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Provides a full range of shelter and rehabilitative services for up to 38 homeless men, including emergency beds and outreach services for homeless men with nowhere else to go. Also provides housing preparedness, support and retention and employment services.

Collects, preserves, and exhibits objects and documents about the whaling industry and whale conservation today and about Cold Spring Harbor and Long Island maritime history for its diverse public and school/group visitors. There are self-guided tours on tapes for French, German, Italian, and Spanish speakers. Provides a Speakers Bureau which presents on topics dealing with maritime history, whaling, biology, marine mammals, and other related topics. Publishes newsletter titled A Whaling Account. Call for further information.

Provides a wide range of advocacy and legal representation to elderly clients in areas including Medicaid and Medicare benefits, long-term care, nursing home assisted living/senior housing, powers of attorney, guardianships, conservationships, wills and trusts, financial abuse, and consumer issues.

Virtual, interactive two-day course to learn about the birthing process, comfort measures, partner coaching techniques and hospital experience. This class is taught by a Certified Childbirth Educator and includes a full-color companion book (LCCE).

Arranges for placement of children homes who are legally free for adoption and are in the guardianship of the Commissioner of Social Services in appropriate adoptive homes. Supervises the placement until legalization of the adoption by the courts. Also provides assistance to natural parents in planning a permanent home for children. Call for detailed information.

Evaluates and treats individuals with benign or malignant conditions. Services mammography, breast ultrasound, and breast biopsies.

Transportation - What caregivers need to know and how to help your loved one get around when you can't provide a ride. http://www.aarp.org/transportation We Need to Talk - How do you know when it's time for your loved one to limit or stop driving? It's a tough subject for most families, but it's a serious matter. Now there's help. AARP offers a free online seminar called We Need to Talk that will help you determine how to assess your loved ones' driving skills and provide tools to help you have this important conversation. And since it's online, you can set your own pace. http://www.aarp.org/wntt

Teaches people how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to health-related emergencies through skills in CPR.

Teaches people how to prevent, prepare for, and respond to health-related emergencies through skills in CPR.

Provides information and services in the areas of recycling, solid waste, and household hazardous waste, including transfer stations for residents to bring solid waste, recycling and household hazardous materials.

The Greene County Department of Human Services Nutrition Program allows seniors to remain independent in their homes while maintaining good nutrition. Home Delivered Meals are provided to those individuals deemed eligible. Volunteers deliver these meals Monday through Friday (except holidays) throughout Greene County. This program provides seniors the opportunity to improve and/or maintain their nutrition, health status, and quality of life while remaining in their home. Each senior service center serves a noon-time meal consisting of a hot entree, vegetable and fruit, bread and butter, low fat milk and a dessert. Substitutions are available for those on diabetic or low-salt diets. The Nutrition Education Program provides a registered dietitian who does nutritional education on a one-on-one counseling level if needed by clients.

Services include: Comprehensive autism diagnostic evaluations (for toddlers, children, adolescents and adults); Individualized psychotherapy (for children, adolescents, and adults with high-functioning ASD); Social skills groups (for all ages); and Milieu Communication Therapy (a language intervention focused on building prelinguistics and overall functional communication). The institute also is committed to providing ongoing support for family members and caregivers of children with ASD. These services include individualized counseling, outreach support, education about the needs of children with ASD, and assistance in utilizing community resources. The institute is also working on developing support groups for siblings of children and adults with ASD. In addition to the services provided, the institute is also active in a number of different research programs. Currently, the clinic is conducting a study on the effectiveness of Milieu Communication Therapy (MCT) in young children with ASD. There are also ongoing studies on the effectiveness of social skills intervention for children with ASD; the potential auto-immune connection for children with ASD; and possible Etiological relationships among the more than 100 families the institute has served thus far. Call for more detailed information.

Provides Information and Referral, Reference Services, Readers Advisory and programs for children from birth through Grade 6 as well as parents. Programs and services include, but are not limited to film presentations, arts and crafts, storytimes, book discussions, reading clubs and Mommy and Me. Offers Twang! program for children grade 4 through grade 6 such as film presentations and game nights.

Offers teen and adult recreation programs for people with developmental disabilities who are living with their families not in a certified residence.

Provides high quality, evidence based instruction and support services that meet the unique needs of each student. Our diverse specialty programs foster student engagement, independence and promote high expectations to ensure that students are challenged to meet the Common Core State Standards and are prepared for success in their post-school lives. Programs are offered at the Elementary, Middle and Secondary Level at multiple locations for students with various developmental disabilities.

Provides a venue for older adults with social and recreational activities, transportation for shopping, and offers information and referrals for local resources and services in the community.

Provides a 24-hour telephone evaluation service for individuals, family members and friends of those with mental illness. Services include evaluation if an individual is suicidal, homicidal, or at risk to harm themselves or others. This is an evaluation service, not a helpline or support chat line.

Maintains and improves the quality of life for its residents and undertakes projects for the general welfare of the people of Port Jefferson Station and Terryville. Meets the 4th Tuesday of the month at Comsewogue Library.

Offers a variety of support for individuals who are compulsive spenders and incurring debt way beyond their means. This 12-step program helps individuals to find out why they compulsively spend, and then begin to take the necessary steps to begin stopping the compulsion. The support groups can be accessed by traditional sit-down meetings, online groups and via the telephone.

Provides Reference, Information and Referral and Readers Advisory. Other programs and services may include but are not limited to AARP defensive driving, book discussions, movies and arts and crafts.

Provides social and recreational activities, entertainment, trips and speakers. Meals on Wheels senior activity centers are located in Nanuet, Nyack, New City. Transportation and a hot nutritious lunch are provided.

Provides financial assistance for partial rent payment or electric/gas bill payment when facing eviction, shut off or other emergency situations, and is determined on a case by case basis. Funds are given on a one-time basis and is only partial payment assistance, and will give referrals if more help is needed. Please Note: FUNDING IS LIMITED and there is no guarantee to any service. Help is determined case by case. Please call them directly for further information.

Offers assistance to those living within parish boundaries with food from the food pantry, advocacy, referrals and information for services such as utilities, Department of Social Services, healthcare, transportation, tax information, government services and senior advocacy.

Provides a comprehensive early childhood developmental program for children ages 3-5 of low income families as well as family support services. Specific education, health and social services objectives focus on cognitive and intellectual development, physical and mental health, as well as the nutritional needs of the child. Provides a food pantry that is open to the public during school year months from September to June. For further information and guidance in the location and selection of child care services, please contact the Child Care Council of Suffolk at (631)462-0303 or the Child Care Council of Nassau at (516)358-9250.

Offers legal counsel and representation for low-income individuals or families having to go to court for criminal offenses or various family matters.