Sullivan 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.
access: supports for living
Access Supports for Living has been evolving services for people facing the challenges of disability and mental illness for over 50 years. Today they offer a broad range of programs and touch thousands of lives every week. They always work hard to focus on the needs and potentials of one person at a time.
action toward independence
Action Toward Independence promotes the independence, inclusion, participation, and personal choice of individuals with disabilities. Action Toward Independence advances the independent living philosophy and advocates for the legal and civil rights of individuals with disabilities. They offer a variety of services and programs that are available to the men, women and children in the community that live with disabilities. Services and programs include, but are not limited to: mental health peer support, veterans' advocacy, educational support, benefits advisement, skills training, and more.
Alzheimer’s Association of the Hudson Valley
The Alzheimer's Association Hudson Valley Chapter serves seven counties in New York, including Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester. They have offices in Poughkeepsie and Purchase. They provide education and support, advocate for the needs and rights of those facing dementia, and advance critical research to develop new treatments and, ultimately, a cure.
Astor Services for Children & Families
Astor Services for Children & Families promotes the well-being of children, adolescents and their families through a range of programs located throughout the Hudson Valley region. These program are in-home, community-based, and site-based programs. No one will be denied access to service due to inability to pay, and a discounted/sliding fee schedule is available based on family size and income.
Best Friends services
Best Friends services provides early Intervention Services (0-3), preschool aged therapeutic services, and multidisciplinary evaluations and supplemental evaluations. They supply individual speech therapy , special education, and evaluations for pediatric populations specifically aged 0-5
Boys & Girls Club Town of Wallkill
Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Club enables all young people, especially those who need support most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. They carve out time, space, and attention for nearly 2,000 local kids annually by offering a safe place to learn and programs to help them grow into kind, confident, and capable members of the community. They have offered before and after school programs to support the learning, altruism, and achievement of students in the community for since 1993.
Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster
Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan & Ulster is committed to providing help and creating hope for the marginalized and vulnerable members of the community in Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties. They offer a helping hand and a caring heart to those suffering from the disease of addiction, to families and individuals struggling with poverty, including emergency food and shelter assistance, and to immigrants navigating the journey to citizenship. They are committed to enhancing and improving the quality of life for the residents of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County
Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County puts a wealth of useful, science-based information in the hands of Sullivan County residents. They offer free or low-cost workshops on topics that range from how to start raising chickens in your backyard to writing a business plan. There are full scholarships available for manyprograms.
CHAMP
The Community Health Access to Addiction and Mental Healthcare Project (CHAMP), is New York State’s independent health insurance ombudsman program for substance use disorder and mental health care. They are a joint program of the New York Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) and Office of Mental Health (OMH). CHAMP’s goal is to remove insurance barriers to lifesaving treatment. They do this through direct assistance, outreach, and education.
Cornerstone center for recovery
Cornerstone Family Healthcare offers high-quality, primary and preventative medical, dental and behavioral health services for all people. The Center for Recovery, located at 3 Commercial Place in Newburgh, offers additional chemical dependency and opioid treatment programs (Methadone, Vivitrol and Suboxone) to help individuals maintain sobriety in a safe, supportive, and patient-centered environment. Day and evening outpatient programs allow individuals to keep their daily work schedule while making life with addiction more stable and easier to manage.
Fearless! Hudson Valley
Fearless! Services are free and confidential. Their mission is to build an informed, just, and accountable society so all people can experience supportive and safe relationships free from abuse, exploitation, and oppression. They do this by providing education, prevention, advocacy, and comprehensive services, including shelter, to victims and survivors of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, and other types of crime victimization.
Frost Valley YMCA
Frost Valley YMCA is a destination for engagement in community, nature, art, and recreation for people of all ages and walks of life. As a leader in camping and outdoor education, they provide transformative experiences that inspire growth, connection, creativity, and resilience for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, and are the antidote to screen-focused lives. Frost Valley offers year-round opportunities for engagement in nature, adventure, personal growth, and creativity through diverse programs and experiences. Throughout, they instill in young people the skills to thrive, help people connect to themselves and others, and provide a sense of community and belonging in a turbulent world.
HONOR
HONOR is a private not-for-profit assisting all Hudson Valley residents in need by restoring their self-esteem and dignity. HONOR serves as a temporary home to over 200 individuals on any given day, offering shelter, food, crisis intervention, and support. Their mission extends beyond homelessness, striving to assist all Hudson Valley residents in need through a range of services, including counseling, vocational skills training, and residential stabilization.
Hope Alive 845
Hope Alive 845 is a Non-Profit Organization that helps in all of the 845 area and neighboring areas. Their mission is to help families, friends, victims, and law enforcement with support or necessary services for the missing, kidnapped, trafficked or exploited children and adults.
Hope not Handcuffs
Hope Not Handcuffs is a collaborative effort between law enforcement, and community organizations to find viable treatment options for individuals seeking help to reduce their dependence on prescription medication, alcohol, heroin, fentanyl, and other drugs.
Independent Living Inc.
Independent Living Inc. is a nonprofit agency led by people with disabilities for people with disabilities. With more than 40 programs and services, they partner with people of all ages and abilities to build inclusive communities where everyone can thrive
Keep it Moving
Keep It Moving has the mission to provide young people with the opportunity to engage in healthy, life-affirming activities. They fill the gap for young people with the desire to engage in a sport, music, or academic endeavor but do not have the financial means to do so. Over the past five years they have led several compassion projects to help fulfill that mission. They are also dedicated to having Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose, in every purse, backpack, and first-aid kit. They provide on-the-spot Narcan training for the community when and where it is needed, whether on the street, in a religious organization, living room, or in a parking lot.
Literacy Volunteers of Sullivan County
The mission of LVSC is to foster and enhance adult and family literacy through the efforts of a corps of trained volunteer tutors, and paid teachers who assist adults functioning at the lowest literacy levels. Further proficiency in English as a Second Language for those who desire it, is a provided service free of charge.
Mid-Hudson Problem Gambling Resource Center
The Mid-Hudson Region PGRC is a program of the New York Council on Problem Gambling, which is funded by the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports. They are dedicated to addressing the issue of gambling addiction within the Mid-Hudson New York region, through increasing public awareness and connecting those adversely affected with services.
Mobile Mental Health Hotline
Mobile Mental Health Hotline is the only one of its kind in Sullivan County. The Arc Greater Hudson Valley offers a FREE “Children’s Mobile Crisis Intervention” service in the Sullivan County area. The program, created for children under 18, is designed to assist a parent or guardian in need of an intervention during a time of crisis.
New Hope Community
Since 1975 New Hope Community has been empowering the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). New Hope Community has chosen to invest in programs and spaces that are unique in the field. They believe that these elements make them a premier point of support for people with I/DD. Through teaching, coaching, encouragement and role modeling, New Hope Community advocates for people to integrate into and participate in the wider community. They offer the rare gift of connection, appreciation and friendship with remarkable individuals who have unique personalities, interests, and abilities.
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.
Rural and Migrant Ministry
Spark Rural Worker Education Center in South Fallsburg is located in Sullivan County, one of the most marginalized counties in New York. Spark was given its name by members of the Youth Econcomic Group who wanted to have a center that would be the “spark for change” in the Catskills. Spark is home to the Youth Economic Group, Bags For Justice (youth screen-printing cooperative), Cociendo Culturas: Crafting Cultures (adult artisan cooperative), Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium and monthly community check-ins. Spark also serves as a gathering place for workers from the food processing plants that dot the landscape.
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
The Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program (CYSHCN) includes three programs. The Early Intervention Program (ages 0-3), the Preschool Special Education Program (ages 3-5), and the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Supportive Services (CYSHCN-SS up to age 21).
Sullivan 180
Sullivan 180 is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a healthy community through people, places, and policy; with an intentional focus on prevention and empowering a healthier generation. Sullivan 180 offers grants, technical assistance; and a variety of programs and resources to support their mission.
sullivan county child care council
The Council has been providing child care resources and education to parents and child care providers for the past thirty plus years. Additionally, the Council continues to facilitate the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), legally exempt enrollment services, phone and in program technical assistance to all modalities of child care, Child Care Assistance Program application assistance and program compliance inspections.
Sullivan County Office for the aging
The primary objective of the Office for the Aging is to be the lead advocate for the older population of Sullivan County. All the programs sponsored or directly operated by this office are designed to give choices to older people, with the hope that through these choices they will be able to remain in their own homes and communities as long as possible.
Sullivan County Youth Bureau
The Youth Bureau is a department within County government that advances positive youth development. Their goal is to promote the well being of all youth ages 0-21 by advancing the moral, physical, mental and social development of youth through positive youth activities, encouraging towns, villages, and not for profit agencies to provide youth activities by giving them funds and technical assistance, provide High School and College Internships throughout Sullivan County Departments, as well as provide professional development opportunities.
The Arc of Greater Hudson Valley
The Arc Greater Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to providing supports to over 2,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Sullivan, Orange and Dutchess Counties. Founded by families more than 75 years ago, The Arc New York has driven transformation and progress in the lives of people with disabilities, fought and ended the abuses of institutionalization, and developed a robust system of community support that provides opportunity, dignity, and integration for people with disabilities. Together with The Arc Greater Hudson Valley and other Chapters across the state, The Arc New York continues to be an influential advocate for their system of care, and the rights and opportunities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Center for Discovery
The Center for Discovery® (TCFD) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization leading the way in education, healthcare, and residential services for more than 1,200 children and adults with complex disabilities, autism, and medical frailties. Located on 1,500 acres of land in the Mid-Hudson Region, The Center has become a magnet institution where individuals from around the region and world travel to receive highly advanced care and access to groundbreaking research and treatment for a myriad of complex conditions. The Center has a long history of innovation in curriculum development, program implementation, and assistive technology, leading to significant breakthroughs and life-changing opportunities.
Tri County Community Partnership
The Tri-County Community Partnership, Inc. is a non-profit organization started in October 2016 that raises awareness of the risks of alcohol and drug use through prevention, youth prevention, family support and drug dependency reduction programs.
United Sullivan Substance Use Task Force
The United Sullivan Task Force unites local health, law enforcement, and community partners to prevent substance use, expand access to treatment, and support recovery in Sullivan County. Their collaborative approach focuses on reducing stigma, promoting prevention, and connecting residents to life-saving resources and care.
Vet2vet of sullivan COunty
The Joseph Dwyer Program is a 100% confidential and free program that covers NY State. It provides non-clinical support and advocacy to the military community as well as their families by connecting them to resources such as food pantry, housing assistance, benefits (SSI, SSD, service connection), and many more. Each county provides unique services specifically to the Veterans in their counties. Whether someone is seeking advocacy or looking to connect and engage with the military community, the Joseph P Dwyer Program can help.
VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System
VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System’s health care teams are deeply experienced and guided by the needs of Veterans, their families, and caregivers. Find a health facility near you, and manage your health online