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Provides and installation and inspections of child safety seats.

Provides low income housing for Seniors in Nassau County,

Offers a program designed to promote the development of educationally at-risk pre-school children, ParentChild+ sends trained home visitors into participants’ homes to help parents become their children’s first teacher and make home their first classroom. Home visitors teach parents to increase children’s vocabulary through conversation, reading together, and play. They also assist children to develop pre-literacy skills so they will be on a par with their peers when they enter Pre-K. Developmentally appropriate books and toys are used to foster language development and pre-literacy skills. Children of families that participate in this two-year program begin their formal school experiences with a vocabulary that is on a par with children from “middle income” families. Research shows ParentChild+ children continue to achieve academically at the same level or better through the 4th- and 8th-grade standardized tests. Call for more detailed information.

Provides continuing education and opportunities to network for businesses looking to improve the quality of their products and delivery of services. Covers a broad range of industries including education, government, manufacturing, health care, engineering and financial services.

The Adult Single Point of Access (A-SPOA) is a process to identify those adults with a mental illness who are most in need of services and to provide access to supports and services such as care management, assertive community treatment (ACT), OMH licensed housing and supportive housing. The A-SPOA Coordinator works with referral sources, families, and hospitals to ensure a smooth transition to appropriate care.

Assist individuals to secure competitive employment in jobs best suited to their abilities and preferences. Affirmative Businesses, also known as social enterprises, are community-integrated businesses operated by RSS where client worker-trainees are matched closely with jobs according to their skills and preferences. They are paid at least minimum wage and receive considerable on-site support and accommodations. These positions can be either transitional or long-term.

Offers workshops on a variety of business-related topics which impact start up or existing small business entrepreneurs.

Offers a full range of services and activities for adults and children including story programs for preschoolers, programs for seniors, and summer reading clubs for children and teens as well as assistance with passport applications.

Is a voluntary Social Security Administration program that provides several work incentives to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) beneficiaries. These incentives assist beneficiaries seeking to work, without fear of immediately losing their benefits. Call for detailed information.

Offers individuals who have lost someone through homicide assistance in writing parole blocking petitions. Also provides emotional support through family support meetings. Accompanies families to court and to meetings with the District Attorney. Offers sensitivity training. Advocates for family assistance and crime victims rights.

Offers hands-on science programs for kids ages 18 months to 3 years, and their parent(s)/caregiver.

Offers a Scleroderma Support Group. Call for detailed information regarding dates, times and locations.

Provides a free public education to youth in grades Kindergarten through 5th within the school district boundary.

Provides medical and sexual health services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, including referrals for other resources and services in the community.

Provides volunteer services to residents and patients. Volunteers assist in offices, recreational programs, transporting, table setting preparations, feeding residents, and companioning residents.

Offers drop-off recycle locations for convenient disposal of cell phones, due to the environmental impact law which prohibits cell phones to be thrown out with regular garbage. Many drop-off sites are retail stores, municipal town halls and village offices.

Provides food pantry and clothing to individuals and families in need.

A free public elementary school offering grades Kindergarten to 2nd grade.

Provides an alternative education which follows a different curriculum. Also offers adult basic education for those individuals who want to come back to school or want to earn their high school diploma.

Helps people get answers to questions about supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities in New York State. Also takes complaints of alleged misconduct, fraud, waste and abuse in the OPWDD service system. Requests for information will be referred to someone who will return the call. Representatives available in English and Spanish speaking or translation services available for other languages.

Provides law enforcement services for Village of Menands residents.

Community residence for adolescents males and females who are in need of structured setting in the community that enables them to become involved in the responsibilities of daily living due to a serious emotional disturbance(SED)

Receives and evaluates consumer complaints, applies protection laws, and mediates during resolutions. Utility Company complaints also appropriate for this office.

Provides a statewide service that connects individuals with disabilities searching for an affordable means to acquire needed devices, with people who have devices they wish to sell or donate. TRAID-IN participants advertise, at no cost, through a database containing both wanted and available items.

Operates Kindergarten through 4th grade classes.