Compendium of Services: Nassau County

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Child Advocacy Center

The Safe Center LI, Inc.

15 Grumman Road West, Suite 900
Bethpage, NY 11714

Phone: 516-465-9313

A Child Advocacy Center (CAC) builds upon the multidisciplinary team approach by providing a non-threatening, child-focused environment where investigations, evaluations, treatment, and prosecution of child sexual abuse cases can be conducted by team members and where appropriate supportive services to victims and their non-offending family members can be provided. Both the National Children's Alliance (NCA) and the New York State of Children and Family Services (OCFS) provide a framework of standards for developing and established Child Advocacy Centers.

Domestic Violence

Circulo de la Hispanidad, Inc.

26 West Park Ave.
Long Beach, NY 11561

Phone: 516-431-1135

Non-residential services/ Provides bi-lingual (Spanish and English) advocacy services to victims of domestic violence.

Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.

15 Grumman Road West
Bethpage, NY 11714

Phone: 516-465-4700
516-542-0404 - Hotline

Residential and/or non-residential services for domestic violence victims. Co-location of Domestic violence (DV) advocate at the CPS office to provide protocol development, case consultation, home visits, cross-training, and jointly work to safety plan for DV victims and their children. Advocates may also provide direct services to victims and their families.

The Safe Center LI, Inc.

15 Grumman Road West, Suite 1000
Bethpage, NY 11714

Phone: 516-465-4700

Child Protective Services/Domestic Violence Collaboration: Co-location of Domestic violence (DV) advocate at the CPS office to provide protocol development, case consultation, home visits, cross-training, and jointly work to safety plan for DV victims and their children.

Healthy Families New York - Home Visiting

Family Service League, Inc

790 Park Ave.
Huntington, NY 11743

Phone: 631-647-3100
Web Site: Healthy Families New York
Serving: Hempstead, Roosevelt, Uniondale
ZIP Codes: 11550, 11575, 11553

HFNY targets expectant parents and parents with an infant less than three months of age who have characteristics that place them at high risk for child abuse or neglect and live in vulnerable communities marked by high rates of poverty, infant mortality, and teen pregnancy. HFNY’s home visitors provide families with support, education, and linkages to community services.

Kinship

Hispanic Counseling Center, Inc.

344 Fulton Ave.
Hempstead, NY 11550

Phone: 516-538-2613

Targets children and caregivers in formal or informal kinship relationships to directly provide or link families to case management, financial, legal , medical, housing, mental health counseling, respite activities, youth development, parent education, educational advocacy, and support groups.

Kinship Navigator Program Catholic Family Center

87 N. Clinton Ave.
Rochester, NY 14604

Phone: 877-454-6463
Email: navigator@nysnavigator.org
Web Site: New York State Kinship Navigator

Assists Kinship caregivers, and children in their care, in gaining access to information and community support services. Any caregiver residing in the State is able to utilize the toll-free phone line or website to identify Kinship care related services in their home locale. In addition, Kinship specialists are available to assess caregiver needs and develop a plan of action.

Prevention

Nassau BOCES Board of Cooperative Educational Services

Farber Admin Ctr., 71 Clinton Road
Garden City, NY 11530

Phone: 516-622-6870
Serving: Nassau County

The ParentChild Plus and Family Child Care Provider programs engage parents in early childhood education, largely serving families in minority groups. The core model of ParentChild Plus is an evidence-based, early childhood home-visiting program which focuses on children in high-risk populations. The program provides two years of intensive services by well-trained and supervised paraprofessionals to children between the ages of 16 months to 4 years. The FCC program works similarly with’providers.’A new component with this contract is the Parent Advisory Committee; building upon the home visiting program by deepening parent involvement and leadership skill building.

Prevent Child Abuse NY - Parent Helpline

4 Global View
Troy, NY 12180

Phone: 1-800-CHILDREN
Serving: Statewide

Regional Child Abuse Prevention Initiatives utilizing the Protective Factors Framework training and convening cross-systems coalitions in four communities. Parent Information and Resource Center, including the Parent Helpline that assists parents/caregivers through calls, emails, and in-person requests, and website searches. Enough Abuse Campaign to reduce child sexual abuse. PCANY began as the Standard of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support (SOQ) trainer for the New York State Family Support Network (NYSFSN) during this past year. All of these activities include a parent leadership/engagement component.

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