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Food pantry assisting those in need within the community.

Provides information on special scholarship funds established nationwide for the higher education of World Trade Center victims families and families affected by other disasters. Website offers many links to scholarship listings as well. Scholarship listings include the specific eligibility criteria of each fund.

Cornerstone offers help manage stress, depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, substance abuse, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other behavioral and emotional conditions.

Serves as the Democratic Headquarters for the Town of Islip.

Provides individual and group therapies for survivors of sexual assault or other crimes. Offers criminal justice interventions and assistance with all entitlements.

Provides a full service adoption agency that offers recruitment, orientation, and training of families for waiting children, intensified placement services, crisis intervention, post adoption services, pregnancy outreach and counseling, infant adoptions, community education on child welfare issues, advocacy, and staff trainings. Call for more information.

Therapists and special education teachers conduct weekly programs in the community, for children, teens, and adults with developmental disabilities, providing personalized instruction in goal-oriented music and creative art therapy to develop communication, fine motor and social skills.

CCFC offers Health Home Case Management, Home and Community Based Waiver Services. Our care management program assists adult individuals with identifying and accessing services and/or supports that will assist them in addressing problems they are experiencing or that will help them to achieve a higher quality life or level of functioning.

Offers an after school program that enhances a safe place to learn, develop ongoing relationships with peers and adult professionals, build self esteem and confidence through life skill enhancing programs, and character development experiences.

Provides evaluation and intervention for children who begin to show delays in development in the first few months and years.

Offers multiple canine-assisted activities, utilizing certified therapy dogs who engage with participants in one-on-one experiences including elements found in canine sports. Participants include a large variety of individuals and groups of children and adults with and without special needs.

Assists participants with rental stipends and supports to maintain independent living.

A one-on-one support program patient to patient and family member to family member. Program may be limited by availability of volunteers.

Offer a residential facility for individuals with a psychiatric disability in Elmont, Valley Stream and Wantagh.

A fitness program specifically designed for individuals who are not physically fit, but want to improve their quality of life through exercise and education on nutrition, stress management, depression, health benefits, and more.

Literacy Volunteers of America teaches adults how to read or improve their reading skills. Also provides English classes to anyone who wants to learn to speak or improve their skills.

Provides outpatient clinical services for youth and their families under the license of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). Services include individual, group and family counseling for youth struggling with substance abuse or who come from a family system impacted by substance abuse. There are groups specifically for relapse prevention, anger management, sex eduction and parenting skills. The clinic also offers a Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy Program, an evidenced based family approach to the treatment of adolescent substance abuse and mental health behavioral problems. This program includes individual sessions, parent sessions, and family sessions on a weekly basis.Licensed by The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (NYS OASAS).

Provides in-home respite care to caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease while providing cognitive stimulation to the diagnosed individual. Service provided 2 hours every other week.

Offer families who have children with physical disabilities a free multi-disciplinary evaluation and if criteria is met are assisted with financial aid for medical treatment.

A program designed to keep first-time juvenile offenders out of jail by obligating them to make amends for their crimes, and guiding them away from getting arrested.

Offers a hotline to ensure that homeless Veterans or Veterans at-risk for homelessness have free, 24/7 access to trained counselors. The hotline is intended to assist homeless Veterans and their families, VA Medical Centers, federal, state and local partners, community agencies, service providers and others in the community.

Offers advocacy to individuals and families with benefits applications, rent or eviction issues, find resources or services and refers people to appropriate agencies for the specific need.

Educates students within the school district boundary.

Provides childhood and adult vaccinations, including Tetanus shots for volunteers who work in the relief effort of natural disasters.

Offers benefit information regarding but not limited to Filing Claims for Benefits from Federal & State Agencies; Filing DD-214, discharge papers & separation papers; Assist Veteran Service Organizations; Assist with Appeals; Community Affairs-Memorial Services, Dedications, Ceremonies, etc.; Referrals to other County, State & Federal Agencies and In Home visits to assist the housebound with claims. Call for detailed information for veterans at the county, state and federal level.