Racker-Early Childhood Services

Franziska Racker Centers, located in Ithaca, N.Y., offers a wide range of social and welfare services to physically and mentally disabled persons throughout the state. The center provides services, such as abuse prevention, parenting, counseling, drug and alcohol prevention, employee assistance programs, children s education, and in-home parenting of infants. It has various training institutes, consultation and child care centers. The organization provides programs for children coping with child abuse, foster placement, substance abuse, divorce and separation of parents, and psychiatric problems. It additionally organizes camps and school programs, such as group discussions, drug and alcohol prevention seminars and storytelling. The center offers 24-hour health care services.