Helpful Links
Family Resource Network
The Family Resource Network was founded by parents to enhance the lives of individuals with special needs and their families, empowering them to lead productive independent lives within the community.
Link: Family Resource Network
Families Together New York State
Families Together in New York State is a family-run organization that represents families of children with social, emotional, behavioral and cross-systems challenges. Our goal is to ensure that ALL children and youth have the support they need in order to succeed. We represent thousands of families from across the state whose children have been involved in many systems including mental health, substance abuse, special education, juvenile justice, and foster care. Our board and staff are made up primarily of family members and youth who have been involved in these systems.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.
Their work focuses on strengthening families, building stronger communities and ensuring access to opportunity, because children need all three to succeed. We advance research and solutions to overcome the barriers to success, help communities demonstrate what works and influence decision makers to invest in strategies based on solid evidence.
Adoptive & Foster Family Coalition
The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York was founded in 1975 as the New York State Citizens Coalition. The Coalition provides support, information and advocacy for foster, kinship and adoptive families in the Empire State and the professionals who serve them.
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Visit the New York State Office of Children and Family Services
New York State Office of Mental Health
The Office of Mental Health (OMH) operates psychiatric centers across the State, and also regulates, certifies and oversees more than 4,500 programs, which are operated by local governments and nonprofit agencies. These programs include various inpatient and outpatient programs, emergency, community support, residential and family care programs.
For questions about mental health services, to find a mental health service provider or to make a complaint, call OMH Customer Relations toll-free at 1-800-597-8481.
Link: Office of Mental Health
Multiple Systems Navigator
Access helpful health, education, human service and disability information on one user-friendly website.
Built for youth, parents, family members and caregivers that rely on supports from multiple child and family serving systems.
Kinship Care Management
The Kinship Care Management program offers advocacy, outreach and support to kinship caregivers residing in Oneida and Herkimer Counties.
Federation of Families
The Federation of Families is a nationwide advocacy organization with families as its sole focus. The Federation provides the only national certification for a parent/family peer workforce, known as Certified Parent Support Providers, to provide support to other families who have children with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges.
Website Federation of Families
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry’s mission is to promote the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through research, training, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment and to meet the professional needs of child and adolescent psychiatrists throughout their careers.
Learn more at AACAP
NAMI
NAMI or the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI is the nation’s leading voice on mental health. The alliance is an association of more than 500 local affiliates who work within the community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need.
Learn more at the NAMI website
Special Education Help
For help with Special Education, check out Wrightslaw. Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to the WrightsLaw website for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
Youth Power for Teens
YOUTH POWER! is a New York State network run for and by youth and young adults. They work to ensure young people have meaningful involvement on all levels of the services they receive, and ensure the availability of Peer Support through persistent advocacy, technical assistance and by offering training and education opportunities.
