Resources

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County

SAMHSA
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  This website provide up-to-date information about care and treatment options. 
 

HITE
Online resource directory with free or low cost health and social services

Rehabilitation Support Services (RSS)
Care coordination, treatment and crisis services (respite) for families. Housing and Supported employment services. 

HITE 
Online resource directory with free or low cost health and social services

Country Kids Food Pantry
Located at 2 Father Tierney Circle and open to all residents of the Washingtonville Central School District.  Food is distributed on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 3 to 6pm.  845-496-2119.

Food For Kids
A local non-profit organization that provides food on weekends and school breaks. 

211
211 connects to a community resource specialist in your area who can put you in touch with local organizations that provide critical services to help meet basic needs including, housing, healthcare, food programs, emergency relief, and more. 
 

Merakey
Merakey is a preventive service agency that provides an array of services to meet the individual needs of each family.  Services are designed to promote positive change, alleviate the impact of crisis situations, empower students and families, and connect with community resources. 

Access: Supports for Living
Provides care management and connections to services for those who live with the challenges associated with developmental disabilities and behavioral health issues. 

Children's Home
Provides care management and connections to community based services as well as residential services. 

Rehabilitation Support Services (RSS)
Care coordination, treatment and crisis services (respite) for families. Housing and Supported employment services.  

Jewish Family Services of Orange County
Organization that provides assistance and linkage to resources, including mental health, developmental disabilities and support groups.  

Cornerstone Family Healthcare
Provides healthcare services to families. Including behavioral health services and community programs.
    Behavioral Health - Cornerstone Family Healthcare

Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster is committed to providing help for vulnerable members of our community.  Provides assistance to those suffering from the disease of addiction, to families and individuals struggling with poverty, including emergency food and shelter assistance, and to immigrants navigating the journey to citizenship. 

Cornell Cooperative Extension
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County offers a variety of programs that support families in creating and maintaining nurturing environments to raise children and build resilience. They provide parent workshops on a continuous basis throughout the year.  Previous topics include Discipline is Not a Dirty Word, Resilience, Raising Tweens and Teens, and Children and Media. They also offer the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP). 

Dispute Resolution Services
Provides mediation, education, and other conflict resolution resources, including the Parents Apart program. 

Fearless
24/hr hotline: 845-562-5340 or fearlesshv.org/webchat
Advocacy, support, education, prevention, and shelter for those facing domestic violence, sexual abuse, human trafficking, and crime victimization. 

Hospice of Orange & Sullivan
Provides bereavement and grief services and support groups for children and adults. 

Youth Bureau | Orange County, NY
Orange County Youth Bureau provides youth development programs and family service programs for Orange county youth ages 0-21. 
    2022-2023 Children's, Youth & Families Services Directory
 

System of Care (through Orange County Department of Mental Health)
For children and youth with behavioral and emotional challenges, and their families, 845-360-6710. Linkage and referrals. Services and support can include care management, home based assessments by children's outreach team, wraparound planning, home based crisis services, family and youth peer support, and safety planning.

Mental Health Association of Orange County
Seeks to promote the positive mental health and well-being of Orange County residents and reduce the stigma of mental illness and developmental disabilities. Provides support to victims of assault and other crimes. 

NAMI of Orange County (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
Free mental health support, groups, resources, and education. 

LGBT National Help Center 
LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 4pm to midnight, Saturday, noon to 5pm

Text 4 Teens: 845-391-1000 
Text 4 Teens connects young people in need of support for mental illness, substance use, developmental disability, sexual assault, or who need information/referrals with trained professionals, 24/7.  

If you need to speak to a trained counselor, please contact the 24/7 Orange County Crisis Call Center DIAL 311 or 1-800-832-1200

Access: Supports for Living
Provides care management and connections to services for those who live with the challenges associated with developmental disabilities and behavioral health issues. 

Children's Home
Provides care management and connections to community based services as well as residential services. 

Rehabilitation Support Services (RSS)
Care coordination, treatment and crisis services (respite) for families. Housing and Supported employment services.  

Jewish Family Services of Orange County
Organization that provides assistance and linkage to resources, including mental health, developmental disabilities and support groups.  

Cornerstone Family Healthcare
Provides healthcare services to families. Including behavioral health services and community programs.
    Behavioral Health - Cornerstone Family Healthcare

See also Hospitals/Urgent Care/Crisis Services Section

Dial 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline
We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.

Garnet Health - Urgent Care
Garnet offers a wide range of services for individuals and families. Services include substance abuse treatment, support groups, behavioral and mental health Counseling | Garnet Health

Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital offers a wide range of outpatient services including but not limited to psychological services, sleep disorder treatment and rehabilitation services.

Four Winds Hospital
Provides inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment services for children, adolescents and adults.

Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center 
Psychiatric hospital exclusively for children and adolescents.

Mental Health & Substance Use Urgent Care
Mental Health & Substance Use Urgent Care provides walk-in care for mental health and addiction for adults & children in the Hudson Valley. Adults and children struggling with addiction or mental health concerns can walk into the Access: Supports for Living Urgent Care. Everybody is welcome, regardless of insurance or ability to pay. You don’t need an appointment or a referral.  A compassionate team will welcome you or your child to the Urgent Care, work with you to figure out what’s happening and begin a plan for recovery.

Orange County Crisis Call Center
Orange County Crisis Call Center DIAL 311 or 1-800-832-1200 24-hour crisis hotline for individuals in Orange County NY experiencing a crisis, sexual assault, housing insecurity, mental health support, or developmental disability support services. 

The Call Center can dispatch the Orange County Crisis Mobile Response Team to connect with a trained counselor any time of the day or night when stress, depression or other mental health issues create a personal crisis.

• Suicidal thoughts
• Emotional trauma
• Serious mental illness
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Family crisis

See also, Mental Health Section
 

OPWDD
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is responsible for coordinating services for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, Prader-Willi syndrome and other neurological impairments. 

Access: Supports for Living
Provides care management and connections to services for those who live with the challenges associated with developmental disabilities and behavioral health issues. 

Children's Home
Provides care management and connections to community based services as well as residential services. 

Jewish Family Services of Orange County
Organization that provides assistance and linkage to resources, including mental health, developmental disabilities and support groups.

Cornell Cooperative Extension
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County offers a variety of programs that support families in creating and maintaining nurturing environments to raise children and build resilience. They provide parent workshops on a continuous basis throughout the year.  Previous topics include Discipline is Not a Dirty Word, Resilience, Raising Tweens and Teens, and Children and Media. They also offer the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP). 

Choose Love For Home
Choose Love for Home gives families a healthy way to grow together. Using neuroscience and positive psychology, children and parents can learn to better understand themselves and each other. Through a series of self-guided videos, activities, and “dinner table discussion topics,” Choose Love for Home teaches families how to manage their emotions, communicate in healthier ways, and create a nurturing environment focused on the things that matter most.

Sesame Street For Families
The Sesame Street in Communities website is a wonderful resource for families to access up-to-date, current information on helping children cope with a variety of stressors today.  Topics include grief, violence, handling tantrums, exploring emotions, and school readiness, just to name a few.  The website provides age-appropriate activities, videos, songs, and games.

Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media rates movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, and more to help families make decisions about the appropriateness and suitability of the entertainment choices they make for their kids. They offer an extended library of age-based ratings and reviews.

Child Mind Institute/Family Resource Center
Provides a wealth of information to support children who are struggling with mental health, behavior or learning challenges.
 

Choose Love
Choose Love for Schools™ is a no cost, next-generation Character Social Emotional Development (CSED) program for Pre-K through 12th grades, designed to teach students, educators and staff how to choose love in any circumstance thereby creating a safer, more connected school culture. Choose Love For Schools incorporates neuroscience and positive psychology to teach mindfulness, character, and emotional intelligence.  These essential life skills and tools make students better learners, more desirable employees and happier, healthier, human beings.

Centervention 
Centervention is a website that provides free Social-Emotional Learning lessons and activities that can be completed in the classroom.

CASEL
The Collaborative for Academic, Social , and Emotional Learning is a nonprofit, nonpartisan leader in SEL that evaluates programming, curates research, informs legislation, and partners on implementation. Their mission is to help make evidence-based social and emotional learning an integral part of education from preschool through high school.  Their website is full of research that demonstrates the benefits of SEL, resources to help implement SEL, and news, articles, and helpful webinars. 

Resilient Educator 
Resilient Educator shares content that helps teachers be an educational superhero to students- all while taking care of themselves too. The website includes information for Teacher Self-Care and Well Being and Elevating Responsive Teaching: Poverty, Trauma, and Resilience.