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Provides rapid HIV testing results within 20-30 minutes and gives referrals to support services as needed. Also provides AID/HIV counseling, along with educational and awareness programs.

Offers workshops, seminars, and conferences on various environmental topics which help educate and give ideas for individuals and businesses to become environmentally conscience in daily/business practices.

Provides education and public awareness to the community about domestic violence, through community speakers, interviews, conducting workshops, sending letters, legislative lobbying, etc.

Provides rabies vaccinations for both humans and domestic pets, including information about rabies and what to do with a rabid animal and if pets or people are bitten by one.

Provides integrated, supportive housing for people with disabilities who are facing homelessness. Apartments are available for Medicaid recipients 55 and older who require assistance with activities of daily living; individuals who are 18 and older with eligibility for services through the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD); and military veterans with disabilities. Staff is located on site who advocate for residents; connect them to services available in the community; provide independent living skills training, and facilitate social and recreational opportunities.

Provides information on bed bugs, and what can be done to prevent infestation or to get rid of them. Apartment dwellers can call the landlord and have the area sprayed with pesticides, homeowners can call their local municipal building departments and get recommendations.

Offers various programs designed to educate and increase public awareness on the acceptance of children and adults with disabilities. Programs include: Speakers Resource Center, UCPN Repertory Company, Kids on the Block, and Head Injury. Brochures available, call for information. Offers publications including Center Square, the agency newsletter, the Annual Report and brochures describing a wide range of disabilities, including cerebral palsy. The Library of instructional videotapes on such subjects as evaluating consumers for communication devices and feeding, dressing and first aid techniques related to persons with disabilities is available. The Speakers Bureau provides speakers familiar with a wide range of special needs and services for adults and children with disabilities.

Promotes and protects the health of all who live, work, and play in Nassau County. The mission is accomplished through direct services and community partnerships in the following areas: Development and maintenance of individual and community preparedness for public health hazards and events; Investigation, prevention, and control of communicable diseases; Prevention of environmental health hazards through assessment, regulation, and remediation; Promotion of healthy lifestyles through outreach and education and Provision for evaluation and services to individuals, children, and families that have developmental delays and concerns. Call for detailed information.

Provides education on seizure recognition and epilepsy first aid to schools, agencies, and organizations.

Empowers individuals to understand and manage their lung health, offers free one-on-one programs to support those living with lung disease including asthma.

Offers a variety of activities on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept-July: exercise class, bridge class, tai chi, monthly luncheons, day excursions, and other varies activities. Also provides older adults with information and referral for issues which concern them, including having a weekly speaker, (every Tuesday) on a variety of topics, such as finances, scam prevention issues, history, art, medical issues, music, etc.

Promotes mental health and improving the lives of family members or significant others through advocacy education, reassurance and support.

Offers education and public awareness about child abuse in a variety of methods, including online resources, brochures, and info cards, teaching about issues leading to child abuse and its prevention.

Offers individual referrals, speakers, etc. to educate groups, businesses, agencies about mental health issues.

Provides consultation, resources and materials which focus on gay/lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gender issues in K-12 schools. Also provides speakers to groups, organizations, etc who want to learn more about LGBTQ+ issues.

Offers clearinghouse, referral center and local support group information for consumers regarding stroke/head injury, rehabilitation, crisis intervention and brain injury prevention.

Provides prevention, intervention, and education services. Offers community, professional, and school-based education on domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and dating violence. Provides advocacy, accompaniment, referrals, emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, and emotional support to individuals experiencing domestic and/or sexual violence.

A lending library with books, videos, and information focusing on breast ovarian, and other gynecological cancer, coping, spirituality, wigs and scarves, chemotherapy, radiation, etc.

Offers prevention services that include free and confidential HIV, HCV, STI testing for at-risk men, short-term prevention case management services, peer delivered support and outreach, and risk reduction education.

Provides linkages for individuals with brain injuries received prior to age 22 and their families with community-based services and supports including understanding and navigating the current system of available services, accessing Medicaid Waiver Programs if qualified, training family members, service providers, and educators to understand the impact of brain injury and brain injury prevention, and making connections to community support groups about living with a brain injury or caring for an individual with a brain injury. Assistance is also provided to understanding the local school system’s special education process. This program is funded by the Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities (OMRDD).

Provides education and technical assistance to families and educators of children and adolescents who are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Also offers information regarding best practices and evidence-based practices are the focus of presentations.

Coordinate workshops, events and other formats of public awareness and prevention of suicide issues. Helps to educate people about suicide and what are warning signs. Services and resources for those that have lost someone to suicide.

The Family Support Team is dedicated to promoting mental health and improving the lives of family members or significant others through advocacy education, reassurance and support.

Community education programs currently offered on a limited basis awareness and intervention training for schools, businesses, community groups, organizations and the general public through programs on recognizing and helping people at risk for suicide informational program about SPCS, its work and suicide prevention for individuals interested in volunteering for the agency