Youth and Families
For services for children with disabilities, see "People with Disabilities"
NYS Child Abuse Hotline: 800-342-3720
Is your family in need of assistance, but you're not sure where to start? Dial 1-888-55HEARS (1-888-554-3277) to be connected with the Office of Children and Family Services, for resources and referrals to a variety of community services. Available in 12 languages.
Lifting up Westchester's 2023 Back to School Drive: Buy a backpack and/or school supplies for students in Westchester facing poverty and homelessness. Every child deserves to go to school prepared.
Click here to see their amazon wishlist, or scan the QR code in the flier attached below.
For more information, contact Nancy Inzinna at ninzinna@liftingupwestchester.org
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Tech Tuesdays for Youth: Every week, participants practice skills related to various computer science fields.
White Plains Library, 100 Martine Ave, White Plains, 10601
Contact: J. Carlson 914-422-1476
Minecraft for Youth: Kids work together via Minecraft Realms and focus on their design skills. Activities include digitally planning to adequately survive in a randomly generated world and/or building things collectively with others in creative mode.
White Plains Library, 100 Martine Ave, White Plains, 10601
Contact: J. Carlson 914-422-1476
Harrison Youth Council: Small group services and individual counseling to increase drug and alcohol resistance, emotional regulation, problem solving skills, and adaptation to divorce or loss. They also offer Youth Employment Services (YES).
Office: 84 Calvert Street, 1st Floor, Harrison, 10528
Phone: 914-835-7500
Email: aammirati@harrisonyouth.org
YES Coordinator: Mary Beth Stewart, mbstewart@harrisonyouth.org
Child Care Council of Westchester: Free services and information for Westchester parents and caregivers, including guidance on finding childcare and payment assistance for childcare via their "scholarship program."
Services and documents available in English and Spanish.
General line: 914-761-3456
Email: childcare@cccwny.org
For childcare assistance: Andrea Rosendo, 914-761-3456 ext. 144, andrear@cccwny.org
The Child Welfare Information Gateway: Informative resources for parents/caregivers navigating the legal system with family issues, family unification and permanency, child abuse, and kids in foster care.
My Sister's Place: Assisting DV victims of all genders, including services to protect children and pets. Confidential emergency shelters available.
24/7 Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-298-7233
Texting Line: 914-600-4208
Click here to open an online chat
Videophone for Deaf and HoH: 914-259-8799
Email: jmamorsky@mspny.org
For Legal Services, including family law and immigration consultation
Email: clsintakes@mspny.org
Phone: 914-683-1333 ext. 225
For counseling, advocacy, and safety planning for adults and children
Phone: 914-358-0333
If you think you or someone you know is at risk of/actively being trafficked
Phone: 914-683-1333, ask for the Human Trafficking Program
Email: humantrafficking@mspny.org