Welcome to New Directions
New Directions Youth and Family Services is a non-profit agency that helps children with emotional and behavioral problems, along with their families.
We offer more than 25 programs and services aiding residents throughout the State of New York.
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Highlights
Please call to register for open house at Randolph Children's Home
Randolph Children’s Home will hold an open house for the community at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 on its campus, 356 Main St., Randolph.
The event will begin with a brief information session in the Administration Building, where visitors will hear about the home as well as the other programs of New Directions Youth and Family Services.
Youth from the home will then lead tours of the facilities.
The evening will end with refreshments and an opportunity to ask questions of Jim Coder, CEO, and Mark Wickerham, residential services director.
Please register by calling 358-3636, ext. 200.
Raising awareness for mental health
Distributing green ribbons to raise awareness during Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week are Marge Wright, left, Family Support coordinator, and Rose Edwards, a parent in the S.M.I.L.E. Family Support Group. They were part of a group from New Directions Youth and Family Services helping to educate the public on children’s mental health and the services that are available to families. For more information, call Marge Wright, Family Support coordinator, at 433-4487, ext. 467.
Global Village teen honored at luncheon
Jarred, 19, of Akron was honored Friday, May 9 during a luncheon marking Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week sponsored by Family Voices Network of Erie County.
Adoption program approved at New Directions Youth and Family Services
New Directions Youth and Family Services has received approval from New York State to operate an adoption program. Through its Global Village Therapeutic Foster Care Program, the agency currently offers therapeutic foster care services and post-adoption services.
