This Volunteers of America location occupies a large white house on a tree-lined section of Webster Ave. With over 80 programs in the New York metropolitan area, Volunteers of America, Greater New York is a faith-based organization providing vulnerable and at-risk adults and children with food and safe, secure temporary and permanent housing. Professional staff and caring volunteers create a nurturing community to help individuals recover. Visit the Volunteers of America website for more information.
CHOICE stands for Consumers Helping Others in a Caring Environment. Its mission is to assist individuals who are currently or have in the past suffered from mental illness. Services and programs include peer advocacy, homeless outreach, community placement, case management, suicide intervention training, and technical training and assistance. For more information on the program, please visit the website or call.
Since 1949, Westchester Arc has been helping people with developmental diabilities and their families.
The day facility in New Rochelle provides classroom learning and community-based activities open to adults who have disabilities such as autistic spectrum disorders, down syndrome, mental retardation, cerebral palsy and learning disabilities.
At least 50 percent of Westchester Arc's directors are related to a person with a developmental disability.
Westchester Arc provides many services including vocational training and job placement; daily living skills classes; recreational activities; bilingual (English-Spanish) outreach; and many more.
Located in the Constable Atrium at the corner of North Avenue and Main Street, The New Rochelle Clinic of Westchester Jewish Community Services offers support for mental, social, physical and educational needs. The clinic offers special Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, an innovative therapeutic approach to complex behavioral health, as well extensive gambling counseling and rehabiliation. Part of a 60-site network of clinics, the New Rochelle clinic specializes in adolescent services, therapy, rehabilitation, counseling and other forms of help. It also has after-hour emergency services for patients.
FISH, which stands for Friends in Helping Service, provides transportation services for the elderly and others in need. It provides same-day service to doctor's appointments, daily errands, leisure activities and a variety of other places. FISH is run by many community volunteers and accepts requests for rides through an answering machine between 6am and 8am every day.
The New Rochelle Community Action Program is a private, nonprofit corporation. Since 1973 it has provided free programs and services to members of the community. The New Rochelle Community Action Program is dedicated to housing development, transitional housing, energy conservation, volunteerism, senior nutrition, childcare referral, outreach, information and referral, food bank, subcontracted services, case management and utility assistance programs. To learn more about these activism efforts and how to become involved, call the telephone number provided.
The Guidance Center is a behavioral health care center that provides services for children and adults. It is both bi-cultural and bilingual, serving the American and Spanish communities in and around New Rochelle. It provides assisted housing services, early childhood programs, such as universal free pre-kindergarten classes, mental health classes, substance abuse programs and vocational training and job-seeking services. Helping individuals and families since 1942, The Guidance Center offers support and tools for any and all individuals struggling with social, emotional and/or psychological barriers to overcome them and achieve their goals. The center is a welcoming and bright place decorated with patient artwork and staffed by friendly faces. It also hasanother location on Sickles Avenue, in New Rochelle, and other centers in Mamaroneck, Port Chester, Mount Vernon, Purchase and Mount Kisco.
This Salvation Army location has a church and a social services center. The congregation is especially active in eliminating hunger in the community. From a monthly food pantry to weekly soup kitchens and free breakfasts, this Salvation Army location does a world of good for the town's needy. The center also opens a cooling center in the summer.
Those in need can call a social worker for an appointment to learn how they, or their families, can obtain help.
The Boys & Girls Club is a nonprofit organization providing development programs for children in the community. Its Remington branch offers a range of options for kids ages 6 through 18, including sports clubs, social recreation, computer training, digital arts, music programs and photography. There's also a summer camp program.
Unified Creative Programs is associated with the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester, which was founded in 1949. It's one of several intermediate-care facilities that provide an independent living structure for adults living with cerebral palsy. Residents are offered vocational and life training as well as therapeutic and recreational services.