Family Services Of Chemung County Inc

Stirs program is a mental health recovery oriented program for individuals with mental health disabilities to successfully achieve their life goals at home, with family, through work and school, and in the community.

Home care services provide professionally trained, certified home health aides, personal care aides and housekeepers to persons in need of assistance

Care management services - health home care managers work with children, youth, and adults to coordinate medical, mental health, and/or substance abuse services, and link individuals and family members to other community resources and supports services with the goals

Child advocacy center - the child advocacy center (cac) offers a safe, comfortable, child-friendly setting in which allegations of abuse are responded to collaboratively by a multi-disciplinary team to bring an end to abuse and promote healing. The cac coordinates with other community agencies who provide investigative and support services to children and families that have been impacted by abuse

Other program services - compeer matches community volunteers in supportive friendship relationships with persons recovering from mental illness. Activities range from helping with homework and going to sports events to attending community activities. Circle of friends, a lunch time mentoring program, matching volunteers with children. Pal volunteers spend a minimum of 4 hours a month with youth. They spend time with those referred by their therapist or school or as a continuation of interaction within the circle of friends program.