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Family
Literacy Directory of Western New York
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Program/Agency
Name:
Szuba's Home Day Care
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Contact Information
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Parent Agency:
Address:
4189
Glenwillow Drive
Hamburg
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NY
14075
Phone:
716-826-1274
Fax:
Email:
szubasdaycare@yahoo.com
Contact Person:
Linda
Szuba
Director:
Linda Szuba
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Infants and children ages 6 weeks
to age 12.
Fees:
$150/week.
Service Area:
Erie
County
Parent and Child time together:
Y
GED Courses:
N
Parenting classes:
N
Adult Basic Education:
N
Child care:
Y
ESL classes:
N
Bus routes:
N/A
Job training: N
Home visits:
Y
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Parent support:
Y
Special Needs:
Y
Preschool program:
Y
Hearing Impaired:
N
Transportation cost provided:
N/A
Vision Impaired:
N
Stipends provided:
N/A
Dyslexia:
N
After school tutoring:
N
Other:
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Program/Agency
Name:
Telephone Pioneers of America-
Bflo Life Mem. Club
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Contact Information
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Parent Agency:
Address:
161
Heather Road
Cheektowaga
,
NY
14225
Phone:
716-836-2156
Fax:
Email:
Contact Person:
Christine
LeClair
Director:
Christine LeClair
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Children ages Pre-K through 2dn
grade.
Fees:
0-- for recipients (children)
Service Area: City
of
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:
N/A
Job training:
N
Home visits:
N
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Parent support:
N
Special Needs:
YN
Preschool program:
N
Hearing Impaired:
N
Transportation cost provided:
N/A
Vision Impaired:
N
Stipends provided:
N
Dyslexia:
N
After school tutoring:
N
Other:
Distribute "Smart Bears.
"Smart Bears" are hand-sewn, stuffed bears wearing a backpack
which contains a book. Promotes parent and child reading together.
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Program/Agency
Name:
Valley Community Association
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Contact Information
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Parent Agency:
Address:
93 Leddy Street
Buffalo
,
NY
14210
Phone:
716-823-4707
Fax:
716-823-4254
Email:
Contact Person:
Marie Hernandez
Director:
Margaret Overdorf
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
N/A
Fees:
None
Service Area:
Valley: Old First Ward areas.
Parent and Child time together:
Y
GED Courses:
N
Parenting classes:
N
Adult Basic Education:
N
Child care:
Y
ESL classes:
N
Bus routes: #16,
#14
Job training:
N
Home visits:
N
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Parent support:
N
Special Needs:
N
Preschool program:
Y
Hearing Impaired:
N
Transportation cost provided:
N/A
Vision Impaired:
N
Stipends provided:
N
Dyslexia:
N
After school tutoring:
Y
Other:
Senior Lunch and socialization.
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Program/Agency
Name:
VIVE, Inc., An Organization for World Refugees
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Contact Information
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Parent Agency:
Address:
50
Wyoming Ave.
Buffalo
,
NY
14215
Phone:
716-892-4354
Fax:
Email:
Contact Person:
Elizabeth Woike
Director:
Chris Owens, Executive Director
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Refugee/Homeless
U.S.
asylum seeker.
Fees: None
Service Area:
Western
New York
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
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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:
Shelter, food, medical care, advocacy and education for
refugees/homeless
U.S.
asylum seekers.
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Program/Agency
Name:
WNED
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Contact Information s
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Parent Agency:
Western
New York
Public Broadcasting
Association
Address:
Horizons
Plaza
,
Box
1263
Buffalo
,
NY
14240
Phone:
716-845-7000
Fax:
716-845-7036
Email:
mgill@wned.org
Contact Person:
Mary Jo Gill, Joe
Steinmetz
Director:
Pam Johnson, Ph.D.
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Service
Information
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Eligibility: Age 18
and older for GED program only.
Fees: None
Service Area:
Western
New York
Parent and Child time together:
Y
GED Courses: Y
Parenting classes:
Y
Adult Basic Education:
Y
Child care:
N
ESL classes:
N
Bus routes: N
Job training:
N
Home visits:
N
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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:
N
Other:
On-line Learning Service and Video on Demand for K-12 students and
teachers (see www.wned.org); Ready to Learn (outreach program for
parents of pre-school children); Teacherline (online professional
development for K-12 teachers). “GED on TV” program for adult
students.
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Program/Agency
Name:
West Seneca CSD Continuing/Community Education
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Contact
Information
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Parent
Agency:
Address:
1397 Orchard Park Rd.
West
Seneca, NY 14224
Phone:
716-674-3513
Fax:
716-677-3244
Email:
Contact
Person:
Terry Brancato
Director:
Terry Brancato
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
none
Fees:
Call for information.
Service
Area: Surrounding community.
Parent
and Child time together:
N
GED
Courses: N
Parenting
classes:
N
Adult
Basic Education: N
Child
care:
N
ESL
classes:
N
Bus
routes:
Job
training:
N
Home
visits:
N
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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:
General community education programs in education and recreation.
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Program/Agency
Name:
West Seneca
Youth
Bureau/Americorps
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Contact
Information
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Parent
Agency:
West
Seneca
Youth Bureau/Americorp
Address:
2001
Union Road
West
Seneca
,
NY
14224
Phone:
716-674-5600 ext.
Fax:
716-675-2055
Email:
Contact
Person:
Mark Lazarra
Director:
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Fees:
Service
Area:
Erie
2 BOCES
Parent
and Child time together:
N
GED
Courses: Y
Parenting
classes:
Y
Adult
Basic Education: N
Child
care:
N
ESL
classes:
N
Bus
routes:
Clinton
Job
training:
N
Home
visits:
N
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Parent
support: Y
Special
Needs: Y
Preschool
program: Y
Hearing
Impaired:
N
Transportation
cost provided: N
Vision
Impaired:
N
Stipends
provided:
For Americorp/Vista Participants
Dyslexia:
N
After
school tutoring:
Y
Other:
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Program/Agency
Name:
West
Side
Community Services
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Contact Information
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Parent Agency:
Address:
161
Vermont Street
Buffalo
,
NY
14213
Phone:
716-884-6616
Fax:
716-884-6639
Email:
Contact Person:
Danette
Porto
Director:
Lucy Candelario
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Must be from six years of age to
age 18.
Fees:
0
Service Area:
Porter-
4th Avenue
,
Niagara
to
Elmwood
Parent and Child time together:
N
GED Courses:
Y
Parenting classes:
Y
Adult Basic Education:
N
Child care:
N
ESL classes:
N
Bus routes:
N/A
Job training:
N
Home visits:
N
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Parent support:
Y
Special Needs:
N
Preschool program:
N
Hearing Impaired:
N
Transportation cost provided:
Y (Van transp. for seniors to get
to medical appts.)
Vision Impaired:
N
Stipends provided:
N
Dyslexia:
N
After school tutoring:
Y
Other:
Provides a Senior Program Monday
through Friday. Senior Van is available for medical appointments.
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Program/Agency
Name:
West
Side
Health
Center--
Children's Hospital
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Contact
Information
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Parent
Agency:
Children's
Hospital, Kaleida Health
Address:
300
Niagara Street
Buffalo
,
NY
14201
Phone:
716-859-4180
Fax:
716-859-4219
Email:
pwink@upa.chob.com
Contact
Person:
Peter
Winkelstein
Director:
Peter Winkelstein (Medical
Director)
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
N/A
Fees:
Accepts all insurances.
Service
Area:
Erie
County
Parent
and Child time together:
N
GED
Courses:
N
Parenting
classes:
N
Adult
Basic Education:
N
Child
care:
N
ESL
classes:
N
Bus
routes:
Niagara
Street
line
Job
training:
N
Home
visits:
Y
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Parent
support:
Y
Special
Needs:
Y
Preschool
program:
N
Hearing
Impaired:
N
Transportation
cost provided:
Y
Vision
Impaired:
N
Stipends
provided:
N
Dyslexia:
N
After
school tutoring:
N
Other:
Health facility with bilingual
patient population.
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Program/Agency
Name:
Western New
York
Consortium for
Adult Education Staff Development
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Contact
Information
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Parent
Agency:
Address:
Keenan Site
195
Beattie Ave.
Lockport
,
NY
14094
Phone:
716-439-4306
Fax:
716-439-4314
Email:
WNYWISCH@AOL.COM
Contact
Person:
Lin Wischhusen
Director:
Lin Wischhusen
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Service
Information
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Eligibility:
Fees:
Service
Area: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chatauqua,
Erie
,
Niagara
,
and
Orleans
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
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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:
Staff development for providers of adult services (e.g., literacy
instructors, job developers, etc.).
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