Central New York Services

Toomey Residential & Community Services is a not-for-profit organization based in Syracuse, NY, offering community-based clinical treatment services and programs for individuals and families in the Central New York region. They provide a range of services, including intellectual developmental disabilities support, behavioral health care management, and foster care placement. Committed to person-centered and family-focused care, Toomey aims to help individuals achieve their highest level of capability and increase opportunities for future success. Their mission is to make a difference in the lives of children, adolescents, adults, and Unaccompanied Refugee Minors who have experienced conflict and oppression, by providing person-centered services that enhance their quality of life.Generated from the website

Community Options is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Princeton, N.J., and has an office in East Syracuse, N.Y. It provides housing, support services and advocacy assistance to empower people with disabilities. Incorporated in 1989, it supports more than 1,500 people throughout New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Utilizing technology and training, it focuses on providing economic and social independence through various routes, including finding a job that pays a minimum wage, assisting a person to become self-employed, finding a home in the community for people with disabilities, and enabling them to join a club or take a trip. Community Options also depends on volunteers to promote awareness in various ways, including organizing events in their communities, distributing flyers, advocacy and financial gifts.

Based in East Syracuse, N.J., Contact Community Services is a nonprofit human services agency. The organization provides an array of mental health, behavioral and safer school programs and resources to individuals, schools, school districts as well as other groups and institutions. Its services comprise telephone counseling, school-based prevention and behavioral intervention programs and training for educators concerning violence prevention. Contact Community began as an all-volunteer telephone counseling line in 1971. Additionally, the organization offers support and consultation in addressing student behavioral problems and mental health issues.