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Community-Based Treatment

 Serves Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Wyoming Counties

Helping families achieve and maintain optimal social, psychological, and physical functioning at home, in school and within the community, Community Based Treatment is an intensive family-centered service helping to prevent out-of-home placement and assist families with reunification.

We offer:


Mentoring for children ages 5-18


A supportive adult mentor meets with child at least twice monthly, at home, school, or in the community. Mentors work with youth to set goals and plan activities to reach treatment goals. Interactions are tailored to the child’s needs and include areas such as social skills, mood management, budgeting, skills for increasing independence, improving school attendance, parent-child relationships, and building supports within the community.


Social Work


Social workers support a family in their time of need and helps identify family strengths and a circle of supports. In home meetings, determined by family need, are held to develop goals, make referrals to community services (doctors, mental health evaluations and/or counseling, addiction counseling), provide advocacy, support the family, and serve as liaison between DSS, school, and law enforcement.

Triple P - Positive Parenting Program


Triple P - Positive Parenting Program is a promising practice used in conjunction with Motivational Interviewing (MI). The program is designed with simple and practical strategies to help build strong and healthy relationships. The program gives parents tools and confidence to manage their children's behaviors and prevent problems developing.


Trauma Systems Therapy


A collaboration with Allegany County DSS, schools, and mental health professionals, to provide trauma informed, evidence-based treatment for individuals adversely affected by life circumstances.


Coached Family Visitation


Children have court ordered visitations with parents/primary caregivers. Visits may occur in-home, within the community, at the home of a relative, or at DSS. We use a family visiting toolkit to promote purposeful, strategically planned, and coached visits, to achieve timely permanency. Emphasis is placed on coaching parents before/during/after visits, to successfully achieve permanency outcomes.

This resiliency-based program serves children, youth, and families who reside in Allegany and Cattaraugus Counties. Referrals to this program are made by the Departments of Social Services. Service components include social work counseling, mentoring, and Supervised Visitation Services for residents of Allegany County.

Helping families achieve and maintain optimal social, psychological, and physical functioning at home, in school and within the community, Community Based Treatment is an intensive family centered service helping to prevent out-of-home placement and assist families with reunification.

We offer:


Mentoring for children ages 5-18.


A supportive adult mentor meets with child at least twice monthly, at home, school, or in the community. Mentors work with youth to set goals and plan activities to reach treatment goals. Interactions are tailored to the child’s needs and include areas such as social skills, mood management, budgeting, skills for increasing independence, improving school attendance, parent-child relationships, and building supports within the community.


Social Work


Social workers support a family in their time of need and helps identify family strengths and a circle of supports. In home meetings, determined by family need, are held to develop goals, make referrals to community services (doctors, mental health evaluations and/or counseling, addiction counseling), provide advocacy, support the family, and serve as liaison between DSS, school, and law enforcement.

Positive Parenting Program


The Positive Parenting Program is an evidence based parenting program. The program is designed with simple and practical strategies to help build strong and healthy relationships. The program gives parents tools and confidence to manage their children's behaviors and prevent problems developing.


Trauma Systems Therapy


A collaboration with Allegany County DSS, schools, and mental health professionals, to provide trauma
informed, evidence-based treatment for individuals adversely affected by life circumstances.


Coached Family Visitation


Children have court ordered visitations with parents/primary caregivers. Visits may occur in-home, within the community, at the home of a relative, or at DSS. We use a family visiting toolkit to promote purposeful, strategically planned, and coached visits, to achieve timely permanency. Emphasis is placed on coaching parents before/during/after visits, to successfully achieve permanency outcomes.

This resiliency-based program serves children, youth, and families who reside in Allegany and Cattaraugus Counties. Referrals to this program are made by the Departments of Social Services. Service components include social work counseling, mentoring, and Supervised Visitation Services for residents of Allegany County.

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For more information, contact:


Ian Moore, Program Director
Phone: (716) 664-6235
Email: imoore@ndyfs.org

Contact Information for Community-Based Treatment:

Molly Tomsick

Community-Based Treatment Supervisor

Phone: 716-801-0139

Email: mtomsick@ndyfs.org

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