Therapeutic Foster Care
Global Village Therapeutic Foster Care — Global Village provides nationally recognized therapeutic foster care for children throughout Western New York. It recruits, screens, trains and certifies caring couples and individuals as foster parents for children with special needs and challenging behavior. In doing so, Global Village gives these children the valuable opportunity to live in a community within a family setting.
Contacts: Erie and Niagara Counties, Laurie Grimm, Family Resource/Intake Coordinator, 1455 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, (716) 834-9413, ext. 204, and Gina Marie Tasca/Burket, Homefinder/Intake Coordinator Assistant, (716) 834-9413, ext. 214. Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties, Michelle Shaffer, Family Resource/Intake Coordinator, 356 Main Street, Randolph, NY 14772, (716) 358-3636, ext. 232. Lynn Siradas, Director, Global Village Therapeutic Foster Care, 1455 Kensington Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, (716) 834-9413, ext. 202.
Post-Adoption Services — Our Post-Adoption Services support and strengthen families who have adopted teens and children and who need help to meet their family’s emotional, behavioral, social or educational challenges. Services are provided by New Directions Youth and Family Services, through a grant from the New York State Office of Child and Family Services. Families must be TANF eligible; that is, their household income must be less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Services are open to families who adopt through any agency. Families must reside in Erie, Cattaraugus or Allegany Counties.
For more information, in Erie County contact Sylvia Inman, Post-Adoption Case Manager, (716) 834-9413, ext. 212, sinman@ndyfs.org, 1455 Kensington Ave., Buffalo, NY 14215. In Allegany or Cattaraugus County, contact Leslie Shellenbarger, Clinical Director, Global Village Therapeutic Foster Care South, 356 Main St. ER, Randolph, NY 14772, (716) 358-3636, ext. 202.
