Community Resources
Counseling Centers
North Shore Child and Family Guidance (Roslyn Heights) (516) 626-1971
Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling (Hicksville) (516) 822-6111
Nassau Guidance and Counseling (516) 221-9494
Family and Children‛s Association (Hicksville/Mineola) (516) 935-6858
(516) 746-0350
PINS Diversion (FCA) (516) 485-4600
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Family Ties Crisis Intervention (FCA) (516) 485-4289
NUHealth Counseling Center (Roosevelt) (516) 442-5325
New Horizon Counseling Center (Valley Stream) (516) 623-1644
Hispanic Counseling Center (Hempstead) (516) 538- 2613
The McCoy Center (Westbury) (516) 385-1724
(Edonia Merger-Bi-Lingual x109)
South Shore Child Guidance Center (Freeport) (516) 868-3030
South Shore Counseling &Psych Services (Wantagh) (516) 785-0323
South Nassau Community Mental Health Services (Baldwin) (516) 546-1370
The Center for HOPE (Bereavement)(Cohen‛s Children‛s Hospital) (516) 216-5194
FEGS (516) 505-2003
CW Post Counseling Center (Roslyn Heights) (516)299-3211
Hofstra Counseling Center (Hempstead) (516)463-1917
Catholic Charities Clinic (Freeport) (516) 623-3322
Ecumencial Counseling (Bilingual services) (516) 935-6179
Ked Esteem (Babylon) (631) 321-6675
Mercy Behavioral Services (Garden City) (516) 705-3400
Drug and Alcohol Centers
Family and Children‛s Association (516) 935-6888
(516) 623-1644
North Shore Child and Family Guidance - Leeds Place (516)997-2926
Southeast Nassau Guidance (Seaford) (516) 781-1911
LI Counseling on Drugs and Alcoholism (516) 747-2606
Tempo Group (516) 921-3740
(516) 921-5019
Outreach House (631) 231-3232
(631) 951-2613
Respite Services
Nassau Haven (516) 221-1310
Homeless and runaway emergency shelter
Mobile Crisis Unit (516)681-0364
Crisis Respite (516) 489-2322 x 1318
Hope for Youth (631) 389-1080
QSAC Overnight Respite Program (718)-7-Autism
(must have Autism or PDD)
East End Disability Associates Inc Overnight Respite Programs Joan Lucarelli (631)369-7345x 125
(8yrs & up)
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Free-Standing Respite Services (631) 273-1300
( up to 30 days) (In –home respite)
Independent Group Home Living Program Inc Respite Houses (631) 878-8900
(24 hrs-2 weeks)
A-1 Universal Care (516) 338-8777
In –home respite (6& up)
AHRC Nassau (516) 937-7651
(weekend respite/hr at a time)
Variety Child Learning Center Child Respite/Recreation (516) 921-7171
(3yrs-10yrs) (vacation respites) Syosset
Association for Children with Down Syndrome (ACDS) (516) 605-2391
After School Respite (vacation respites) Levittown
Family Residences & Essential Enterprises (FREE) (516) 870-1600
(vacation and crisis respite) Old Bethpage
Genesis School for Children with Autism (516) 937-1397 x117
(crisis respite/ parent training)
Parent Training
Hicksville Parent Center: 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville NY (516) 733-2379
Family Residences & Essential Enterprises (631) 273-1300 x 3462
Old Bethpage
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (516)802-4018
(support groups for families with a child with special needs)
PACT Family and Children's Association (Hempstead) Parenting Groups (516) 485-4289
Peninsula Counseling Center (now New Horizon) (516) 569-6600
(support groups for families with a child with special needs)