Programs Supported

Basic Reading  
Offers one-to-one tutoring on flexible schedule to individuals with sixth-grade reading level or below. Students set goals based on real-life needs.   
Literacy Volunteers of Broome/Tioga  

Casework and Technical Program  
Assists foreign-born individuals through the process of naturalization. Offers help in completing detailed forms, counseling for personal or family programs experienced as part of adjustment to a new culture, and other services.  
American Civic Association 

Childcare Programs 
Licensed childcare for children ranging in age from infancy to preteens. Programs provide educational development programs in addition to daycare services for parents who are working or in school. 
Day Nursery Association, Boys and Girls Club of Western Broome, Broome County YMCA, Jewish Community Center of Binghamton, Wilson Children's Center, YWCA of Binghamton/Broome County, 

Community Education and Family Programs 
Provides wide range of activities for infants through older adults designed to assist development of children, help adults manage stress, and promote independence. Includes seminars on family issues, and therapeutic and recreational exercise.  
Boys and Girls Club of Western Broome 

Counseling Services 
Helps individuals, families, and groups resolve their problems, overcome trauma, feel better about themselves, and develop positive relationships. Family and couple conflict, personal development; domestic violence, parent-child relationships; pre-marital evaluations/counseling; marriage/relationship counseling; separation/divorce adjustment; school adjustment; and anxiety and depression are addressed by certified social workers. Individual, marital, and group therapy are offered along with Employee Assistance Program Services, educational groups, and services for children and adolescents.  
Family and Children’s Society, Catholic Social Services of Broome County

Education Services  
Presents programs to about 8,000 Broome County preschool, elementary, middle, and high school students, teaching them to make choices that reduce the risk of victimization. Separate programs offered for preschool, elementary school children and for junior and senior high students.   
Crime Victims Assistance Center

English as a Second Language 
Teaches English comprehension and conversational English on one-to-one basis to students whose native language is not English.   
Literacy Volunteers of Broome/Tioga 

Functional Family Therapy
Provides intensive home-based family counseling as well as advocacy and coordination of services to youth (and their families) who are at high risk of being placed in foster care, group homes, or institutions.
Broome County Catholic Youth Organization 

Pregnancy, Parenting, and Adoptions Program 
Provides professional counseling for single expectant parents and their families; counseling/case management, individual prenatal and parenting instruction; foster care; education on human sexuality and childbirth. Provides all aspects of adoption services including domestic and international home studies, placement supervision, preparation for legal adoption, and post-placement services. Offers STEP-Early Childhood classes and The Happiest Baby infant parenting program.    
Catholic Social Services of Broome County  

Supervised Visitation 
Offers court-ordered, non-custodial parents a neutral environment to visit their children. Trained parent aides serve as role models for positive parent-child interaction and supervise visitation in safe, comfortable, and child-friendly visitation areas.  
Family and Children’s Society

Updated: July 22, 2008