Tompkins County Community Partners

GHS Federal Credit Union is Committed to Building Financial Wellness for All

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.

Behavioral Services at Cayuga Medical Center

Half of all Americans will experience a mental illness during their lifetimes. Mental or emotional problems affect every aspect of life. If you become overwhelmed, or cannot function day to day, or become dangerous to yourself or those around you, it may be helpful to seek inpatient care. Cayuga Medical Center has two Behavioral Services units, one for adults over the age of 18 years, and one for adolescents between 13 and 17. They provide individualized care in a warm, supportive environment. They’re there to help you understand the problems you have been experiencing and to work with you to make your life more manageable.

Brooktondale Community Center

Founded in 1964, the Brooktondale Community Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization serving the Town of Caroline, NY. The Brooktondale Community Center is located in the heart of Brooktondale, 12 minutes southeast of Ithaca. It hosts a summer camp for children, a Farmers Market, the Caroline Food Pantry, the annual Brooktondale Apple Festival, a Live Music & Dance series, and frequent potlucks, yoga classes, and special events for kids. With a large playground, walking path and open field on the back property, multiple pavilions, easy parking, 2 buildings and 2 kitchens, it's a great place to hang out, to join an activity, or to rent for a private gathering.

Caroline Food Pantry

Anyone in the Town of Caroline is welcome! Food distributions take place on the first and third Mondays of every month between 5 PM and 7 PM at the Old Fire Hall, 522 Valley Road, Brooktondale, NY 14817

CASA-Trinity, Inc.

CASA is an acronym for “Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse”. The mission of CASA-Trinity is to provide quality, person-centered services that support whole-person wellness and resiliency, fostering thriving individuals, families, and communities.

Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (C.A.R.S)

Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services is an outpatient opioid treatment program, and men's residential rehabilitation center. C.A.R.S. transforms lives and the community with flexible and inclusive person-centered treatment. The agency’s values are belonging, transparency, and kindness.

Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga

Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga provides a coordinated network of human services dedicated to serving low income and vulnerable people. They serve all people regardless of their religion, beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, or immigration status. Catholic Charities Tompkins/Tioga is funded in part by: Tioga United Way, United Way of Tompkins County, and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County.

CHallenge Workforse Solutions

Challenge Workforce solutions is an organization committed to creating pathways to employment for people with disabilities or barriers.

The Child Development Council

The Child Development Council of Central New York, Inc. promotes and advocates for the healthy development and well-being of children. Child Development Council of Central New York, Inc. (AKA Child Development Council) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has been serving Tompkins and Cortland Counties, New York for over 55 years. 

Collaborative Solutions Network

The Collaborative Solutions Network is a Systems of Care Initiative supporting children and youth with mental health challenges and their families.

Cornell Co-op Extension of Tompkins County

Cooperative Extension puts a wealth of useful, research-based information at Tompkins County residents’ finger tips! In addition to what you'll find on the website, they offer free or low-cost workshops on topics that range from how to make healthy food on a budget to starting a home vegetable garden.

Creative Hub 4 Cultures

The Creative Hub 4 Cultures (C4C) is a grassroots community collective and home to the Alliance of Families for Justice Central NY Office, the Indigo Rising Collective, and Civic Ensemble Theater Group. This work is ever expanding and currently may take the form of: Movie and discussion nights, Decolonial reading groups, healing justice workshops; Free Markets with fresh produce and herbs from Indigo Rising’s community garden ; Meeting space for the Alliance of Families for Justice’s Men’s and Women’s groups; Drags shows and dance parties to uplift our communities; Space for radical theater projects to take root; Recovery Meetings; and a place to breathe, be together, and sprout new visions for Black and Brown liberation in Ithaca.

Danby Food Pantry

The Danby food pantry is held at the Danby Community Church on the third Thursday of every month to distribute food to residents of the Danby community.

Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center

Dick Van Dyke is a 30-bed treatment facility. Treatment services include group and individual therapy, didactic lectures and presentations which are used as a "teaching mechanism" so patients can learn more of the recovery skills needed to continue with abstinence and recovery. Services provided address the basic health care needs of each patient while addressing the specific physical, psychological and social symptoms associated with psychoactive substance abuse.

Dryden Kitchen Cupboard

Dryden Kitchen Cupboard, located in Dryden, NY. This food pantry is located in Tompkins County, part of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier in New York State, serving the residents of the town of Dryden, NY.

Enfield Community Council

Founded in 1976, Enfield Community Council is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization formed under the State of New York. The purpose of the Enfield Community Council is to promote the welfare and continued social and economic development of the Enfield community through continued sponsorships of programs for adults and youth in the community.  With existing organizations’ mutual support and cooperation, the Enfield Community Council will strengthen the sense of belonging, support, and community to all of Enfield’s residents.

Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca

Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca, is a leading provider of mental health care and related social services for people of all ages in Ithaca and surrounding towns and villages. Their dedicated staff help to heal traumatized and hurting children, strengthen individuals and families, and provide hope and recovery for those battling mental illness.

Finger Lakes Independence Center (FLIC)

Each year FLIC serves approximately 2000 people in the community. Their goal is to continue to grow and serve more people with more services and to continue to make the community a completely inclusive society for people of all abilities. Today they offer Student Transition Services, Accessibility Consultations, Community Education and Outreach, American Sign Language Classes and Medical Equipment and Ramp Loans. Recently they also started offering Benefit Advisement and Employment Services (with The American Dream Employment Network-ADEN) as well as The Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Waiver program.

Finger Lakes Library System

The Finger Lakes Library System (FLLS) is a cooperative library system, chartered in 1958 by New York State, to serve the public libraries in Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties. Their 33 member libraries are independent and governed by local Boards of Trustees.  FLLS is governed by an eleven member Board of Trustees with two representatives from each of the five counties served, and one at-large member.

Friendship Donations Network

Friendship Donations Network rescues fresh, nutritious food that would otherwise be thrown away from stores and farms and redistributes it to neighbors in need. They provide food donations to hunger relief programs that serve more than 2,000 people a week, and divert over 1,000 lbs. of good food from local landfill every day.

Food Bank of the Southern Tier

The Food Bank of the Southern Tier’s service area includes Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties, covering nearly 4,000 square miles. Their partnership with member agencies across the service area is crucial to their mission as they ensure the food they acquire and distribute gets to the people who need it most. In 2020, the Food Bank distributed more than 17.6 million pounds of food and grocery items to communities in need.

Freeville Pantry

The Freeville Pantry distributes food every second and fourth Monday of the month from 6-7 pm at the Freeville United Methodist Church to residents of the town of Freeville.

Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC)

The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) is a center for all ages, particularly youth and teens. It serves the immediate neighborhood and the greater Ithaca area by providing multicultural, educational, and recreational programs focused on social and individual development. The center's programs include services dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people we serve; advocating for the rights and needs of youth, families, underrepresented, and disenfranchised populations; providing structured employment training opportunities for at-risk youth and adults; and fighting against oppression and intimidation in our community.

Groton Public Library

The Groton Public Library was chartered in 1896 to serve the people of the Groton school district. In the Fall of 2021, The Library had a second addition built as well as the first addition being renovated. The addition houses new office space, a new teen room, and a large open room for events with adjoining kitchen and storage. Renovation of the first addition converted a small room into our new community pantry with a fridge, freezer, and pantry; and expanded the bathrooms and kids room.

Immaculate Conception food pantry

For 20 years, Immaculate Conception Parish has been helping the community through the Food Pantry. They are the only Food Pantry in Tompkins County that serves ALL people EVERY week, serving between 120-150 families per week. Immaculate Conception sets up in the Parish Hall on Mondays, they receive 1-2 pallets of food from the Southern Tier Food Bank. Volunteers pick up groceries on Tuesday morning and food is distributed Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00pm. 

Ithaca Area Economic Development

Ithaca Area Economic Development (IAED) is a private non-profit economic development organization serving Ithaca and Tompkins County. They are New York State’s premier Accredited Economic Development Organization, one of just 75 across North America.

Ithaca Housing Authority

The Ithaca Housing Authority is one of the leading housing authorities in New York State, the agency provides quality and affordable housing for over 1,200 families. The mission of the Housing Authority (IHA) of the City of Ithaca, NY, is to operate a socially and financially sound agency that assists area low income families and individuals with safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities and related services as they strive to achieve self-sufficiency and improve the quality of their lives.  The IHA is committed to operating in an efficient, ethical, and professional manner.

Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard

The Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard is a food pantry located in The Salvation Army at 150 N. Albany St., Ithaca, NY. Anyone is welcome to visit and pick up food via the back door (in the parking lot). Visitors can take food from the pantry’s tables of fresh food every day and order from their menu of pantry staples once every 30 days.

Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services

INHS is dedicated to expanding lending and housing opportunities for low and moderate-income residents of Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties. It seeks to foster communities that embrace diversity, equity, and sustainability in ways that produce lasting outcomes.

Ithaca ReUse Center ReSET Program

ReSET is a hands-o job training program offered by Finger Lakes ReUse open to anyone 16 or older looking to improve their skills or jumpstart their career. ReSET (Skills and Employment Training) training is embedded in hands on learning environments throughout our two ReUse center locations. Interested applicants can choose between two curriculum tracks; technology, or retail and customer service.

Ithaca Rescue Mission

Since 1887, the Rescue Mission Alliance has put love into action through food, shelter, clothing, and hope. They operate programs in Syracuse, Auburn, and Binghamton, tailored to meet the needs of each community. Among the services they offer are emergency shelter, meals, supportive permanent housing, employment resources, and spiritual care. In all locations, case managers help guests develop individual plans and connect with the support they need to leave homelessness and hunger behind.

Ithaca Youth Bureau

The Ithaca Youth Bureau (including Cass Park) offers participants from all backgrounds, walks of life, identities, abilities and lived experiences a broad range of recreation and youth development services, supports, and opportunities to enable them to thrive. The Ithaca Youth Bureau (IYB), a public multi-service agency established 1948, provides a broad variety of recreation and youth development programs to promote the health, happiness, and well-being of all youth and families in the greater Ithaca area. They serve more than 7,500 youth annually, aged 0-20 years, through a wide array of programs.

J.M. Murray Center, Inc.

J.M. Murray offers people with disabilities the opportunity to obtain legitimate employment in a real world work environment while also teaching them valuable skills, improving their self-esteem, and enriching their lives.

Lansing Community Center

The Lansing Community Center is a local event space used for hosting an array of programs such as exercise classes, group and club meetings, and camps. It is also a popular place to hold birthday parties and baby showers. The building consists of two floors that can be rented separately or together depending on your event needs. 

The Learning Web

The Learning Web, one of the first programs in the nation to combine apprenticeships with mentoring, has been working in Tompkins County since 1972 aiding youth in making a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood.  Each year they help over 600 youth, 200 of whom are homeless, to make a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood.

LIfe Stages Counseling

Life Stages Counseling is a place where you will find support, healing, and non-judgmental therapy from experienced therapists. Life Stages Counseling is a clinical therapy practice that offers counseling services to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.

loaves and Fishes

Loaves & Fishes provides a place for free meals, hospitality, companionship, and advocacy for those in need, regardless of their faith, beliefs, or circumstances. They have put this mission into practice and to date have served one and a half million meals. Founded in 1983, Loaves & Fishes is located in St. John’s Church, and is Tompkins County’s only community kitchen serving free meals Monday through Friday.

Maestro Music Therapy

Maestro Music Therapy stands as a leading provider of clinical music therapy services in Central New York, employing dedicated board-certified music therapists with a wealth of experience and compassion. Their clinical expertise encompasses a diverse range of populations, including pediatric medical, hospice and palliative care, children and adults with disabilities, and adolescent behavioral health. They bring a deep understanding of the therapeutic power of music and its ability to positively impact individuals across various life stages and health conditions.

Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network

For over 30 Years Mothers and Babies has been working to ensure that all babies are born healthy and families are strengthened by a supportive community. They connect individuals and families to vital health and community services, ensuring families receive the help they need, when they need it most.

NAMI Finger Lakes

NAMI Fingerlakes is an organization of families, friends and individuals whose lives have been affected by mental illness. Together, they advocate for better lives for those individuals who have a mental illness.

Newfield Food Pantry

The Newfield Food Pantry is open on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 6:00- 7:00 pm, and is located at the Newfield United Methodist Church, Main Street. Newfield residents in need may pick up a mix of perishable and non-perishable food stuffs equal to three days of meals per person in a household.

OAR (Opportunities alternatives & Resources) of Tompkins County

OAR of Tompkins County works to empower justice-impacted individuals in their return to society. They create pathways for the formerly incarcerated to return to society, and their goals are to reduce relapses, reduce homelessness, reduce unemployment and reduce recidivism. OAR aims to be the bridge from homelessness, drug addiction, and jail to government services, rehab, housing, employment.

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions.

Racker Center

For over 75 years, Racker has provided strength-based support for individuals with disabilities and their families in Tompkins, Cortland and Tioga counties. Guided by the vision of a world where all people know they belong, Racker offers programs and services to more than 3,500 people, helping them to build lasting connections and lead fulfilling lives.

The Reach Project, INC.

The REACH Project Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the belief that all individuals deserve respectful, equitable, access to compassionate healthcare in a setting where they will not be stigmatized or judged based on drug use, homelessness, or any other issue that may cause less than adequate care in today's healthcare environment. The REACH Project owns and operates the first low threshold, harm reduction medical practice in Ithaca, NY: REACH Medical.

Rosie’s Cafe and PARLOR

Rosie’s Cafe & Parlor is an awareness cafe providing Mental Health support, Suicide Prevention resources, and financial assistance.

Second Wind Cottages

Second Wind evolved from it’s original goal of outreach to building homes and became an official 501(c)(3). They operate 18 cottages in our Newfield housing program for homeless men and will soon open 4 units in Dryden for homeless women and their children. Second Wind’s vision is to house and walk with people towards restored lives. To this end, SW seeks to improve the relationships with self, family, and the larger community. They do so using a relational approach with the men and women they house, with a focus on being good neighbors to one another. 

Southside Community Center

Southside Community Center, works to affirm, empower and foster the development of self-pride among the black American residents of greater Ithaca.

Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP)

STAP’s Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) is a judgment-free, confidential service that helps reduce the spread of HIV, Hepatitis C, and other infections. They provide clean syringes, safe disposal of used ones, and access to life-saving resources including Naloxone (Narcan), fentanyl test strips, and overdose prevention education.

Southern Tier Connect Ithaca

STC provides comprehensive care management by referring and connecting members to appropriate healthcare providers, social programs, and community-based organizations, including support and faith-based groups by request.

Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service of Tompkins County

Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service (SPCS) mission is to provide immediate and compassionate support to individuals in crisis, aiming to reduce the incidence of suicide and promote mental health and well-being within our community. They are dedicated to offering non-judgmental, confidential assistance 24/7, every day of the year. Their core values of compassion, confidentiality, respect, and inclusivity guide everything they do.

Tompkins Community Action (TCAction)

Tompkins Community Action is a private non-profit Community Action organization dedicated to moving people out of poverty through comprehensive programming. TCAction’s dedicated staff work each day to win the War on Poverty by helping our clients meet their needs and achieve their dreams. Today, TCAction operates 21 programs that serve over 5,000 low-income individuals each year, through an integrated and coordinated services delivery system housed through three departments: Housing Services, Family Services and Community Services.

Tompkins COunty Department of Social Services

The Department of Social Services provides benefits and services to sustain families and individuals and assist them to achieve independence.

Tompkins County Mental Health Services Department

Tompkins County Mental Health Services mission is to meet the needs of the residents of Tompkins County in the areas of mental health, developmental disabilities, and chemical dependency by providing prevention and early detection, comprehensively planned care, treatment, and rehabilitation services.

Tompkins County Public Library

Tompkins County Public Library (Ithaca, New York), founded in 1864 by Ezra Cornell, serves the approximately 104,000 residents of Tompkins County and is the Central Library for the Finger Lakes Library System, serving libraries and users in Tompkins, Tioga, Cortland, Seneca and Cayuga counties.

Tompkins County SPCA

The mission of the SPCA of Tompkins County is to protect companion animals. They are a no-kill shelter dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and overpopulation. The SPCA promotes responsible pet stewardship by providing education, counseling and training to nurture and enhance the human-animal bond. The SPCA is the only low cost spay and neuter provider locally and each year perform nearly 2000 S/N surgeries for low income members of the community and up to 11 neighboring counties.

Tompkins County Youth Services Department

The Tompkins County Youth Services Department invests time, resources and funding in communities to enable all youth to thrive in school, work and life. The Youth Services Department works with not-for-profit agencies that run programs for children, youth, and families and we help the local volunteers appointed by municipal governments who are responsible for planning and providing youth programs in every community within Tompkins County.

Tompkins Workforce NY Career Center

Tompkins County’s Career Center is located in downtown Ithaca in Center Ithaca on the Commons, and offers services for every job seeker. Tompkins Workforce New York is a collaboration of agencies with Tompkins County Workforce Development, the New York State Department of Labor, and lead partners. Every individual should be able to have a chance to meet their potential and we are here to help.

Trumansburg Pantry

The Trumansburg Food Pantry distributes food to residents of Trumansburg every other Monday from 3:30 - 6:00 PM at the Trumansburg United Methodist Church located at 80 East Main Street.

TST BOCES

The Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST BOCES) enhances regional education by delivering high quality educational programs and services to local school districts. Serving nearly 900 students and hundreds of adults, TST BOCES employs over 300 staff. TST BOCES programs encompass Adult Education, Career and Technical Education, Exceptional Education, TST P-TECH Academy, and the Regional Alternative School.

Unity House

Unity House provides housing and other services to enable people with disabilities to live their best lives. Unity House provides transitional and permanent housing, respite care, and rehabilitative and employment services for people with mental illnesses, developmental disabilities, and/or substance use disorders from which they are recovering. Unity House partners with them to develop their skills, supporting them so they can live their best lives.

United Way of Tomkins County

United Way of Tompkins County, in collaboration with others, transforms the dynamics of poverty in Tompkins County by addressing human needs and creating conditions for economic security for all.

Varna community Association

The VCA exists exclusively for charitable and educational purposes including enhancing the quality of life in and around Varna and providing for wholesome recreational and educational activities. The VCA is a non-profit corporation with 501c3 designation from the IRS.  A volunteer Board of Directors oversees activities of the organization and maintains the VCA’s buildings and property. Membership is free and includes everyone living in Varna.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

The Ithaca Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 961 provides a supportive space for local veterans to connect, access benefits, and engage in community service. The post hosts events, outreach programs, and advocacy efforts that honor the sacrifices of those who served.

The William George Agency for childrens’s Services

The William George Agency for Children’s Services (WGA) is a youth and family-centered community of compassionate and trained adults. Established as the nation’s first Junior Republic created by William R. George in 1895, WGA today follows a clinical oversight and therapeutic model with a strong emphasis on education and trauma-informed care for youth aged 12 – 18+.Uninterrupted behavioral health care and intervention therapies take place on a 650-acre campus in the Finger Lakes region of New York. A structured living learning environment helps adolescent boys and girls safely address their emotional, behavioral, and/or addiction challenges.

YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County

Since 1868, the Ithaca Y has been bringing fun, wellness, and opportunities for all to Tompkins County. Each day, they work toward their mission of bringing people together, through providing quality childcare, health and wellness programs for all ages, and embracing the passions of the community.

Youth Employment Services (YES)

Youth Employment Service (YES) is a free program of the Ithaca Youth Bureau. YES envisions a world where ALL teens grow into flourishing adults, and their mission is to level, clear, and widen that path. YES meets teens where they are and connects them to opportunities to work, grow, and lead in their community. Their three core program elements are YES Connect, the YES Summer Jobs Program, and Ithaca Youth Council Ambassadors.

211 Tompkins Cortland

211 connects people in need with services designed to address that need. When you contact 211, trained and empathetic community services specialists will listen to you. They will make referrals to other service providers according to your situation. They may also follow up with you later, if appropriate, to offer more assistance. No question is too big or too small for 211.  Wondering about Food Pantries in the area? Trying to find after school programs for your child? Would you like more help finding employment? Have a concern around housing or health care? 211 can help with all of these questions, and more.