Youth Development Projects
| Contact Information |
Albany County Voice: (518) 447-7324 Colette V. Poulin, Commissioner |
Useful Online Resources
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- New York State Office of Children and Family Services: www.ocfs.state.ny.us
- About Child Welfare Information Gateway
www.childwelfare.gov/aboutus.cfm - National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
www.nrcpfc.org/ - Adopt US Kids
www.adoptuskids.org/ - Prevent Child Abuse America
www.preventchildabuse.org/ - New York State Office of Children and Family Services Foster Parent Manual [PDF*]
www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/publications/Pub5011.pdf - New York State Office of Children and Family Services Kinship Navigator Programs
www.nysnavigator.org/ocfsprograms.php - Youth in Progress
www.youthinprogress.org - Youth Moving-On in New York State
http://youthnys.org - Healthy Families New York
http://www.healthyfamiliesnewyork.org - Northeast Region 211
http://211neny.org - New York State My Benefits for financial and medical assistance
https://www.mybenefits.ny.gov - Capital District Child Care Council
http://www.cdcccc.org
- New York State Department of Health: www.health.ny.gov
- New York State Education Department: www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/lawsregs/part200.htm
- Albany County Dept. of Social Services – www.albanycounty.com/dss
- Autism Society of America (local chapter) - www.albanyautism.org
- Capital District Childcare Coordinating Council – www.cdcccc.org
- Centro Civico Hispano Americo Inc. – www.centrocivicoalbany.org
- Child Health Plus – www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/chplus/index.htm
- Homeless and Traveler’s Aid (email) – info@hatas.org
- NYS Bureau of Early Intervention (email) – BEI@health.state.ny.us
- Parent to Parent of NYS – www.parenttoparentnys.org/
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) – www.socialsecurity.gov
- Workforce Development Institute – www.wdiny.org
« Division for Children with Special Needs
- Crisis Chat: www.crisischat.org
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: www.afsp.org
- New York state Office of Mental Health OMH: www.nysomh.gov
- SAMHSA: www.samhsa.gov
« Children's Mental Health Division
- Association of New York State Youth Bureaus:http://www.anysyb.net
- NYS Office of Children and Family Services: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us
- New York State Office of Children and family Service Runaway and Homeless Youth Directory: http://ocfs.state.ny.us/main/youth/rhydirectory
- Forum for Youth Investment: http://www.forumfyi.org
- NYS Labor Department: http://www.labor.ny.gov
- Job Corps: http://www.jobcorps/gov
- Youth In Care: http://www/youthincare.org
- Go! College New York: http://www.gocollegeny.org
- New York State Higher Education Services Corporation: http://www.hesc.com
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Kids: http://www.missingkids.com
- Americorps: http://www.americorps.gov
- New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Services: http://otda.ny.gov/
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