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Community Connections

Center for Safety & Change
Center for Safety and Change is a nonprofit, tax-exempt community organization serving victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes in Rockland County, New York.
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9 Johnsons Lane
New City, NY
845-623-1213
Child Care Resources of Rockland, Inc.
The mission of CCRR is to promote, support, and enhance the healthy development of all children by providing resource and referral services for families seeking accessible, affordable, quality early childhood and school-age care and education.
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425 N. Main Street
Spring Valley
845-425-0009
Epilepsy Society of Southern New York, Inc.
The mission of the Epilepsy Society of Southern New York, Inc. and Capabilities Partnership, Inc., is to provide comprehensive services to people with epilepsy and other neurological, physical, and developmental disabilities and their families for the promotion of independence and quality of life.
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450 W. Nyack Road, Ste. 9
West Nyack
845-627-0627
Good Counsel Homes
Good Counsel is a nationally recognized nonprofit leader and innovator in creating supportive residential care and community-based services for homeless, expectant, and new mothers and their children in the context of the Catholic social tradition. Pregnant and expectant mothers, with or without other born children, including mothers with mental health or addiction challenges, from any location, are able to receive help in a Good Counsel home.
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800-723-8331
Rockland County Pride Center
The Rockland County Pride Center is an LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) organization with an anti-racist, social justice mission. Our purpose is to support and celebrate the LGBT community, challenge stereotypes and practices that adversely impact Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people, and provide a wide range of services to ensure equitable resources and opportunities for all – with no exceptions.
BRiDGES
BRiDGES was founded in 1987 under the name Rockland Independent Living Center (RILC). It is a community-based, peer-driven, cross-disability, not-for-profit organization dedicated to advocacy and providing services on behalf of people with disabilities.
Cornell Cooperative Extension--Rockland County
Cornell Cooperative Extension puts knowledge to work in pursuit of economic vitality, ecological sustainability and social well-being. We bring local experience and research based solutions together, helping New York State families and communities thrive in our rapidly changing world.
Riverkeeper
Riverkeeper is an independent organization funded and driven by concerned individuals like you. Our vision: Clean, swimmable waters, a Hudson River teeming with life, and safe and abundant drinking water supplies.
VCS Inc.
VCS is a mental health counseling and family service agency with an anti-racist, social justice mission. Serving Rockland County since 1970, VCS Inc. provides accessible and affordable counseling services and family support programs.

Community Connections

Haitian American Cultural & Social Organization
HASCO is a non-profit, grass-root organization established in Rockland in 1974 to create a community where immigrants can achieve self-sufficiency, ultimately enabling them to become active contributors to the economic and cultural development of their community.
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24 West Street
P.O. Box 477
Spring Valley
845-352-5897
Head Start of Rockland
Head Start of Rockland is a leading provider of comprehensive and nationally accredited preschool and early childhood education and preschool special education for low income children and their families in Rockland County,
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Spring Valley -- 845-352-6671
Haverstraw -- 845-429-2225
Monsey -- 845-356-7213
New Square -- 845-354-2282
Nyack -- 845-358-2234
Hudson Valley Pet Food Pantry
The HVPFP was founded in 2010 as a non-profit organization to help individuals and families who need assistance with feeding their pets because of job loss or other hardship. We offer assistance to fixed-income senior citizens, the disabled, veterans, and others.
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914-907-3487
Lexington Center for Recovery
Our mission is to assure that the needs of those affected by substance abuse are addressed in a holistic approach -- to service delivery with the recognition that successful recovery comes with a loving circle of support.
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Airmont -- 845-369-9701
West Haverstraw -- 845-947-3810
One to One Learning
One to One Learning’s goal is “to empower our students to lead meaningful lives within the communities in which they live and work”. Classes offered include beginner, intermediate and advanced English, preparation for high school equivalency and citizenship exams; computer classes, as well as special pre-literacy groups. All of these are offered free of charge to the students and all teachers are volunteers.
Nyack Homeless Project
The Nyack Homeless Project, Ltd. is a non-profit, grass roots nonsectarian volunteer group that encourages children, teens, adults and their communities to directly make a difference by aiding those in need during the cold days of winter.
Candle
Community Awareness Network For A Drug-Free Life And Environment, Inc. (CANDLE) was founded as a non-profit organization in 1982. Its mission is to prevent substance abuse and violence among youth. CANDLE's goal is to improve the health and climate of our schools and our communities by providing prevention education and resistance strategies to youth and their adult allies, and support programs for young people at risk.
Helen Hayes Hospital
Helen Hayes Hospital promotes independence and health through high quality, cost-effective medical rehabilitation care with dignity and respect for all.
One to One Learning
One to One Learning, Inc. is a not-for profit, incorporated, outreach organization, founded by the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary, Sparkill, New York. Our mission is to provide English classes and other supportive services for immigrants to empower them to reach their full potential and to lead meaningful lives in the communities in which they live and work ... At day and evening designated sites, the volunteer teachers and director take a holistic approach in assisting students to achieve their individual objectives through small learning groups. This format encourages interaction that leads to building bridges of understanding between persons of different cultures. The organization serves Latino, Haitian and other immigrants of Rockland County and its environs in many ways that improve the general welfare of individuals as well as the community.

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Meals on Wheels of Rockland
To serve the home-bound, seniors, and others in Rockland County through a multipurpose agency which focuses on nutritional, recreational and social support systems.
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121 West Nyack Road
Nanuet
845-624-6325
Open Arms
Open Arms, Inc. is a drug or alcohol rehabilitation center with a primary focus on substance abuse treatment. The facility provides halfway house services to the public. The treatment center provides residential long-term treatment care. There are special groups and programs for women and men.
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74 Hudson Avenue
Haverstraw
845-429-4793
Children's Village
The Children’s Village’s Dobbs Ferry campus provides short-term residential programs for more than 1,000 children and youth annually. This campus, which is located just 35 minutes from New York City, includes 180 acres of rolling hills an d woods, a state-of-the-art recreation center with an indoor pool, a 24/7 medical clinic, a K to 12 New York State school, and a full staff of clinical professionals. In addition, various supports like our Mentoring, Chapel, and work training programs provide youth with endless opportunities for success.
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1 Echo Hills
Dobbs Ferry
914-693-0600
Touch -- Together Our Unity Can heal
Over the past twenty years, TOUCH's nutrition program "Eating Well" has become one of the most comprehensive nutrition programs in the Hudson Valley. With funding from The Food Bank of the Hudson Valley, TOUCH's Eating Well Program is open to the public who are in need of food pantry items. Additional funding allows people living with HIV disease and other chronic illnesses the ability to access our Nutrition Program.
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209 Rte. 9W
Congers
845-268-8023
Helping Hands for the Homeless of Rockland
HELPING HANDS FOR THE HOMELESS OF ROCKLAND is a not-for-profit organization that provides Safe Haven for men and women 18 years and older during the cold season and a broad range of homeless services throughout the year, including case management and assistance with the employment, housing, and health goals of our guests.
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
As one of the nation’s most respected research centers focused on mental health, investigators at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) study the causes, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of severe and persistent mental illnesses. As a facility of the New York State Office of Mental Health, founded in 1952, NKI has earned a reputation for its landmark contributions in psychiatric research, especially in the areas of psychopharmacological treatments for schizophrenia and major mood disorders, dementia research, clinical trials methodology, neuroimaging, therapeutic drug monitoring, and the application of computer technology to mental health services.
People to People
People to People is Rockland County’s largest food pantry working to help struggling Rocklanders through difficult times with dignity through its programs.
River River Writers' Circle
River River Journal is published twice yearly, featuring poetry, prose, and translations in English, as well as images from contributors around the world. Visit River River Writers Circle on Meetup for our schedule of literary events for writers and readers in the heart of the Hudson Valley. We are a nonprofit, local arts and community organization.

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