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Program/Agency Name: Ripen with Us - Intergenerational

Contact Information

Parent Agency:      Ripen with Us

Address:                 11652 Walden Ave.

Alden , NY   14004

Phone:                    716-937-3721

Fax:                       

Email:                  

Contact Person:    Beth McNamara

Director:                 Ruth Cleary

 

Service

Information

Eligibility:

Fees: Yes

Service Area: Alden area, employees of Wende Prison; Erie County Correctional Facility & E.C. Home & Infirmary

Parent and Child time together:  N

GED Courses: N

Parenting classes:  N

Adult Basic Education: N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes: N

Job training:  N

Home visits:  N

 

Parent support: N

Special Needs: N

Preschool program: Y

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: N

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  N

Other:

.

 

 

Program/Agency Name: Salvation Army

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                 960 Main St .

Buffalo , NY   14202

Phone:                    716-883-9800

Fax:                        716-888-6299

Email:                  

Contact Person:    Carolyn Hillman

Director:                 Carolyn Hillman

 

Service

Information

Eligibility: None

Fees: None

Service Area:

Parent and Child time together:  N

GED Courses: Y

Parenting classes:  Y

Adult Basic Education: Y

Child care:  Y

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes: 8

Job training:  Y

Home visits:  N

 

Parent support: Y

Special Needs: N

Preschool program: Y

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: N

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  Y

Other:

 

 

Program/Agency Name: School #57

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                231 Sears Street

Buffalo , NY   14212

Phone:                    716-897-8032

Fax:                        716-897-8034

Email:                  

Contact Person:   Marsha Phillips

Director:                

Service

Information

Eligibility: N/A

Fees: N/A

Service Area: N/A

Parent and Child time together:  Y

GED Courses: Y

Parenting classes:  Y (EPIC)

Adult Basic Education: N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes: N

Job training:  N

Home visits:  Y

Parent support: Y

Special Needs: Y

Preschool program: Y

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: N

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  Y

Other: After school program.

 

 

Program/Agency Name: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Great Lakes Region

Contact Information

Parent Agency:      Cornell University

Address:                 237 Main Street.

Buffalo , NY   14203

Phone:                    716-852-4191

Fax:                        716-852-3802

Email:                   ilr-buffalo@cornell.edu

Web site:              www.ilr.cornell.edu/buffalo

Contact Person:    Yvonne Rebholz

Director:                 Ronald Seeber (Acting Director)

Service

Information

Eligibility: Community agencies/organizations.

Fees: Vary – Call for information.

Service Area: Erie , Niagara , Orleans , Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany , Wyoming , Genesee Counties.

Parent and Child time together:  N

GED Courses: N

Parenting classes:  N

Adult Basic Education: N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes: N

Job training:  N

Home visits:  N

Parent support: N

Special Needs: N

Preschool program: N

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: N

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  N

Other: Professional staff development in all areas of management and supervisory skills, human resources, labor relations and Equal Employment Opportunity. Call for programs for individuals or customized on-site training for any organization. Career development for parents in areas of workplace, readiness, survival, and workplace empowerment.

 

 

Program/Agency Name:  Seneca Babcock Community Association, Inc.

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                 1168 Seneca Street

                                Buffalo , NY 14210

Phone:                    716-822-5094

Fax:                        716-822-5873

Email:                   Senecababcock@aol.com  

Contact Person:    Peggy Bogucki

Director: Peggy Bogucki

 

Service

Information

Eligibility:  By geographic area.Fees:  None

Service Area: City of Buffalo

Parent and Child time together:  Y

GED Courses:  Y

Parenting classes:  N

Adult Basic Education:  N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes:  Y

Job training:  Y

Home visits:  N

Parent support:  Y

Special Needs:  N

Preschool program:  Y

Hearing Impaired:  Y

Transportation cost provided:  N/A

Vision Impaired:  Y

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  Y

Other:  Youth, Senior, Pre-school, Adult and Teen Ceramic classes. Annual events: Haunted Trolley, Christmas Sleigh Ride, Easter Egg Hunt, Family Fun Night.

 

 

 

Program/Agency Name:  Services of Erie County (CP, CS & SS)

Contact Information

Parent Agency:      Child and Family Services              

Address:                 291 Pearl Street

                                Buffalo , NY 14202

Phone:                    716-858-8747

Fax:                        716-855-2432

Email:                   cmk@serv1.co.erie.ny

Contact Person:    Chris Kowalyk

Director: Theckla Mullens (Deputy Commissioner of                                                                                 Services)

 

Service

Information

Eligibility:  N/A

Fees:  0

Service Area: Erie County

Parent and Child time together:  Y

GED Courses:  N

Parenting classes:  Y (Available through Children’s Services)

Adult Basic Education:  Y

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes:  N/A

Job training:  N

Home visits:  Y

 

Parent support:  Y

Special Needs:  Y

Preschool program:  N

Hearing Impaired:  Y

Transportation cost provided:  N/A

Vision Impaired:  Y

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  Y

After school tutoring:  N

Other: 

 

 

 

 

Program/Agency Name: St. Augustine 's Center

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                 1600 Fillmore Ave.

Buffalo , NY   14211

Phone:                    716-897-4110

Fax:                        716-897-2587

Email:                  

Contact Person:    Pamela Ruffin

Director:                 Calvin Waller

Service

Information

Eligibility: None

Fees: None

Service Area: Zip Code 14211

Parent and Child time together:  Y

GED Courses: Y

Parenting classes:  Y

Adult Basic Education: N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes: 23

Job training:  Y

Home visits:  Y

Parent support: Y

Special Needs: N

Preschool program: N

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: Y

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  Y

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  Y

Other:

 

 

Program/Agency Name:  
St. Mary’s School  
for the Deaf

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:               2253 Main Street

                                Buffalo , NY 14214

Phone:                    716-834-7200

Fax:                        716-842-1454

Email:                   dbernbeck@catholic.org

Contact Person:   Patricia Velocci or Cheryl Weigard

Director: Patricia Velocci

Service

Information

Eligibility:  Children ages 3-6.

Fees:  Based on family size and income.

Service Area: Buffalo

Parent and Child time together:  N

GED Courses:  N

Parenting classes:  N

Adult Basic Education:  N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes:  Transportaion provided for some students.

Job training:  N

Home visits:  N

Parent support:  N

Special Needs:  N

Preschool program:  Y

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided:  N/A

Vision Impaired:  Y

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  N

Other:  Full/Half day program.

 

 

 

Program/Agency Name:  Summit Educational Resources

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                 300 Fries Road

                                Tonawanda , NY 14150

Phone:                    716-837-2441

Fax:                        716-837-5738

Email:                   www.summiteducational.org

Contact Person:    Marlene Mancuso

Director: Stephen R. Anderson, Ph. D., Executive Director

Service

Information

Eligibility:  Based upon student need.

Fees:  Tuition based.

Service Area: Serves 41 different Western New York areas, including Niagara County .

Parent and Child time together:  Y

GED Courses:  N

Parenting classes:  Y

Adult Basic Education:  N

Child care:  Y

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes:  Tonawanda , along Niagara Falls Boulevard

Job training:  Y

Home visits:  Y

Parent support:  Y

Special Needs:  Y

Preschool program:  N

Hearing Impaired:  Y

Transportation cost provided:  N/A

Vision Impaired:  Y

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  Y

After school tutoring:  Y

Other:  Provides systematic instruction: a program of applied behavioral analysis and child-centered instruction. Serves children and infants ages birth to twenty-one years old.

 

 

 

Program/Agency Name: Sweet Home Schools Community Education

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                 1901 Sweet Home Rd.

Amherst , NY   14228

Phone:                    716-250-1424

Fax:                        716-250-1361

Email:                  

Contact Person:  Craig Allwes and Pat Bishop

Director:              Craig Allwes

Service

Information

Eligibility:

Fees:

Service Area: Zip Codes 14226, 14228, 14221, 14150

Parent and Child time together:  N

GED Courses: Y

Parenting classes:  N

Adult Basic Education: N

Child care:  Y

ESL classes:  Y

Bus routes: N

Job training:  N

Home visits:  N

Parent support: N

Special Needs: N

Preschool program: N

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: N

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  N

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  N

Other:

 

 

Program/Agency Name: St. Augustine's Center

Contact Information

Parent Agency:     

Address:                 1600 Fillmore Ave.

Buffalo , NY   14211

Phone:                    716-897-4110

Fax:                        716-897-2587

Email:                  

Contact Person:    Pamela Ruffin

Director:                 Calvin Waller

Service

Information

Eligibility: None

Fees: None

Service Area: Zip Code 14211

Parent and Child time together:  Y

GED Courses: Y

Parenting classes:  Y

Adult Basic Education: N

Child care:  N

ESL classes:  N

Bus routes: 23

Job training:  Y

Home visits:  Y

Parent support: Y

Special Needs: N

Preschool program: N

Hearing Impaired:  N

Transportation cost provided: Y

Vision Impaired:  N

Stipends provided:  Y

Dyslexia:  N

After school tutoring:  Y

Other: