Schoharie County Community Resources
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Discover local support with GHS FCU’s Community Resources page! Our goal is to connect members and neighbors to trusted, local non-profits and government programs for housing, food, healthcare, family services, and more. We’re here to help marginalized and under-served communities thrive with access, support, and financial wellness.
Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley
We are a no-kill shelter, and do not breed discriminate. The Schoharie County Animal Shelter is the only shelter in Schoharie county for both cats and dogs. They are a non-profit 501(c)3 funded by donations, and pay for our veterinary care and medications.
Catholic Charities of Delaware Otsego and Schoharie Counties
Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie Counties serve, empower, and advocate for all persons in our community regardless of race, creed, lifestyle choice, or religious affiliation, with particular emphasis on the poor and vulnerable. Catholic Charities strives to serve all members of their community. Catholic Charities serves and empowers persons in need, advocates for a just society, and calls forth and collaborates with women and men of goodwill to fulfill its mission. Through the kindness and generosity of our community businesses and families, they can make a difference in people’s lives and, as a result, build a stronger community.
Cornell cooperative extension of schoharie and otsego counties
Cooperative Extension puts useful, research-based information in the hands of residents of Schoharie and Otsego. In addition to what you'll find on the website, they offer free or low-cost workshops on many topics that may be useful to people and families. CCE staff works with local residents to identify community issues and needs and to create appropriate strategies and programs to address those needs.
Community Maternity Services
Community Maternity Services (CMS), an agency of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, was founded in 1971 as a single residential program providing services to pregnant adolescents. The agency has grown through the years to meet the changing needs of the children, adolescents, and families in the communities. Today, Community Maternity Services provides a continuum of services, including care for pregnant and parenting adolescents and their families, group residence and family care for children, foster care services, and respite services.
Literacy New York- Fulton, Montgomery, and Schoharie
Literacy New York (LNY) works to create and strengthen literate communities throughout all of New York State, and has done so for over the past 40 years. LNY provides: technical assistance, training, program support, and advocacy for adult literacy. LNY helps build the organizational capacity of community based literacy programs. These local programs, in turn, provide literacy instruction to adults who want to improve their literacy skills.
Mobile Crisis Assessment Team
MCAT’S mental health staff provide hope during crises to children and adults in Oneida, Herkimer, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware and Chenango Counties. MCAT responds to crises where they occur face-to-face, virtually and on the telephone. They operate a local crisis line, the 988 line and a mobile crisis response for the region. The MCAT Team is available 24/7/365 for support to individuals, families and community providers. There is no fee for MCAT services. The MCAT program is nationally accredited through the American Association of Suicidology. In addition to formal debriefing and community outreach, MCAT offer postvention support.
The Neighborhood Center
The mission of The Neighborhood Center is to enrich the lives of individuals and families through cooperative opportunities, resources, and advocacy which embrace diversity, promote empowerment, and foster responsible citizenship. The agency provides a full range of outreach, preventative, developmental and therapeutic human services for over 63,000 individuals in the local and surrounding communities - a majority are children and their families.
Regional Food Bank
The Regional Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that collects donated food from the food industry and distributes it to more than 1,000 partner agencies and programs feeding neighbors in need throughout 23 counties of northeastern New York. The food provided by the Regional Food Bank helps to feed over 350,000 people each month. In 2024, the Food Bank distributed more than 54 million pounds of food (enough for 45 million meals) to neighbors in need. The Regional Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the national network of food banks.
The Arc of Lexington - Schoharie
The Arc Lexington is a non-profit organization that offers services for individuals with developmental disabilities in multiple counties, including Schoharie County. One program offered in Schoharie is the New Beginnings Thrift Shop, a non-profit Thrift Store in Schoharie, NY that provides employment training and job opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.
Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce
The Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce focuses on a broad range of events and programs that provide Advocacy, Education and Economic Growth to support its businesses and the community. When you are looking for information or a way to be connected in Schoharie County, look no further, because the Chamber has something for everyone.
Schoharie County Community Action Program
Schoharie County Community Action Program, Inc. (SCCAP), a non-profit human service organization; serving Schoharie County residents since 1965. SCCAP is part of a nationwide network of 1,000+ agencies and one of 47 in New York State incorporated to address the causes of poverty. Programs administered under SCCAP’s umbrella focus on addressing the barriers families face while seeking to overcome economic instability. SCCAP’s primary goal has not changed in 59 years. An evolving base of programs, services and wrap-around supports such as energy reduction measures, child care resource and referral, health and nutrition, access to health insurance, employment and training, family support and resources, supervised visitation and more provide a comprehensive system of support. SCCAP and its community partners collaborate through advocacy, referrals and coordinated service delivery with the goal of moving families toward economic security. Community Action believes an investment in families is an investment in community.
schoharie Community/Mental Hygiene Services
Schoharie County provides services to individuals with mental health concerns, substance use Concerns, and/or developmental disabilities, through both county-operated/staffed clinics/ providers and contracts with other local service providers. These services include but are not limited to: outpatient mental health and chemical dependency clinics, health home care management services, advocacy services, children and family services (Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative), and management of contracts funded by New York State Aid.
Schoharie County Office for the Aging
The Schoharie County Office for the Aging’s mission is to assist and advocate for our county’s residents aged sixty years and older, and their caregivers, through programs and services designed to promote health, safety, dignity and independence.
Schoharie County Rural Preservation Corporation
The objective of the Schoharie County Rural Preservation Corporation will establish mechanisms to accomplish effective rural housing planning within the county. They identify pressing rural preservation and housing needs that exist within the county and develop viable programs to attain their alleviation. The purposes of the Schoharie County Rural Preservation Corporation are to provide assistance to home owners and renters in the form of training, information and other activities to aid them in repairing and maintaining their homes, provide assistance to those families who are ineligible for low-income loans or grants to obtain financing in the open market in order that they may be able to repair and/or maintain their homes, and to provide housing to residents whether by technical assistance, financial subsidy assistance or by owning and making available decent housing.
Schoharie County Social Services
The Schoharie County Department of Social Services offers a variety of services to residents of Schoharie County in an effort to meet the diverse needs of its client population. It is the mission of the social services department to provide temporary assistance and the necessary skills for families and individuals to become self-sufficient and thereby break the bonds of dependency, to protect individuals and families against abuse and exploitation, and to promote parental responsibility.
Schoharie County Youth Bureau
The Schoharie County Youth Bureau plans, coordinates, and supplements the activities of public and private agencies devoted to the welfare and protection of youth by promoting positive youth development, advancing youth participation, assessing local youth needs and developing strategies to meet those needs, determining funding priorities and allocating resources, planning and coordinating services, promoting partnerships and networking, allocating state money to youth programs, and monitoring and evaluating youth programming.
SCHOHARIE Free library association
The Schoharie Free Library Association is a part of the Mohawk Valley Library System and patrons can access materials from other libraries in this system and Southern Adirondack Library System through joint automated catalog and through Interlibrary Loan. The Schoharie Free Library Association is a fine free library with access to Books, Magazines, DVDs, games, e-books and audiobooks, and more.
Schoharie River Center
The Schoharie River Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educational and cultural programming about the Schoharie Creek and the communities which make up the Schoharie River Valley. Formed in 1999, it is a membership organization which sponsors and operates Environmental Study Team (EST) programs in the surrounding counties. Located in Burtonsville, NY, The Schoharie River Center is also active in a variety of community, historical and Cultural programs and activities.
SCHOPEG
Schopeg Access, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501c corporation, started in 1989 to bring the advantages of public, educational and governmental access programming to the citizens of Schoharie, parts of Schenectady Counties. Their programming, serving the Schoharie county region, is broadcast on the Time Warner cable television system channels 1301 and 1303. Programming can be viewed on You Tube, search for Schopeg. Schopeg has High Def. Cameras, microphones, mixers, monitors and lighting equipment for use by the community for field production. The mission of Schopeg is to enhance local communication access for the citizens of its cablecasting area. They do this by cablecasting television programs created by Schopeg volunteers, independent producers, students and local individuals trained to use the equipment.
The Gathering Place 50 Plus Community Center
The Gathering Place 50 Plus Community Center is operated by The Schoharie County Council of Senior Citizens, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The Gathering Place provides various programs, activities, classes, and more to inspire friendships, social engagement, and active living to enhance the lives of the 50+ population in Cobleskill and Oneonta, New York. Enjoy social activities to make new friends, wellness classes to be active and healthy, live entertainment, and exciting adventures with various bus trip choices.
United Way of the Greater Capital Region
United Way of the Greater Capital Region (UWGCR) mobilizes communities to action so all can thrive. From strengthening local resilience to advancing health, youth opportunity, and financial security, they’re working toward a future where every person in every community can reach their full potential. United Way is the catalyst in building community change by bringing hearts, minds, and resources together. UWGCR's role in the community continues to evolve. While UWGCR has historically been a fundraising entity, they have expanded to a truly unique position to recruit, convene, and collaborate with people and organizations who bring the passion, expertise, and resources needed to get things done. Today, they work with hundreds of individuals and organizations that share a collective vision for what is possible when we unite our efforts. UWGCR aligns the caring, compassionate power of the community to tackle some of it’s greatest challenges together because no single person or organization can do it alone.
Schoharie County Veterans Service Agency
The Veterans Service Agency is a Federal service provided at the county level. The office is there to assist Veterans, Service Personnel and their Families in obtaining benefits to which they are entitled, and to inform Veterans, Service Personnel and their Families of programs, functions and other pertinent information that is available and of use to them.
starlight
Starlight’s mission is to help everyday Americans build toward financial health. They aim to do this by building technology that modernizes the social safety net, unlocking the $140B in government benefits that goes unclaimed every year for households in need. Starlight’s platform integrates directly with GHS FCU’s banking services, automatically identifying individuals eligible for public benefits and guide them through the application process while maintaining full privacy and consent.