCS clients can include holiday parties, ice skating, recreational days and spring plantings. Friends volunteers provide friendship and support to agency clientele with a range of special needs. Join us on Facebook!

TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES (For ages 12 and over)
Opportunities for teens to volunteer are available in a variety of settings. Interested students must submit an application, references, and have a personal interview. Individual Teen Opportunities may include:
* Administrative–computer skills a plus!
* Drives–organize an effort to collect needed items at your school or youth group. Items could include toys, clothing, books and used cell phones.
* Holiday parties at a residence for children or adults with special needs
* Homework helpers
* Recreational activities (sports, arts & crafts, reading, etc...)
* Sanctuary Stitchers; crochet or knit squares to assemble into blankets for children in need of comfort, warmth and love. Organize a knitting group at your school or with your youth group.
* Teen G-Men
* Telephone Language Companion (must be at least 16 years of age)

JBFCS HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS (Open to students in grades 9-12)
Meet students from other schools one Sunday each month while participating in fun and exciting community service projects at JBFCS programs around New York City. Sample projects include painting a mural at a residence for homeless adults, organizing a softball game for troubled children and leading arts and crafts projects with children from a domestic violence shelter. Participants will be able to earn up to 20 hours of community service credit. The group meets from October through June.

KIDS2KIDS (For ages 12 and over)
Share the joy of your Bar/Bat Mitzvah or other significant life event with a less fortunate youngster by making a financial donation to the scholarship fund of your choice. You can help a child attend summer camp, have music lessons, or join a sports team. By performing a simple act of loving kindness, chesed, you can make a difference and help improve another child’s life.

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Undergraduate Internships are available throughout the five boroughs of New York City for the fall, spring, and summer semesters. Explore working with individuals with mental illness, adults and children with developmental and emotional disabilities, and children and adults receiving therapeutic services at JBFCS. (We recommend starting the application process approximately two months in advance.) [FAQ & More info...]

(For graduate students, postgrads and doctoral candidates seeking formal internships/externships and fellowships: please see the JBFCS Professional Training programs.)

CHEERING TELEPHONE REASSURANCE PROGRAM
CheeRing volunteers make weekly, scheduled, telephone calls to isolated and/or vulnerable New Yorkers in need of emotional support. We seek individuals who are caring, supportive and who want to make a difference in someone's life. Weekly twenty minute friendly telephone visits can be made from the volunteer's home, office or cell phone. Many of our volunteers are pursuing a career in the field of mental health. A one-year commitment is requested. [Brochure]

TELEPHONE LANGUAGE COMPANION PROGRAM
Our Telephone Language Companion volunteers help Russian émigrés from the former Soviet Union gain proficiency in the English language through weekly telephone calls. Calls are made from the volunteer’s home, office or cell phone and can range from 5 - 10 minutes one to three times a week. Knowledge of the Russian language is not necessary. Receiving a call from an English speaking volunteer can help new émigrés improve language skills, eliminate telephone phobia and prepare for their citizenship exam. A minimum 3-month commitment is required. [Brochure]

ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL OFFICE WORK
Volunteers work in administrative roles throughout the agency helping with a variety of projects. Clerical volunteers can assist in many ways, from preparing large mailings to data entry and filing. Opportunities are available on an on-call or an ongoing basis. Schedules vary from several hours per month, to 20 hours per week, depending on the assignment.

SANCTUARY STITCHERS
JBFCS Sanctuary Stitchers knit or crochet squares which are assembled into beautiful handmade blankets. These blankets are given as gifts to children in need of comfort, warmth and love who are in treatment at JBFCS and living in one of our residences. Volunteer knitters range in age from children to seniors and knit on their own or form a group. Groups can be formed in a variety of settings such as schools, faith-based organizations, community groups and other organizations. Join our monthly evening knitting circles on the first Wednesday and third Thursday of every month. [Sanctuary Stitchers Website]

The Shira Ruskay Center: New York City Regional Care Center 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Project Director: Brenda Mamber, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4608
Fax: (212) 399-2475
E-mail: info@shiraruskay.org
Web: http://www.shiraruskay.org

Services: Jewish Connections

Provides social work and rabbinic spiritual counseling to the NYC Jewish community facing serious, life threatening, or terminal illness and loss. Our staff provide information and referrals, individual and family counseling at home within all of NYC and at our Manhattan and Brooklyn offices, support and advocacy, training for professionals, community education programs, end-of-life resources for clergy and synagogue communities, and bereavement counseling and groups. Orthodox Jewish Community Unit: (718) 686-1795

AIM: Assistance for Infants and Mothers 
1273 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Coordinator: Lea Bruder, LCSW
Phone: (718) 435-5700 Ext. 207
Fax: (718) 854-5495

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Orthodox Jewish Services

Provides supportive services to expectant and post-partum Orthodox women who are isolated or overwhelmed in caring for themselves and their families. Trained volunteers work under the supervision of a mental health professional to connect these women to community resources including respite care, brief counseling and concrete services.

Bais Mishkon 
1342 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 851-7100
Fax: (718) 871-5811

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A 13-bed intermediate care facility (ICF) providing medical, educational, and therapeutic services in a warm, homelike environment that ensures the continued growth of its ambulatory, developmentally disabled young adult residents. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Bay Ridge Counseling Center 
9435 Ridge Blvd.
Brooklyn, NY 11209 [Map]

Director: Pamela Lotenberg, Ph.D., LCSW
Phone: (718) 238-6444
Fax: (718) 238-5165

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Licensed counseling center provides help for people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment. crisis intervention, psychiatry/medications, short-term and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Provides specialized services to Jewish émigrés from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere.
Be'ad HaYeled (For the Sake of the Child) 
1273 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Child Advocacy Coordinator: Faye Wilbur, LCSW
Phone: (718) 435-5700
Fax: (718) 854-5495

Services: Family Violence Programs; Orthodox Jewish Services

Sponsored by JBFCS and the Board of Jewish Education, this program offers education and training to rabbis, teachers, parents, and community professionals in recognizing the signs of abuse and neglect. Services include intervening on behalf of the children, trying to prevent other cases from occurring, and supporting distressed families. Consultation and clinical services available.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Boro Park Counseling Center 
1273 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Director: Faye Wilbur, LCSW
Phone: (718) 435-5700
Fax: (718) 854-5495

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Orthodox Jewish Services

Helps people struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention; and short-term and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Also provides treatment for people suffering with eating disorders. Professional staff fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, French and Arabic.

Break-Free Adolescent Services 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services; Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs; Community Counseling Centers

A group milieu program for adolescents dually diagnosed with substance abuse, emotional, and behavioral problems. The program consists of therapeutic community milieu groups, alcohol and drug education, individual and family therapy. It meets after school four hours, four days a week. Break-Free provides weekly individual and family therapy for teens with academic problems, family conflict, truancy and other social or emotional disorders.

Brooklyn Community Residence 
1380-84 36th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218 [Map]

Director: Janeen Arshan, LMSW
Phone: (718) 972-4820
Fax: (718) 854-5383

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A supervised community residence for 40 adults with serious psychiatric problems. This program provides a variety of counseling and case-management services on a 24-hour basis.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for Level II Supportive Housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Brooklyn Family Violence Center 
P.O. Box 060280
Brooklyn, NY 11206

Director: Dadrene Hine-St.Hilaire, ABD, LCSW-R
Phone: (212) 262-7655 (24-Hour Hotline)
Fax: (718) 455-3645

Services: Family Violence Programs

Individual counseling, assessment, crisis intervention and advocacy services to victims of domestic violence. Client assistance in creating comprehensive safety plans. Liaison between client and service providers, including Kings District Attorney's Office, New York City Children's Services (formerly ACS), New York City Police Departments, New York City Housing Authority, immigration attorneys, and interfaith spiritual caregivers. Accompanies clients to family, supreme and criminal courts, if needed.

Brooklyn Graduate Apartment Program 
2233 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210 [Map]

Program Director: Theresa Manuel, MS
Phone: (718) 859-9760
Fax: (718) 859-9767

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

Apartment programs for adults with mental illness and are able to live independently with limited supervision. The residents meet with a Residential Direct Care Worker twice per month and they also participate in a variety of programs.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for Level I Supported Housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Brooklyn Homeless Prevention Services 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Phone: (718) 676-4210
Fax: (718) 676-4263

Services: Homeless Prevention Services

Eviction prevention program provides assistance with immediate needs for shelter, permanent housing, food, and clothing. Also helps with entitlements, job training, employment, and counseling services

Brooklyn REAL Continuing Day Treatment Program 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Svetlana Gritsko, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4260
Fax: (718) 676-4263

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A center of ongoing psychiatric rehabilitation for adults with mental illness and dual-diagnosed consumers in recovery. Serves clients 18-years old and over. Provides a wide variety of therapy and rehabilitation-focused, skill-building groups and activities. Addresses issues of family, relationships, housing, work, education and social life to help clients resume and improve their level of functioning in the community. Monthly support and psychoeducation groups provided to families and significant others. Staff knowledgeable in helping clients from the former Soviet Union navigate stresses of acculturation.

Brooklyn I & II Supportive Apartment Programs 
2233 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210 [Map]

Program Director: Theresa Manuel, MS
Phone: (718) 859-9760
Fax: (718) 859-9767

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

Supportive Housing Programs for mentally ill adults with an Axis 1 diagnosis. Residents meet with their Residential Direct Care Worker at least three times per week. They participate in day treatment programs and attend school.

Brooklyn Youth Council 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Louis Welz
Phone: (718) 676-4313
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Orthodox Jewish Services

A consortium of more than 70 community organizations and educational institutions who share concern and are committed to helping "at-risk" Jewish youth and their families.

Clinical Consultation Program 
250 Neptune Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235 [Map]

Director: Steve Stitt, LCSW
Phone: (718) 769-0405
Fax: (718) 769-0419

Services: Preventive Services

Clinical consultation and training in the areas of mental health, domestic violence and substance abuse is being provided by JBFCS staff at four ACS locations. Program is targeted primarily to ACS child protective staff and preventive service programs.

Clinic Plus Program 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Orthodox Jewish Services

Services provided at satellite clinic locations in several yeshivot throughout Brooklyn. Mental health screenings available at yeshivot. Weekly individual and family therapy for teens with adademic challenges, family conflict, truancy and other social or emotional disorders. Psychiatric services available. Home vists as treatment component

The Coney Island Center Continuing Day Treatment Program and Counseling Services 
2928 West 36th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11224 [Map]

Director: Tanya Harash, LCSW-R
Phone: (718) 372-3300
Fax: (718) 996-8758

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services; Older Adult Services

Continuing Day Treatment Program and Counseling Services provide a range of wellness, recovery and psychiatric rehabilitation services for adults 18 years of age or older with mental illness. They serve older adults with mental illness and adult home residents, and meet the counseling needs of individuals and families in the surrounding community. Programs help clients remain psychiatrically stable, define and pursue their paths to recovery, and develop social skills to integrate more fully into the community; address issues of housing, education, work and relationships; and assess co-occurring substance use and medical disorders. Services available in English, Spanish and Russian.

Counseling Services for Senior Citizens and Their Families - Brooklyn 
Kings Bay Senior Center
3673 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229 [Map]

Director: Rita Landberg, LCSW
Phone: (718) 648-2053

Services: Older Adult Services

Offers counseling services for older adults and their families. Counseling is offered on-site at the Kings Bay Y, Kings Bay Senior Center, and Shorefront Y Senior Center.

Counseling Services for Senior Citizens and Their Families - Brooklyn 
Kings Bay YM-YWHA
3495 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229 [Map]

Director: Rita Landberg, LCSW
Phone: (718) 648-7703, ext. 216
Fax: (718) 648-0758

Services: Older Adult Services

Offers counseling services for older adults and their families. Counseling is offered on-site at the Kings Bay Y, Kings Bay Senior Center, and Shorefront Y Senior Center.

Counseling Services for Senior Citizens and Their Families - Brooklyn 
Shorefront YM-YWHA Senior Center
3300 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235 [Map]

Director: Rita Landberg, LCSW
Phone: (718) 646-1444
Fax: (718) 646-0376

Services: Older Adult Services

Offers counseling services for older adults and their families. Counseling is offered on-site at the Kings Bay Y, Kings Bay Senior Center, and Shorefront Y Senior Center.

Flatbush Graduate Apartment Program 
2233 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210 [Map]

Program Director: Theresa Manuel, MS
Phone: (718) 859-9760
Fax: (718) 859-9767

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

Supported Housing Programs for adults with mental illness, an Axis 1 diagnosis and are able to live independently with limited supervision. Residents attend day treatment programs, club houses, school and work. This program is a collaboration between JBFCS and the Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty.

Horizons Domestic Violence Shelter 
P.O. Box 060280
Brooklyn, NY 11206

Director: Dadrene Hine-St.Hilaire, ABD, LCSW-R
Phone: (212) 262-7655 (24-Hour Hotline)
Fax: (718) 455-3645

Services: Family Violence Programs

Provides shelter, child care, and counseling services for women and children who have experienced domestic violence. Other services include psychiatric evaluation and consultation, art therapy, and medical consultation and education. After-school program for children in shelter and after-care services for families also provided.

IHB Day Treatment Center 
c/o P.S. 221
5601 16th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11204 [Map]

Director: Darlene Foulke, LCSW
Phone: (718) 686-1526
Fax: (718) 854-1483

Services: Children's Day Treatment Programs

Serves the needs of troubled boys and girls, ages 5 to 11, with severe emotional and behavioral problems. IHB helps families and children by providing individual, family and milieu therapy, as well as special education.

Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA), M'Lochim 
2901 Kings Highway
Brooklyn, NY 11229 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 421-5088
Fax: (718) 421-0333

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A home for eight young autistic boys in a glatt kosher and halachic environment.

Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA), N'Vei 
843 East 12th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11230 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 258-1244
Fax: (718) 258-9003

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A residence for six high-functioning young adult males in a Glatt Kosher and Halachic environment.

Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA), Pardes 
479 East 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 703-2703
Fax: (718) 703-2707

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A six-bed, independent supportive residence for high-functioning developmentally disabled young women in a Glatt Kosher and Halachic environment.

Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA), Shemesh 
600 East 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 633-2758
Fax: (718) 633-5929

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A six-bed independent apartment for high functioning, developmentally disabled adults, who follow an active treatment program ensuring maximum growth for each resident. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Jewish Support Network 
1273 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Coordinator: Faye Wilbur, LCSW
Phone: (718) 435-5700
Fax: (718) 854-5495

Services: Family Violence Programs; Orthodox Jewish Services

A family-violence prevention program that provides counseling for Jewish children and adults, makes referrals to legal services and rabbinic advisers, and provides information about concrete services. Groups available for men with difficulty appropriately expressing their anger as well as for women who are in or have been in abusive relationships. It also offers community education, including training and consultation for rabbis, teachers, mental health professionals, and communal leaders.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Kaplan Center for Community Services, Rita J. and Stanley H., Mid-Brooklyn Office 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Inna V. Litrovnik, Ph.D., LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4210
Fax: (718) 676-4216

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Refugee Assistance Services

Helps people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Specialized services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention as well as individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Also provides psychiatric and social services to Jewish emigres from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere, and counseling services for senior citizens and their families. Professional staff fluent in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish.

Kingsbrook ICF 
5513-16th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11204 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 756-1900
Fax: (718) 972-2930

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A 10-bed home for developmentally disabled adults who follow an active treatment program ensuring maximum growth for each individual. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Kinship Care Program 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Langosch, Ph.D., LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4760
Fax: (212) 307-7896

Services: Bereavement Services; Community Counseling Centers; Older Adult Services

Provides emotional support, information about financial, medical and practical services and legal advice to a grandparent or relative caregiver. Caregivers can also participate in educational forums and recreational events through our affiliation with the Brooklyn Grandparents' Coalition.

Maple House 
480 Maple Street
Brooklyn, NY 11203 [Map]

Director: Ahssan Haj-Yehia, LCSW
Phone: (718) 735-5966
Fax: (718) 735-5178

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

This residential program serves formerly homeless adults with psychiatric disabilities who hope to turn their lives around and build for their future. The program is designated by the New York State Office of Mental Health as a Level II residence. Community Residence/Single-Room Occupancy, with a professional support staff available 24 hours a day. Units are for men and women over the age of 18 who are eligible under the terms of the New York/New York Agreement.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for NY/NY I and II supportive housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Midwood Adolescent Project (MAP) 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

MAP provides individual, family, and group therapy for adolescents at risk of substance abuse, school problems, family conflict, and other stresses of teenage life. The program is licensed by New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services to provide substance-abuse prevention and early intervention services. MAP operates in Murrow, Dewey, and Madison High Schools providing consultation, information and referral, and conducts discussion groups to reduce stress and conflict experienced by students.

Mishkon 
1358 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 851-7100
Fax: (718) 438-2099

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A 54-bed intermediate care facility (ICF) providing residential, medical, educational, and therapeutic care in a warm, homelike environment for profoundly mentally retarded clients, ages 9 to 55. Every apartment is individualized for the maximum growth of the clients. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Camp Mishkon Sternberg 
1358 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Camp Director: Shuli Rotberg
Phone: (718) 851-7100
Fax: (718) 871-5811

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

Offers severely handicapped and retarded females full range of therapy and educational programs in a mainstream girls camp setting.

Gan Mishkon 
1342 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LHNA
Phone: (718) 851-7100
Fax: (718) 438-1998

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A 12-bed intermediate care facility (ICF) providing medical, educational, and therapeutic care in a warm, homelike environment for non-ambulatory, developmentally disabled children and young adults, who have major medical, as well as developmental, problems. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Har Mishkon 
1072 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 853-6302
Fax: (718) 853-6312

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

A 12-bed intermediate care facility (ICF) providing residential, medical, educational, and therapeutic care in a warm, homelike environment that ensures the growth of its developmentally disabled residents, ages 18-36. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Susan Hecht Tofel Home - Mishkon 
5513 16th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11204 [Map]

Director: Devora Thau, MHCA, LNHA
Phone: (718) 972-2917
Fax: (718) 972-2930

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

An 8-bed Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) for developmentally disabled woman who are achieving a higher level of independence. The facility is Glatt kosher and follows Orthodox Jewish law.

Mishkon Medicaid Waiver Program 
1358 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Administrative Director: Eric Behm
Phone: (718) 854-0454/0048
Fax: (718) 633-7053

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

Provides Medicaid Service Coordination and/or in-home residential habilitation to developmentally disabled consumers living at home in the community. Supportive counseling for their families may be provided on an as-needed basis. Medicaid Service Coordinators develop individualized service plans with the consumers and their families to meet their particular needs and help them acquire independence in activities of daily living.

Mishkon Respite Program 
1358 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Administrative Director: Eric Behm
Phone: (718) 854-0454
Fax: (718) 633-7053

Services: Developmental Disabilities; Orthodox Jewish Services

Provides hourly and/or overnight respite services to consumers under the age of 21, so that their families/caregivers can have time to rest and care for their other children or household responsibilities. Counseling and/or support services for families are provided on an as-needed basis.

Neptune Family Services 
250 Neptune Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235 [Map]

Director: Steve Stitt, LCSW
Phone: (718) 769-0405
Fax: (718) 769-0419

Services: Preventive Services

Preventive, community-based services offering counseling and advocacy to families with children at risk of abuse and neglect. Services include individual, group, and family therapy, as well as parenting group and workshops.

Orthodox Treatment Program for Teens 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services; Orthodox Jewish Services

Outpatient counseling program for Orthodox Jewish teens ages 11 to 18 with behavioral, emotional and substance abuse problems; off-site consultations, groups, crisis intervention and referrals at several yeshivot; Orthodox Jewish professional staff

Partners in Caring at Yeshivas Project 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Louis Welz
Phone: (718) 676-4313
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Orthodox Jewish Services

JBFCS assigns clinicial social workers and mental health professionals to yeshivas in Brooklyn and Queens to provide on-site consultation, counseling, teacher training and student and/or parent psycho-educational workshops

Project REACH (Russian and Eastern European Emigre Alliance for Community Help) 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Refugee Assistance Services

A Brooklyn-based outreach, information, crisis intervention, and referral service for individuals and families from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. REACH provides help in the areas of mental health and substance abuse. The program makes assessments and referrals to appropriate community resources wherever possible. Staff provides programming and groups for senior citizens and gives presentations about mental health and alcoholism/substance abuse to émigré community groups.
The Shira Ruskay Center: New York City Regional Care Center - Orthodox Jewish Community Unit 
1275 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219 [Map]

Director: Brenda Mamber, LCSW
Phone: (718) 686-1795
Fax: (718) 854-5495

Services: Jewish Connections; Orthodox Jewish Services

Provides social work and rabbinic spiritual counseling to the NYC Jewish community facing serious, life threatening, or terminal illness and loss. Our staff provide information and referrals, individual and family counseling at home within all of NYC and at our Manhattan and Brooklyn offices, support and advocacy, training for professionals, community education programs, end-of-life resources for clergy and synagogue communities, and bereavement counseling and groups. Orthodox Jewish Community Unit.

Southern Brooklyn Family Services 
2233 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210 [Map]

Director: Tracy Phillips, LCSW-ATR
Phone: (718) 258-1714
Fax: (718) 859-0730

Services: Preventive Services

Provides advocacy and a wide-range of counseling services for families with children or adolescents who are at risk of out-of-home placement. Organizes after-school and summer programs, under DIAL (Drop In and Learn), for children and teens, which include individual and small group tutoring, socialization, and vocational guidance. Parent groups and psychiatric consultation are also offered.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
The Doris L. Rosenberg Counseling Center/Southern Brooklyn Office 
333 Avenue X
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Jeanne E. Murphy, LCSW
Phone: (718) 339-5300
Fax: (718) 339-9082

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Refugee Assistance Services

Helps people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Specialized services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention as well as individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Also provides psychiatric and social services to Jewish emigres from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere, and counseling services for senior citizens and their families. Professional staff fluent in Russian, Spanish and Cantonese.

Substance Abuse Prevention Program 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services; Orthodox Jewish Services

Discussion groups, recreational and counseling services for Orthodox Jewish girls and Russian emigre girls, ages 12 to 21. Off-site in several public schools and yeshivot.

Marsha Winokur Learning Centers
The Gladys and Saul Gwirtzman Learning Center 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Senior Psychologist: Elizabeth A. Sharpless, Ph.D.
Phone: (718) 676-4232
Fax: (718) 676-4216

Services: Child Development and Learning

Helps children with learning difficulties focus on understanding their unique strengths and challenges and how those characteristics interact with their family and school environments. Comprehensive assessments of children and adolescents address the complexity of the developmental learning process. Specialized attention given to academic skill development and achievement, neuro-psychological processing, patterns of cognitive function and issues of emotional style. Remediation and parental guidance is provided.

The Sally and Julius Smolen Russian Adolescent Project (RAP) 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs; Refugee Assistance Services

RAP provides outreach, mental health consultation, and acculturation groups for Soviet refugee youth and their families in their schools and at community centers. Staff consists of bilingual refugees from the former Soviet Union who have completed graduate work in social work or psychology.

Thomas Askin Youth Programs 
2020 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223 [Map]

Director: Deborah Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (718) 676-4280
Fax: (718) 676-4299

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs; Orthodox Jewish Services

A range of supportive services and outreach programs for adolescents and their families. (see individual Brooklyn listings): Break-Free Adolescent Services; Midwood Adolescent Project (MAP); Project REACH; Russian Adolescent Project (RAP).

The following programs are specifically staffed by Orthodox Jewish professionals and serving the Orthodox Community: Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) - for at-risk girls; Orthodox Treatment Program for Teens - outpatient counseling program for teens with behavioral, emotional and substance abuse problems; Brooklyn Youth Council - brings together more than 70 organizations in the Orthodox community working with youth at-risk; Orthodox Jewish Girl's Project - educational and training program for Yeshiva educators, families and girls.

Bronx Domestic Violence Programs (BDVP) 
P.O. Box 580283
Bronx, NY 10458

Director: Sheilah Mabry, LCSW
Phone: (718) 367-0605
Fax: (718) 367-0122

Services: Family Violence Programs

DV Coordination and Training (DVCAT) I - provides community awareness and professional training and consultation on DV; facilitates Bronx DV Action Network, a multi-agency task force; partners with public and community-based organizations and services for improved advocacy for and prevention.

DVCAT II - provides clinical and advocacy services to clients of partner substance abuse treatment programs.

DV Support and Outreach Services provides multicultural and multilingual non-residential services to Bronx victims of domestic violence including telephone hotline services, group, individual and parent-child supportive counseling and advocacy Spanish, Italian, French, Russian and Albanian are spoken.

Bronx Young Adult Apartment Program 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

Provides housing and comprehensive services to 26 young adults, between the ages of 18 and 25 who have left foster care and are at risk of homelessness and need supportive services to achieve independent living.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for NY/NY III Youth Aging out of Foster Care required via HRA 2010e Application
Bronx REAL Counseling Center 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services; Community Counseling Centers

Office of Mental Health-licensed out-patient clinic for adults, ages 18 and older. Individual, group, couples and family therapy and case management services. Psychiatric evaluation and medication treatment available

Bronx REAL Continuing Day Treatment Program (CDT) 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A community-based program for adults coping with mental illness, the CDT program offers continuing day treatment, milieu treatment, group, individual and family treatment. The program offers psychiatric and rehabilitation readiness services. Services include case management, medication treatment, crisis intervention, and educational and vocational readiness skill building.

Bronx REAL Intensive Case Management Program (ICM) 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

Helps consumers gain access to psychiatric, medical, social, educational and vocational rehabilitation services. Case managers work intensively with consumers to minimize hospitalizations, emergency room visits and institutional placements.

Bronx REAL Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT) 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A community-based program for adults coping with mental illness, IPRT offers focused intensive rehabilitation and treatment to help clients achieve defined goals in living arrangements, education, socialization and work.

Bronx REAL Intensive Treatment Apartment Program 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A residential program for adults with mental illness who need part-time, daily supervision. Clients participate in structured programs, such as the Bronx REAL Continuing Day Treatment Program, and counselors provide restorative services to help them live in the community.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for Level II Supportive Housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Bronx REAL Recovery, MICA Self-Help Program 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services; Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services

A community-based program for adults coping with mental illness and a history of substance abuse. The program supervisor facilitates mutual aid among clients to prevent relapses. The members offer support to each other to succeed in achieving rehabilitation goals.

Bronx REAL Graduate Apartment Programs 
55 Westchester Square
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Phone: (718) 931-4045
Fax: (718) 828-1329

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A program for adults with mental illness able to benefit from less supervision. Clients are expected to participate in a psychiatric outpatient program, attend school or work, and maintain independent living in the community.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for Level I Supported Housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Bruner House Community Residence 
2953 Bruner Avenue
Bronx, NY 10469 [Map]

Director: Elizabeth Osborn, Ph.D.
Phone: (718) 671-0680
Fax: (718) 320-0507

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

Provides services in a therapeutic setting to eight adolescents ages 16 to 19 who have a wide range of psychiatric disabilities.

Professional Referral: Single Point of Access (SOPA) required
Marsha Winokur Learning Centers
Carol Zicklin Learning Center (Riverdale) 
521 West 239th Street
Riverdale, NY 10463 [Map]

Director: Barbara Gochberg, Ph.D.
Phone: (718) 601-7805
Fax: (718) 601-7809

Services: Child Development and Learning

Helps children with learning difficulties focus on understanding their unique strengths and challenges and how those characteristics interact with their family and school environments. Comprehensive assessments of children and adolescents address the complexity of the developmental learning process. Specialized attention given to academic skill development and achievement, neuro-psychological processing, patterns of cognitive function and issues of emotional style; remediation and parental guidance provided.

Co-Op City Family Services 
135 Einstein Loop, Room 46
Bronx, NY 10475 [Map]

Director: Pierre Thomas, LCSW
Phone: (718) 320-3082
Fax: (718) 379-4348

Services: Preventive Services

Provides a range of preventive/clinical services to families with children at risk of abuse or neglect. To keep the family intact, the program offers individual, family, couple, and group treatment to family members as well as parent support groups.

Genesis Domestic Violence Shelter 
P.O. Box 994
Bronx, NY 10453

Director: Sheilah Mabry, LCSW-R
Phone: (212) 304-1430 (24-hour hotline)
Fax: (718) 365-2777

Services: Family Violence Programs

Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children. Services include crisis intervention; domestic violence advocacy; individual, group, and family therapy; legal and entitlements advocacy; child care; and help with independent living skills.

Henry Ittleson Bronx Community Residence 
2215 Holland Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467 [Map]

Director: George McCray, MSW
Phone: (718) 655-8916
Fax: (718) 655-8940

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

Provides family, educational, and mental health programs for eight emotionally disturbed children between the ages of 8 and 15. The residence's less restrictive level of care enables it to provide a family-like environment, which enhances the children's level of functioning within the community.

Professional Referral: Single Point of Access (SOPA) required
Henry Ittleson Center 
5050 Iselin Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471 [Map]

Director: Elizabeth Osborn, Ph.D.
Phone: (718) 549-6700
Fax: (718) 796-4614

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

A 32-bed residential treatment facility (RTF) that provides a rich and intensive treatment experience and special education for severely emotionally disturbed children, ages 5 to 13.

Professional Referral: Pre-Admission Committed Certification (PACC) required
Henry Ittleson Day Treatment Center 
5050 Iselin Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471 [Map]

Director: Elizabeth Osborn, Ph.D.
Phone: (718) 549-6700
Fax: (718) 796-4614

Services: Children's Day Treatment Programs

A day-treatment program for severely emotionally disturbed children, ages 5 to 13, who are able to live at home or in a community residence, but require therapeutic and special educational services.


Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative 
J.W. Beatman Counseling Center/Riverdale
521 West 239th Street
Riverdale, NY 10463 [Map]

Coordinator: Adriana Rodriguez, LCSW
Phone: (646) 957-0853
Fax: (212) 582-1296
E-mail: HomeAgain@jbfcs.org
Web: http://homeagainveterans.org

Services: Veterans and Family Services

Emotional support and information to Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans and their families dealing with the stress of deployment and coming home.

  • Individual and family counseling
  • Veteran and family support groups
  • Community outreach and education
  • Referral services

Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative 
Harry Blumenfeld Counseling Center/Pelham
750 Astor Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467 [Map]

Coordinator: Adriana Rodriguez, LCSW
Phone: (646) 957-0853
Fax: (212) 582-1296
E-mail: HomeAgain@jbfcs.org
Web: http://homeagainveterans.org

Services: Veterans and Family Services

Emotional support and information to Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans and their families dealing with the stress of deployment and coming home.

  • Individual and family counseling
  • Veteran and family support groups
  • Community outreach and education
  • Referral services
Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
J.W. Beatman Community Counseling Center - Riverdale Office 
521 West 239th Street
Riverdale, NY 10463 [Map]

Director: Karen L. Cwalinski, LCSW
Phone: (718) 601-2280
Fax: (718) 601-2281

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Provides outpatient mental health and psychiatric services for people struggling with a wide range of emotional and social problems. Specialized services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment, crisis intervention, as well as ongoing individual, couple, family, and group and medication therapy as appropriate. Satellite license for P.S. 7, a local school, where ongoing services are provided; satellite program for seniors at the Riverdale Y. Multicultural staff fluent in Spanish and Orthodox Jewish staff observant of Jewish law are available.

Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative
Emotional support and information to Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans and their families dealing with the stress of deployment and coming home: Individual and family counseling, Veteran and family support groups, Community outreach and education, and Referral services. Call: (646) 957-0853.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Family Youth Intervention (FYI) 
521 West 239th Street
Riverdale, NY 10463 [Map]

Administrative Supervisor: Owen Mazon, LCSW
Phone: (718) 601-2050
Fax: (718) 601-2052

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

A home-based crisis intervention program to prevent psychiatric hospitalization of children and adolescents. Covering the western region of the Bronx, FYI provides home visits and 24-hour availability. It is based on a 4-to 6-week short-term model. Referrals are mainly from psychiatric emergency rooms, but will accept referrals of children at risk of hospitalization from other sources.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Counseling Services for Senior Citizens and Their Families - Riverdale 
Riverdale YM-YWHA
5625 Arlington Avenue
Riverdale, NY 10471 [Map]

Contact: Mary Amour, LCSW
Phone: (718) 601-2280, ext. 245
Fax: (718) 601-2281

Services: Older Adult Services

Offers counseling services for older adults and their families. Counseling is offered on-site at Riverdale Y. Any telephone or mail contact should be made to the Riverdale Office/The J.W. Beatman Counseling Center.

Pelham Family Center 
2250 Holland Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467 [Map]

Director: Mary Alice Scully, LCSW
Phone: (718) 798-7801
Fax: (718) 798-7644

Services: Preventive Services

Provides a range of preventive clinical and case management services to 60 families in the Northeast Bronx. The goal is to strengthen individual and family functioning and prevent abuse, neglect or removal of children from the home. To keep the family intact, the program offers individual, family, couple, and group treatment to family members. Clinical work is supplemented by intensive advocacy, referrals and a mini-tutoring program.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
The Harry Blumenfeld Counseling Center - Pelham Office 
750 Astor Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467 [Map]

Director: Julie List, LCSW
Phone: (718) 882-5000
Fax: (718) 798-7633

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Provides help for people who are struggling with a wide range of emotional and social problems. Services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment, medical management, crisis intervention, time-effective and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy, and loss and bereavement services for children and their caregivers. Staff fluent in Spanish are also available.

Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative
Emotional support and information to Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans and their families dealing with the stress of deployment and coming home: Individual and family counseling, Veteran and family support groups, Community outreach and education, and Referral services. Call: (646) 957-0853.

West Side School Day Treatment Center 
P.S. 12 Lewis & Clarke
2555 Tratman Avenue, 2nd Floor
Bronx, NY 10461 [Map]

Director: Lawrence E. Jones, LMSW
Phone: (718) 863-6903
Fax: (718) 863-6908

Services: Children's Day Treatment Programs

A day-treatment program for troubled adolescent boys, with emphasis on special education, individual, and family psychotherapy, and preparation for job training and placement.

Abraham Residence III 
336 East 96th Street
New York, NY 10128 [Map]

Director: Jeffrey Clarke, LMSW
Phone: (212) 828-8500
Fax: (212) 828-8600

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A 68-bed, extended-stay Community Residence/Single Room Occupancy (CR/SRO) that provides individual studio apartments for formerly homeless individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Tenant organization and on-site rehabilitative services support their reintegration into the community. The program is a collaboration between JBFCS and the Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for NY/NY I and II supportive housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Greenberg Manhattan West/YCL Counseling Center 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Robin Brinn, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4700
Fax: (212) 632-4495

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Provides help to people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Specialized services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention and short-term and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy.

Child Development Center 
Central Synagogue
123 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022 [Map]

This program moved to a new location on June 21, 2010:
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Director: Marian Davidson-Amodeo, LCSW
Phone: (212) 838-5122 ext. 4012
Fax: (212) 632-4534

Services: Child Development and Learning

The Child Development Center offers an outpatient clinic, a therapeutic nursery school, early intervention services, early childhood consultation to community based settings, and a special education itinerant teacher program for children ages 2-6 with a range of developmental, neurological and/or emotional and behavioral problems. Children in our services have specific language and learning challenges, pervasive developmental disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, as well as behavioral and emotional difficulties. Individual and group services for families and caregivers are also provided.

Early Childhood Consultation Program - Specialists in child development and family dynamics provide on-site early childhood consultation to the directors, staff and families at nursery schools, yeshivas, day schools, and day-care centers.

Relationships for Growth & Learning (RfGL) is a community-based screening and intervention service for preschool children at participating daycare and nursery programs where CDC has a satellite license from the State Office of Mental Health. (see Citywide Listing for The Martha K. Selig Educational Institute/Institute for Infants Children and Families)

Early Intervention - Services provided for children 18 months to 3 years of age and their families with an interdisciplinary team. Services include evaluation, special education instruction, related service therapies, parent-child work, and parent support work, all through individual and small group interventions. Delivery of these services can take place at our facility and in the home.

Outpatient Clinic - Services include evaluation and treatment planning for children, play therapy for children and treatment with families.

Special Education Itinerant Teaching and Related Service Provision - Services for children who are able to manage in their mainstream setting. A special educator or related service provider may go to that program to provide therapy or children may come to our facility to receive the service. Work also includes consultation with teachers, other service providers and family.

Henry and Louise Loeb Therapeutic Nursery School - Services provided for children 3 to 5 years of age, include evaluation and three center-based special education classrooms with a developmentally based interdisciplinary team approach. Small group and individualized services are provided to children, as well as their parents/family.

Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered and Questioning Counseling Unit 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Administrative Supervisor: David Ferguson, LCSW
Phone: (212) 632-4482
Fax: (212) 632-4495

Services: AIDS Services; Community Counseling Centers

The GLBTQ Counseling Unit is part of the Manhattan West/Greenberg Office and provides gay-affirmative therapy in a safe, nurturing environment. Specially trained staff offer individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems. Psychiatrists are available to provide evaluations and medication.

Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10019 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Coordinator: Adriana Rodriguez, LCSW
Phone: (646) 957-0853
Fax: (212) 582-1296
E-mail: HomeAgain@jbfcs.org
Web: http://homeagainveterans.org

Services: Veterans and Family Services

Emotional support and information to Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans and their families dealing with the stress of deployment and coming home.

  • Individual and family counseling
  • Veteran and family support groups
  • Community outreach and education
  • Referral services
Home Again: Reaching Out 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10019 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Coordinator: Adriana Rodriguez, LCSW
Phone: (646) 957-0853
Fax: (212) 582-1296
E-mail: HomeAgain@jbfcs.org
Web: http://homeagainveterans.org

Services: Veterans and Family Services

Emotional support and information to Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans and their families dealing with the stress of deployment and coming home.

  • Readjustment
  • Support by veteran students to student veterans
Marsha Winokur Learning Centers
Manhattan Learning Center 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Director: Barbara Gochberg, Ph.D.
Phone: (212) 632-4681
Fax: (212) 584-8484

Services: Child Development and Learning

Helps children with learning difficulties focus on understanding their unique strengths and challenges and how those characteristics interact with their family and school environments. Comprehensive assessments of children and adolescents address the complexity of the developmental learning process. Specialized attention given to academic skill development and achievement, neuropsychological processing, patterns of cognitive function and issues of emotional style; parental guidance provided.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
Dr. Eugene D. Glynn/YCL Counseling Center 
549 West 180th Street
New York, NY 10033 [Map]

Director: Alicia Montero, LCSW-R
Phone: (212) 795-9888
Fax: (212) 795-9899

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Refugee Assistance Services

The counseling center serves Washington Heights providing help to people struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment, crisis intervention, and time-limited, time-effective, and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Also provides Loss and Bereavement Services for children and psychiatric and social services to Jewish émigrés from the former Soviet Union and elsewhere. Staff fluent in Spanish and Russian are available.
On-Site Counseling at JCC in Manhattan 
334 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10019 [Map]

Supervisor: Gloria Zicht, LCSW
Phone: (646) 505-4488

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Provides help to people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Specialized services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention and short-term and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy.

On-Site Counseling at Washington Heights-Inwood YM/YWHA 
54 Nagle Avenue
New York, NY 10040 [Map]

Director: Alicia Montero, LCSW-R
Phone: (212) 795-9888
Fax: (212) 795-9899

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Provides help to people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Specialized services for older adults, pre-schoolers and their families include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention and short-term and ongoing individual, couple, family and group therapy.

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan House 
74 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10003 [Map]

Director: Neil Freedman, LMSW
Phone: (212) 477-1565
Fax: (212) 674-2513

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

An urban residential facility for 25 older adolescent males, ages 17 to 21. The facility provides an extensive independent living skills program and therapeutic and support services.

Supervised Independent Living Program An apartment in upper Manhattan for two young men in foster care who continue to receive Kaplan House services.

Treatment Cottage Model The fourth floor of Kaplan House is reserved for 11 adolescents, ages 17 to 21, who require more structure and monitoring and is under the auspices of the New York Office of Mental Health.

Professional Referral: Approval of local department of social services required
Homeless Prevention Services 
135 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020 [Map]
Note: This is a New Address

Program Manager: Karen Norden
Phone: (212) 632-4707
Fax: (212) 956-3334

Services: Homeless Prevention Services

Eviction prevention program provides assistance with immediate needs for shelter, permanent housing, food, and clothing. Also helps with entitlements, job training, employment, and counseling services

Youth Counseling League (YCL) 
386 Park Avenue South, Suite 401
New York, NY 10016 [Map]

Acting Director: Maria Barreto, LCSW
Phone: (212) 481-2500
Fax: (212) 481-8157

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs; Community Counseling Centers

A clinic and satellite clinics licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health help adolescents and young adults between the ages of 12 and 21 (at admission) with a wide range of emotional problems and diagnoses. Individual and group therapy for young people and individual, group or family treatment for adult family members of those in treatment. Psychotherapy services supplemented by psychiatric evaluations and medication treatment. Satellite clinics in eight Manhattan public high schools provide mental health services. Other programs include: teen violence prevention training in school settings, arts enrichment, summer program for selected teens, and pregnancy prevention counseling in two high school-based health clinics.

Bryce House Domestic Violence Shelter 
P.O. Box 920239
Averne, NY 11692

Director: Leslie Samuel Young, LMSW
Phone: (718) 945-5372
Fax: (718) 945-5376

Services: Family Violence Programs

This Tier II domestic violence shelter serves women and their children who must leave emergency domestic violence shelters but who are not ready to relocate to permanent housing because of mental illness or trauma that interferes with their ability to live independently. Can accommodate 16 families. All families referred by Human Resources Administration.

Pride of Judea
CLUB PRIDE 
243-02 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362 [Map]

Director: Art Weiner
Phone: (718) 423-6200
Fax: (718) 423-9762

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services; Older Adult Services

A psychosocial club for seriously mentally ill older adults, ages 50 and over, who are living in the community (eastern Queens), but are socially isolated and at high risk of decompensation. CLUB PRIDE offers a variety of psychosocial activities, daily living activities and rehabilitation activities to promote community reintegration and stabilization. Professional staff includes a licensed art therapist, a recreational therapist and a social worker.

Ezrat Chayim 
243-02 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362 [Map]

Director: Art Weiner
Phone: (718) 423-6200
Fax: (718) 423-9762

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Orthodox Jewish Services

Range of counseling, outreach, education and support services helps the Orthodox Jewish communities of Queens; professional Orthodox Jewish staff offers individual, couples, family and group counseling for adults and children; CASAC-certified Orthodox Jewish professional available for alcohol and drug counseling; Jewish Family Life Education workshops on effective parenting and communications skills; collaborations with schools, shuls and other communal organizations; consultation to teachers and parents on child development and education issues

Far Rockaway Treatment Apartment Program 
20-31 Seagirt Blvd., Apt. 1A
Far Rockaway, NY 11691 [Map]

Program Director: Theresa Manuel, MS
Phone: (718) 471-4881
Fax: (718) 337-1535

Services: Adult Mentally Ill Services

A residential apartment program for mentally ill adults who receive an intermediate level of supervision seven days a week. Clients (three to an apartment) are monitored and participate in structured day programs such as Transitional Services Incorporated, Freedom Village, Catholic Charities, New Horizons, and other community services.

Professional Referral: Eligibility for Level II Supportive Housing required via HRA 2010e Application
Marsha Winokur Learning Centers
Queens Learning Center 
243-02 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362 [Map]

Coordinator: Gayle Herman, MS
Phone: (718) 423-6200, ext. 216
Fax: (718) 423-9762

Services: Child Development and Learning

Helps children with learning difficulties focus on understanding their unique strengths and challenges and how those characteristics interact with their family and school environments. Comprehensive assessments of children and adolescents address the complexity of the developmental learning process. Specialized attention given to academic skill development and achievement, neuropsychological processing, patterns of cognitive function and issues of emotional style. Remediation and parental guidance is also provided.

Pride of Judea
Pride of Judea Community Services 
243-02 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362 [Map]

Phone: (718) 423-6200
Fax: (718) 423-9762

Services: Community Counseling Centers; Family Violence Programs; Older Adult Services

Operates the following mental health programs in Queens: Counseling Center, CLUB PRIDE, and The Learning Center.

Pride of Judea
Pride of Judea Counseling Center 
243-02 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362 [Map]

Director: Art Weiner
Phone: (718) 423-6200
Fax: (718) 423-9762

Services: Community Counseling Centers

The counseling center provides help to people struggling with mental illness, emotional and/or social problems. Services for children and adults of all ages include evaluation and assessment; psychological testing, medication management, crisis intervention, and time-limited, time-effective, and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Staff fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish are available.

Transition Center 
P.O. Box 629
Queens, NY 11691

Director: Lesley Samuel Young, LMSW
Phone: (718) 520-8045 24-hour hotline
Fax: (718) 327-4230

Services: Family Violence Programs

Provides shelter, day care, and counseling services for victims of domestic violence and their children. Housing is located in 16 scattered apartment sites. Services include crisis intervention, individual, group, and family therapy, and training in independent living skills. Kosher facilities are available.

Caring Families 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Administrative Supervisor: Jill Benson, LMSW
Phone: (718) 982-9633
Fax: (718) 370-1142

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

Provides specially designed professional family-based homes for emotionally disturbed children who are ready to live in the community after hospitalization or residential treatment (or as an attempt to provide mental health services in the least restrictive out-of-home alternative for youngsters who cannot remain with family/guardian). Foster parents receive intensive training and supervision.

Children's Blended Case Management 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Administrative Supervisor: Renee Jones, LMSW
Phone: (718) 982-6982
Fax: (718) 982-6916

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

Offers care and support to emotionally disturbed children and adolescents (ages 5 - 18) who are heavy users of mental health services and at risk of needing institutional or hospital level of care. By helping the family access the services and supports they need, the program minimizes hospitalizations, emergency-room visits and residential placements, keeping the youngsters in their communities. Services are delivered on an outreach basis, primarily through home visitation, and the frequency of contact is catered to the family's needs. The intervention includes strengths-based assessment, care coordination and risk/crisis management.

Crisis Respite Program 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Administrative Supervisor: Jill Benson, LMSW
Phone: (718) 982-9633
Fax: (718) 370-1142

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

Offers 24-hour respite care for up to two weeks for children and adolescents in need of temporary placement outside the home. Referrals may come from human services agencies, hospitals, schools and other programs.

Geller House 
77 Chicago Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10305 [Map]

Director: Beryl Kende, LCSW
Phone: (718) 442-7828
Fax: (718) 720-0762

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

A short-term residential diagnostic center that provides assessment, treatment, and aftercare planning for adolescents, ages 11 to 15, from all boroughs. Referrals by New York City Children's Services (formerly ACS) and Family Court.

Professional Referral: Approval of local department of social services required
Home-Based Crisis Intervention Program 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Administrative Supervisor: Jill Benson, LMSW
Phone: (718) 982-6982
Fax: (718) 982-6916

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

Provides short-term, intensive crisis intervention to attempt to avoid hospitalization for children and adolescents, who are at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization. In addition to mental health issues, the child or family must have a crisis related to homelessness or have current or past issues with alcohol or substance abuse. The program provides three to five home visits each week, for six weeks, with 24-hour coverage.

Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Administrative Supervisor: Dana Hilton, LMSW
Phone: (718) 982-6982
Fax: (718) 982-6916

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

Provides intensive case coordination, clinical services and in-home supportive services, to emotionally disturbed children/adolescents (ages 5 to 18) and their families, where this is a risk and/or history of psychiatric hospitalization or residential placement. This program is more intensive than the Blended Case Management program, as care coordination is supplemented with five additional in-home service approaches. The goal is to help families care for the special needs of these children and enable thethe children to remain at home with their family. Services are delivered on an outreach basis, primarily through home visitation.

Madeleine Borg Community Services (MBCS)
The Morris Black Community Counseling Center 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Director: Valerie Mitchell-Fadil, LCSW-R
Phone: (718) 761-9800
Fax: (718) 370-1142

Services: Community Counseling Centers

Provides help to people who are struggling with a range of emotional and social problems. Services for adults and children include evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention; and therapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Services can be provided in Russian, Spanish, Hebrew, Cantonese and Hungarian.

Parent Resource Center 
2795 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Program Coordinator: Deborah Miller, MS
Phone: (718) 698-5307
Fax: (718) 370-1142

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs

Designed for the parents of youngsters with emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties -- and run by them as well -- the Center provides supportive services, peer advocacy and information and referral. It also organizes special events and recreational activities, reaches out to others in the community, recruits volunteers and offers a "warm line."

Staten Island Children's Community Residence 
19 Vedder Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314 [Map]

Director: Beryl Kende, LCSW
Phone: (718) 370-2975
Fax: (718) 494-7836

Services: Children's Community-Based Treatment Programs; Children's Residential Treatment Programs

Provides a community-based residential rehabilitative program for eight seriously emotionally disturbed boys, ages 6 to 14. Children attend local schools and receive treatment services in the community. Referrals made through a special committee of the State Office of Mental Health.

Professional Referral: Single Point of Access (SOPA) required
Staten Island Family Services 
358 St. Marks Place, 4th Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301 [Map]

Phone: (718) 727-3303
Fax: (718) 448-0509

Services: Preventive Services

Provides a range of services targeted to adolescents (up to 18 years) and their families, who are residents of Staten Island, through a network of preventive and PINS diversion programs. Programs are designed to offset the need for family court involvement and out-of-home placement of emotionally troubled and acting out adolescents while assisting families in reaching optimal functioning. Services include crisis intervention, assessment, individual, family and group treatment. The Juvenile Justice Initiative program uses Multisytemic Therapy (MST) and is designed to work with adolescents who have had involvement with the criminal justice system with the goal of preventing future arrests and preventing placement. MST is an evidence-based therapeutic model with a strong emphasis on achieving observable and measurable results within the context of highly prescribed service protocol.

Jerome M. Goldsmith Center for Adolescent Treatment 
228 Linda Avenue
Hawthorne, NY 10532 [Map]

Director: Jeff Shapiro, Ed.M.
Phone: (914) 773-7400
Fax: (914) 773-7447

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

A 49-bed residential treatment facility (RTF) for severely emotionally disturbed male adolescents, 13 to 22. Licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health, the Center provides supervised living units and a program of therapeutic and educational services. The program provides a secure in-house acute-care unit as part of the continuum of care. A special education school is located on the campus.

Professional Referral: Pre-Admission Committed Certification (PACC) required
Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Residential Treatment Center 
226 Linda Avenue
Hawthorne, NY 10532 [Map]

Director: Gregory Cobb, LMSW
Phone: (914) 773-7314
Fax: (914) 773-7860

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

A residential treatment center (RTC) for 104 boys, ages 8 to 18, and girls, ages 13 to 18, who have a wide variety of emotional problems. Youngsters are provided with comprehensive treatment, special education, and supervised living. Family involvement is an important component of the treatment. Residents are referred by the Administration for Children's Services of New York City, New York State Office of Family and Children's, and other local County Committee of Special Education, and Departments of Social Services in New York State.

Professional Referral: Approval of local department of social services required
Herschel Alt Westchester Day Treatment Center 
226 Linda Avenue
Hawthorne, NY 10532 [Map]

Director: Jeff Shapiro, Ed.M.
Phone: (914) 773-7478
Fax: (914) 773-7666

Services: Children's Day Treatment Programs

An alternative to residential placement for emotionally disturbed youngsters, ages 10 to 18, living in Westchester. While living at home, adolescents receive a full range of treatment services, including individual, family, and group therapy, individualized education curricula, remedial training, and vocational preparation. A special education school is on-site at the facility, which is on the grounds of the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls and Linden Hill schools.

Linden Hill Residential Treatment Facility 
500 Linda Avenue
Hawthorne, NY 10532 [Map]

Director: Kathy Forte, MA
Phone: (914) 773-7500
Fax: (914) 773-7535

Services: Children's Residential Treatment Programs

A residential treatment facility (RTF) licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health for 23 boys and 35 girls, ages 13 to 18, with severe psychiatric conditions. The facility provides the following services in an open setting: intensive milieu therapy, individual, family, and group psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, special education and vocational training.

Professional Referral: Pre-Admission Committed Certification (PACC) required
Mt. Vernon Intermediate Care Facility 
165 Esplanade
Mt. Vernon, NY 10553 [Map]

Director: Claudia Rubicco
Phone: (914) 699-4083
Fax: (914) 699-4046

Services: Developmental Disabilities

A 24-hour supervised residence for 10 ambulatory adults with developmental disabilities who function within the severe to profound range of mental retardation. Services provided include medical and psychiatric care, skills training, case management, and occupational, physical and speech therapies.

New Rochelle Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) 
1499 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801 [Map]

Director: Claudia Rubicco
Phone: (914) 235-4616
Fax: (914) 235-4847

Services: Developmental Disabilities

Residence for six ambulatory adults with developmental disabilities. Provides 24-hour supervision as well as skills training in areas of need and interest. Consumers access medical providers in the community and participate in community activities.

Vernondale Intermediate Care Facility 
111 North Third Avenue, Apt. 1M
Mt. Vernon, NY 10553 [Map]

Director: Claudia Rubicco
Phone: (914) 699-7324
Fax: (914) 667-2367

Services: Developmental Disabilities

A barrier-free, long term care residential facility for ten adults (21 and older) with developmental disabilities. This facility provides intensive specialized psychiatric, medical, cognitive and therapeutic services in a nurturing, homelike environment for the purpose of facilitating the highest level of independence.


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