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Resources for Families

 

Ken-Ton Family Support Center
255 Myron Ave
(behind Kenmore Middle School) 
 874-8510
 
 
 
Ken-Ton Closet
Town of Tonawanda Sheridan Youth Center 
169 Sheridan Parkside Ave.
(716)218-9589 
Tuesdays:  10 am - 1 pm
Thursdays: 1 pm - 3:30 pm 
 
 
 
Town of Tonawanda Concerned Parents group
Meetings on Thursdays at 7 pm
(excluding holidays)
Lincoln Park Satellite Police Office
Contact:  Officer Christiano  874-8401 ext. 21506 for more information
 
 
 
  Crisis Services
834-3131
Use for people ages 18 and older
 
 
 
C.A.R.E.S. Program (in crisis situation)
882-HELP (4357)
Use for people ages 17 and younger
Run by Spectrum Human Services
 
 
 
Crisis Services Kids Helpline
834-1144
 
 
 
NY Project Hope Emotional Support Hotline
available 7 days a week
8 am - 10 pm
1-844-863-9314
 
 
 
 
Best Self
(formerly Child & Adolescent Treatment Services
& Lakeshore Behavioral Health)
884-0888
 
 
Life Transitions Center
(grief counseling)
836-6460
 
 
Horizon Health Services
(addiction & mental health services)
831-1800
 
 
 
Mental Health Advocates of WNY
886-1242
 
 
Arts Access
This program removes the barriers that prohibit many low income
Western New York families from experiencing the arts, including cost, transportation, and language.
(716)833-3004 x.514
 
 
Families CAN!
884.2599
 
 
 
Military Families
Educational support for military families
 
 
 
Erie County Department of Mental Health
858-8530

 

 
  New York State Office of Mental Health
885-4219
 
 
Al-Anon & Alateen
(for relatives and children of alcoholics)
 
 
Alcoholics Anonymous
 
 
 
Erie County Sheriff's Office Underage Drinking Hotline
1-800-851-1932
 
 
Nar-Anon
(for relatives of narcotics addicts)
875-0548
 
 
 
Narcotics Anonymous
878-2316
 
 
 
Gamblers Anonymous & Gam-Anon
879-0555
 
 
 
Erie County Council
for the Prevention of Alcohol & Substance Abuse
831-2298
 
 
 
Central Referral
851-5555
 
 
 
NetSmartz Workshop
 Keeping kids & teens safer on the internet
 
 
 
To locate any service in Erie County, call 211 or go to:

 

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Parent Network of WNY

  • Gain an overview of the process for developing an IEP at the preschool level.

  • Review the components of the preschool IEP and the information that families can share with the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) regarding their child’s performance and disability related needs.

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