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Provides you with the training required for a successful bookkeeping career. With convenient day and evening courses, you can earn your Bookkeeping Certificate and propel your career to new heights. This certificate program requires successful completion of four (4) required courses: Bookkeeping I; Bookkeeping II; Computerized Accounting Using Quickbooks and Excel for Accounting. Additional course offerings include: Financial Reporting for Small Business and Quickbooks Reporting. Courses may be taken on an individual basis without participating in the certificate program. Call for more detailed information.

Individuals with both Medicare and Medicaid, who are 21 years of age or older, seeking information on various Medicaid home care programs should call New York Medicaid Choice at 1 (888) 401-MLTC (6582). Other individuals not enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care seeking information regarding non-institutional care such as personal care aide services, should call the Home Care Intake Unit at (631) 854-9585. The Independent Consumer Advocacy Network (ICAN) is an independent, conflict-free entity providing Individuals free assistance in accessing care, filing grievances, appealing adverse decisions, and understanding and exercising rights and responsibilities. There are 60 physical locations throughout NYS for in-person assistance, a call center (1-844-614-8800) for the entire state, and a website icannys.org. ICAN currently serves MLTC plan enrollees and mainstream Medicaid managed care enrollees who receive long term care. Call for detailed information.

Provides help for students with special needs on preparing for college entrance exams. Services include practice tests, study habit and learning styles evaluation, and vocation/careers assessment.

Operates Kindergarten through 3rd grade classes.

Offers a serene space for caregivers to rest, recharge and gain access to info/resources/referrals from trained staff. Offers joint events with White Plains Hospital. Trained volunteer opportunity offered through Caregiver Ambassadors.

Monitors new building conditions and construction and oversees the maintenance of older multi-family structures. Enforces the state and local building codes and housing standards and ordinances. Reviews applications for permits of new buildings, repairs, alterations, signs, and rooming houses. Accepts complaints from tenants about conditions the landlord fails to resolve.

Shares information and encourages high school students, in various ways, to continue their education by either going to college or a technical school.

SAIL provides information and assistance concerning long term care planning for individuals with disabilities, family members, and other interested parties. Information and assistance is provided for establishing Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Supplemental Needs Trusts, and accessing long term care services. SAIL provides information and assistance to persons with disabilities, family members, and other interested parties concerning Medicare, Medicaid, and long-term care insurance. The center also provides insurance counseling and advisement for choosing the most appropriate coverage, as well as information concerning co-insurance and gap policies.

Provides formal instruction for students in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

Offers a full range of services and activities for adults and children including computer access, story programs for preschoolers, programs for seniors, and summer reading clubs for children and teens.

Provides home care through home nursing (RN's, LPN's), home health aides and personal care services to assist individuals who require support at home with activities of daily living, and medical care so they may remain independent in their own homes.

Provides outpatient mental health services, such as mental health screening, individual, group, child/adolescent counseling, geriatric services, including after care support.

Operates Kindergarten through 5th grade classes.

Provides a free public education to youth in grades 6th through 8th within the school district boundary.

Builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the community. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.

Seeks to educate, counsel, and refer patients to medical professionals, increase awareness of the incidence of Parkinson's and establish Parkinson's Disease Chapters and support groups.

Designed to inform the communities of Nassau County of the services that are available for our residents. The importance of having this information will greatly assist residents of Nassau County. Program staff from the department are available upon request to travel throughout Nassau County to conduct presentations and informational forums on the various programs offered by the department. Informational presentations are available for all services provided by the Nassau County Department of Social Services. Such services include: Adoption; Adult Services; AIDS Services; Child Protective Services; Child Support Enforcement; Day Care; Domestic Violence; Emergency Services; Employment for Temporary Assistance Clients; Food Stamps; Home Energy Assistance Program; Housing and Homeless Prevention; Medicaid; Medicaid Managed Care; Services to Children and Families; Temporary Assistance and Temporary Assistance Fraud. To have a representative from the Nassau County Department of Social Services speak at your meeting or event is a very simple process. Simply decide upon the topic that best suits the interest or concerns of your group or community, then call the Office of Community Outreach at 516-227-7132 or write to the Department of Social Services, Office of Community Outreach. All speakers are provided at no charge as a service to the residents of Nassau County.

Handles legal matters including criminal, small claims, and traffic cases within the Town of Canaan.

Professional organization for adult homes and assisted living facilities. Monitors legislation and assists these facilities.

Assists in the donation of coats and helps individuals, groups, companies and organizations across the country collect coats and deliver them to local agencies that distribute them free, to people in need.

Protects the lives and property of the community by providing services in the event of fire, medical emergencies and disasters or any other event which may threaten the public welfare.

Online support group for men, ages 18 and older, to meet and discuss common problems/issues, possible solutions and share experiences. Meets virtually every second Monday of the month from 1pm-2:00 pm.

Provides a package of food for low income individuals or families within the community.

Provides out-of-home respite care (time off), for short periods of time, for caregivers or families caring for individuals needing continuous care.

Provides the community with educational and pet companionship opportunities as well as a food pantry designed to assist and keep struggling families and their pets together by providing pet food to qualifying applicants.