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 AIDS
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AIDS Hotline
- State Department of Health - 800-541-2437
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Long Island Association for AIDS Care
- 516-385-2451
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AIDS Anonymous Testing and Counseling -
516-462-6786
Breast
Cancer
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The Breast Cancer
Site
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Adelphi N.Y. Statewide Breast
Cancer Hotline - 516-877-8077
Cancer
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American Cancer
Society - 1-800-ACS-2345
Colorectal
Cancer
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Colorectal Cancer Network - 301-879-1500
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Colorectal
Cancer Coalition - 703-548-1225
In addition, the
Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease
Control and Prevention has established a colorectal cancer
screening demonstration program in Suffolk County aimed at
increasing colorectal cancer screening among low-income adults
aged 50 and over who have little or no health insurance coverage
for regular screenings. You may be eligible for free or low-cost
colorectal cancer screening through the CDC-funded screening
demonstration program. 631-444-7644
Crohn’s
Disease and Colitis
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Crohn's and Colitis
Foundation of America -
1-800-932-2423
Dating
and
Violence Against Teens
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Love Doesn't Have To Hurt
Domestic
Violence - for Battered and Abused Persons
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Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
24 Hr Hotline:
516-542-0404
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Suffolk County
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
24 Hr Hotline for
battered and abused women:
Call 631-666-8833
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Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk
Rape
Hotline: 631-360-3607
24
Hour / Dating
Violence Hotline:631-360-3606
Emergency Room Companion: 631-360-3607
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Office of
Children and Family Services
Adult Protective Services - Call
631-854-3195
Child Abuse/Neglect - Call
800-342-3720
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Brighter Tomorrows
(Women's Shelter) - 24
Hr Hotline - 631-395-1800
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S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women - 631-853-8222
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The Retreat
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Phone - 631-329-4398
FAX - 631-329-2944
24 Hr Hotline - 631-329-2200
Founded in 1987, Suffolk County Executive’s Office of Women’s
Services The Retreat is a not-for-profit agency licensed
by NY State to provide direct services for victims of domestic
violence and their children. Retreat Programs and Services:
Domestic Violence Shelter, Hotline, Legal Advocacy, Counseling,
Police Department Incidence Report Response, Information and
Referral, Community Education and Outreach, and Special
Programs.
Drug
and Alcohol Treatment
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Alcoholics Anonymous Suffolk
Call 631-669-1124
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Alcoholics Anonymous Nassau
Call 516-292-3040
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Narcotics Anonymous Suffolk Call 631-689-6262
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Center For Substance Abuse Treatment
In addition, Holy
Cross hosts weekly AA and NA meetings. Please check the dates
listed on our “This Week” page.
Eating
Disorders
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Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
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National Eating Disorder Hotline
Family
Services
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Mental Health Association of
Nassau County 516-489-2322
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Community Head
Start Program - 631-585-3131
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Suffolk County Handicapped Services - 631-853-8333
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Suffolk County Office for the Aging - 631-853-8200
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Suffolk County Single Parents Resource Network -
631-853-4000
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Veterans Network - 631-853-VETS
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Youth Services - 631-853-8270
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RESPONSE Crisis Center -
Hotline: 631-751-7500
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RESPONSE
Hear2Help On-Line Chat
Food
and Nutrition Assistance
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USDA WIC (Women, Infants
and Children) Program
Gambling
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Gamblers Anonymous -
24 Hour Hotline
516-586-7171
Head
Start for Children
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Head Start Federally Funded Preschool for Income
Eligible Families
- Patchogue - 631-758-3200 / Ronkonkoma
631-585-3131
Hospice
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St. Charles Hospice Port Jefferson, NY
631-474-4040
Hunger
Relief
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The Hunger
Site - Help Combat
World Hunger
Leukemia
and Lymphoma
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The Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society
Organ
and Tissue Donation
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The
New York Organ Donor Network - 646-291-4459
Poison
Control
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Long Island Center for Poison
Control - 516-542-2323
Runaways
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National Runaway
Hotline 800-621-4000
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Covenant House
800-999-9999
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Town of Huntington 24 Hr Hotline 631-549-8700
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Babylon Project
Safe 631-422-7653
- Huntington Sanctuary
Hotline 631-549-8700
- Smithtown
Runaway Program 631-360-7581
- Islip
Runaway Services 631-665-1173
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Brookhaven Sanctuary 631-451-8011 / FAX: 631-451-8029
The Town of
Brookhaven Youth Bureau sponsors the Brookhaven Sanctuary
Program, 3253 Route 112, Medford, NY 11763, serving runaway,
homeless and at-risk youth (ages 12-21). Free and confidential
individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, advocacy
and case management. Staffed by NYS licensed Clinical Social
Workers.
Brookhaven Sanctuary: 631-451-8011 / FAX: 631-451-8029
Suicide
Prevention
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Bellmore and North
Bellmore L.I. Crisis Center 516-679-1111
- Deer Park
Tell-a-Teen 631-254-2365
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RESPONSE of Suffolk County Hotline: 631.-51-7500
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RESPONSE
Suffolk Mobile Crisis Team Hotline: 631-952-3333
Youth
The following are
Brookhaven Town Youth Agencies:
- Atlantic Boxing
Club c/o EMM Construction ~ 631-772-6394
- American Red
Cross Community Service Program ~ 631-853-5182
- Boys & Girls
Club of Bellport ~ 631-286-9090
- Boys & Girls
Club of Suffolk County ~ 631-584-6585
- Colonial Youth &
Family Services ~ 631-281-4461
- Comsewogue Youth
Club ~ 631-473-8463
- Education and
Assistance Corp. / Adolescent Mediation ~ 631-265-0490
- Family
Counseling Services ~ 631-288-1954
- Family Service
League ~ 631-924-3741
- Foster
Grandparent Program ~ 631-321-8229
- Lifeline
Mediation Center ~ 631-205-5054
- Moriches
Community Center, Inc. ~ 631-878-3267
- North Shore
Youth Council ~ 631-744-0207
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Patchogue-Medford Youth & Community Services ~ 631-758-4100
- RESPONSE of
Suffolk County ~ 631-751-7620 / Hotline: 631-751-7500
- Sachem Community
& Youth Services ~ 631-585-1811
- Selden/Centereach
Youth Association ~ 631-732-2186
- Sunshine
Prevention Center ~ 631-476-3099
- YMCA Outreach /
Mastic Recreation Center ~ 631-281-6144
- Youth Awareness,
Inc. ~ 631-732-1133
Community Calendar
Long
Island People Need Food - The Riverhead office of the Long
Island Council of Churches needs food. Particularly needed are
canned vegetables, fruit, beans, peanut butter, jelly, canned
meat, stew and hash. Drop off is Monday through Friday from 9:30
am to 4:30 PM, 407 Osborne Avenue, Riverhead.
Self
Esteem In Relationships - is a program to help women find
support and encouragement as they develop self-awareness and
self-esteem. Ascension Lutheran Church in Deer Park invites
women from the area to inquire about this FREE and Confidential
8-week program. Please call Vicki at the Ascension Lutheran
church office 631-667-4188, weekdays between 9:30 am and 2:00
pm.
Community News
Housing
Applications - The Long Island Housing Partnership is
receiving applications for the Town of Islip Affordable Housing
Program, Courthouse Commons, located in Central Islip. This
complex will include 252 new construction condos of which 51
units are designated as workforce housing. They have 2 bedrooms
and 2 baths. Limited to first-time home buyers who earn at or
below $90,000 for a family of two. For an application, please
call 631-435-4710 ext. 0. You can visit the Housing Partnership
at 180 Oser Avenue in Hauppauge, too. The units will cost
between 240,000 and $260,000. Eligible applicants will receive a
$25,000 grant toward the down payment.
Emergency
Preparedness Information - Do you know what you should have
planned and on-hand in the event of a weather or other
emergency? The Federal Emergency Management Agency, The Red
Cross and The Weather Channel offer practical planning
suggestions o being prepared and lists of items you should have
on hand. Please stop by the Information Center in the Narthex
and pick up a yellow emergency preparedness information booklet.
For
County Information - here’s a valuable information link to
Nassau and Suffolk County Resources:
www.crdli.org.
Stony
Brook WIC Program - in East Setauket. This program entitles
low income pregnant or postpartum women, infants and children up
to the age of five to receive nutrition education and checks to
purchase specific foods. WIC foods consist of infant formula and
cereal, milk, cheese, eggs, beans, peanut butter, cereal, juice,
tuna fish and carrots. If you have any questions regarding the
program, please contact the Stony Brook WIC program at
631-444-5239. Stony Brook Family Medicine is located at 181
Belle Meade Road, Setauket NY.
Help
Available in Suffolk with Prescriptions and Eyeglasses -
The
Long Island Council of Churches has just received a grant from
the Suffolk Health Improvement Partnership that will enable us
to vastly expand the assistance we can provide to Suffolk County
prescriptions and eyeglasses for the uninsured and the under
insured. Those seeking this help should call our Riverhead
office (631-727-2210) for an appointment. It will speed things
up if they bring a prescription, two forms of identification (to
verify Suffolk County residence), proof of income, and a letter
of referral from their pastor/priest/rabbi/iman/caseworker to
407 Osborn Avenue (on the corner of Lincoln, opposite the Polish
Town Civic Association).
Rescue
Companionship Services - located in Northport, provides
affordable non-medical support services at private homes and
health care institutions. Companionship services are those
services which provide fellowship, care and protection for
people in need of those services such as good company and
conversation, errands, prepare and clean up meals, escort to
religious services, grooming, etc. Rescue Companionship Services
provides companions for as little as four hours a day up to 24
hours live in. For more information, please call 631-261-4080.
The
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind - is looking for 25
“puppy walkers.” Raise an adorable puppy for one year. No
previous dog experience necessary. Veterinary expenses are
covered by the Guide Dog Foundation. Training assistance is
provided free of charge. Equipment (crate, leash, collar) is
provided at no cost. Be a Puppy Walker! Call (866) 282-8046 or
log onto www.guidedog.org
for more information.
Places
That Want What You Don’t - the National Cristina Foundation
accepts computers and peripherals which are recycled for schools
and people with disabilities. Call 203-863-9100 or visit
www.cristina.org. National
Coalition for the Homeless, if you call them they will tell you
which organization in your area gives coats and blankets to the
homeless, call 202-737-6444. Dress for Success accepts gently
used suits which can help woman who are getting back on their
feet and entering the workforce. Visit,
www.dressforsuccess.org.
Call to Protect will accept your old cell phone which can be
used for victims of domestic violence. The foundation website
will tell you where the local collection site is.
www.wirelessfoundation.org. Goodwill industries collects
computers, clothes, furniture, household items. Visit,
www.goodwill.org .
United
Cerebral Palsy of Greater Suffolk - seeks dedicated
individuals to work as Direct Care Aides with developmentally
disabled adults in group home settings. No experience is
required and training will be provided. High School graduate or
equivalent and valid NYS Drivers License is required. Retirees
welcome. We offer fully paid medical benefits for full time
staff. Salary starting at $10 per hour. For more information,
call 631-543-4500, ext. 239.
PALS
- Partners in Action for Learning Social Skills
is a violence prevention/social training program that partners
children with neurological disorders with their typically
developing peers and also partners conflict resolution training
with service learning. Want to know more about this very
important program? Call Sandra Levine, PALS coordinator at 631.265.0490
or email sandra.levine@eacinc.org
Domestic
Violence Support Group... for victims/survivors of domestic violence.
Victims of domestic violence are often blamed for the beatings.
If you are a battered woman, you are not responsible for the
violence and you are not alone. Come to this ongoing support
group which is sponsored by the Suffolk County Coalition Against
Domestic Violence and The Town of Brookhaven Office of Women’s
Services held every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. No fee - completely
confidential. Call SCCADV at 631-666-7181 or Brookhaven Women’s
Services at 631-698-2074.
24 HOUR
HOTLINE... for battered and abused women at
631-666-8833.
Literacy
Volunteers Needed... In Suffolk County, one out of every seven adults does not have
the literacy skills to function fully in society. There are over
700 adults waiting for a tutor. What can you do to help? Become
a tutor! Literacy Suffolk needs volunteers to help adults learn
to read, write and/or speak English. There are tutor training
workshops in our area. Call 631-585-9393 ext.267 to register or
for further information. Knowledge of a foreign language is not
necessary.
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