"Helping Kids Get on the Right Track"

Who We Serve:
The Oneida County Youth Bureau serves as the funding arm of 47 different agencies and municipalities that receive state funds through the Office of Children and Family Services to provide valuable programs and services to youth.  We serve as a conduit to the community to meet area needs in a cost-effective, pro-active way.

The funds we allocate are divided into three categories:

SDPP (Special Delinquency Prevention Programs)

YDPP (Youth Development Delinquency Prevention Programs

RHYA (Runaway and Homeless Youth Act Funded Programs)

You can search for information on these programs by clicking on either category or by the following search:
Alphabetically
(If you know the program name)

Special Delinquency Prevention Programs – Also known as SDPP. This funding is provided to non-profits to serve a targeted youth population with the goal of preventing Juvenile Delinquency.

Central NY Services –

Teen Aggression Reduction – A ten week series of group sessions to build aggression reduction skills in teens; parents are engaged in individual orientation as a group starts and a debriefing session at the end of the series; serves youth/ families in western Oneida County.
For more information contact: LINDA SALLETT: 853-5134

Cosmopolitan Center –

SDPP- This program offers one-on-one services for high risk youth to prevent involvement or re-involvement with the justice system.

Youth Aftercare Program – This program offers case management, support services and independent living skills instruction for youth discharged back to the community from juvenile justice placements.
For more information contact: SAM SMITH 735-7525

Compeer – www.compeermv.org

Compeer for Kids – This program offers recruitment and training of volunteers for mentoring friendships with children receiving mental health treatment.
For more information contact: JODIE RONAN 735-1066 or www.compeermv.org

Family Services of the Mohawk Valley –  www.familyservicesmv.org  

Sexual Abuse Treatment Program – This program provides individual and family treatment of sexual abuse for those not eligible to participate through the Department of Social Services.

Juvenile Perpetrators – This program provides group and family treatment for youth implicated as perpetrators of sexual abuse.

Partners in Prevention – This program offers individual and family therapy from a family system approach to direct vulnerable youth towards completion of the Young Scholars program.  
For more information contact: HERB FREEMAN 735-2236 or herbf@familyservicesmv.org

Oneida County Workforce Development –  http://www.ocgov.net/oneidacty/gov/dept/workforcedev/wfindex.htm

Probation Employment - This funding allocation is used exclusively for stipends to youth on probation who participate in meaningful private sector employment opportunities.

Jail To Community Transition – This program supports coordination to transition youth, who complete sentences at Oneida County Jail, into job training programs or unsubsidized employment.
For more information contact: DAVE MATHIS 798-5908 or dmathis@ocgov.net

 YWCA – www.ywcamv.org                         

Sexual Violence Services – This program offers rape crisis and domestic violence services for victims and secondary victims. It includes a hotline as well as accompaniment and advocacy with hospitals, law enforcement and courts.

Self Esteem/Life Skills – This program offers basic life skills training (cooking, budgeting, household management) and a focus on developing communication and relationship skills for both residents at New Horizons and youth from the community-at-large.
For more information contact: DENISE CAVANAUGH 732-2159

Youth Development Delinquency Prevention Programs – This funding is also known as YDPP. It offers 50% funding to municipalities and non-profits for Youth Service, Initiative and Recreation programs.

Recreation –

 Boys and Girls Club of Utica- www.bgcutica.org

TEEN Passport–   This in house program helps teens to demonstrate a higher level of confidence in academics, job skills and communication.
For more information contact: BARRY CAVANAUGH 724-2524 or bcavanaugh@bgcutica.org

Catholic Charities –   www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org

After School Recreation – This program offers structured activities including recreation, help with homework and community service projects for youth age 5-15 who attend the St. Martin de Porres Youth Center in the Cornhill area of Utica . The program is OCFS school age child care certified.
For more information contact: KATHY EICHENLAUB 724-2158 or keichenlaub@ccharityom.org

Cosmopolitan Center –

Teen Recreation Center – This program offers constructive leisure time activities 6 to 8PM , M-F and some Saturdays for high risk, inner city youth, mainly from minority families involved with the human service system.
For more information contact: SAM SMITH 735-7525

JCTOD  Outreach –

Children’s Center – This program provides a safe, drop-in place with after-school and summer recreation for children in the Cornhill area.  Many are from single parent, low income families.

For more information contact: REV. MARIA SKATES 734-9608

www.thenucc.com 

North Utica Senior Citizens/Community Center –

Teen Recreation/Services – This program provides a caring community hub where teens can engage in supervised recreational, intergenerational and educational activities and receive support in crucial areas of their lives.
For more information contact: YVONNE MCCLUSKEY 724-2430 or info@thenucc.com

Service –

American Red Cross, Utica Chapter – www.utredcross.org

Health and Safety – This program provides health and safety prevention education for children/youth in the Utica Chapter jurisdiction that covers fifteen school districts. Issues like fire and burn prevention, home alone safety tips, choking and babysitting training are all addressed.

For more information contact: PATSY GLISTA 733-4668 or pglista@utredcross.org

Catholic Charities –   www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org

Youth Counseling Through BOCES – This group works at BOCES Verona campus and the Triplex site in Rome with youth exhibiting behavior problems in school; aggression reduction techniques and cultural sensitivity are addressed.

For more information contact: KATHY EICHENLAUB 724-2158 or keichenlaub@ccharityom.org

 Cornell Cooperative Extension – http://www.cce.cornell.edu/~oneida/cce/oneida.htm

Be Smart.. Don’t Start – This collaboration with Faxton-St.Luke’s Healthcare provides tobacco prevention education to youth in grades K-6. It deals with social, physical and peer implications.

Better Your Own Body – This is a youth development program that recruits, trains and hires high school and college students to facilitate group discussions with K-6^th graders regarding the social, nutritional, physical and drunk driving implications of alcohol.

4-H Outreach – This youth development programming utilizes Intergenerational Master Gardener, 4-H Government Interns and Conservation Education Days to provide young people with role models and meaningful participation in community awareness and problem solving opportunities.

For more information contact: CHRIS WEBER-MANGINI 736-3394 or caw24@cornell.edu

Neighborhood Center –

Career Development Trainees – This program provides stipends for youth employment opportunities in day care recreation and food preparation. Its on going training and evaluation clarifies education and career goals.

Outreach and Prevention – This social group works year round at the Center. It offers home visits, referrals for counseling as needed; family programs and cultural celebrations.
For more information contact: VIRGINIA BARNEY 272-2600  

  Peacemaker Program – www.thepeacemakerprogram.org

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) – This program recruits , screens , trains and supervises community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children living in foster care.

For more information contact: BRENDA EPISCOPA 724-1718 or info@ThePeacemakerProgram.org

Thea Bowman House –

B.R.I.D.G.E.S. – This program offers registered participants in an after-school program a safe, learning oriented environment. It also includes an all day program for five weeks during the summer. The program is located in the St. Francis Desales Neighborhood Center in Utica and serves as an certified OCFS school age child care center.

For more information contact: JANE DOMINGUE 797-0748 or theashouse@aol.com theashouse@aol.com  

 YWCA –   www.ywcamv.org

Adolescent Outreach – This program provides awareness and prevention education information about sexual assault and domestic/dating violence; reaches youth from pre-school to college to developmentally challenged.

Sheltered Youth Project – This program offers a variety of services that a family may need after departure from Hall House Domestic Violence shelter. Those services include: crisis and short term counseling, age appropriate recreational activities; return to school of origin or re-enrollment in a new school, as well as follow-up and referrals.

For more information contact: DENISE CAVANAUGH 732-2159

Initiative –

Catholic Charities –   www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org

Child and Family Development – This program offers a variety of pre-natal and post-natal services to pregnant and parenting teens, teen fathers and extended family members. It also offers clinical treatment and individual case management as needed. The weekly group combines an educational/life skills module with socialization.

For more information contact: KATHY EICHENLAUB 724-2158 or keichenlaub@ccharityom.org

Neighborhood Center –

Partners in Prevention – This program offers individual, family and group counseling on-site at Kernan Elementary School in Utica .

For more information contact- VIRGINA BARNEY 272-2600

 

 

 

 

    Oneida County Youth Bureau-  

Oneida County Youth Court- This program provides pre-sentencing and adjudication alternatives to youth committing school and first time non-violent offenses. The program’s goal is to combat juvenile delinquency and educate both offenders and the youth court volunteer participants.

For more information contact- KEVIN CRUMB 798-5027 or kcrumb@ocgov.net

Upstate Cerebral Palsy-  www.utica-ucp.org

 Big Brothers/Big Sisters– This renowned mentoring program matches adult role models with at-risk characteristic youth from single parent families.

For more information contact- DANA GUERNSEY 738-0794 or dguernsey@ucp-utica.org

 

 Utica Municipal Housing Authority- www.uticamha.org  

Teens & Dreams- This program will assist disadvantaged youth residing in Adrean Terrace , N.D. Peters and Matt Apartments to complete secondary school and enroll in post secondary education; tutoring , mentoring , counseling , career exploration , recreation and college preparation workshops. 

For more information contact- STEVE KAMBIC 735-5246 or skambic@uticamha.org

 Waterville School Foundation-  www.watervilleschools.org  

Love & Logic-

For more information contact- KATHY MOON 821-2125

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) funded programs

Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency – www.mvcaa.com

Runaway & Homeless Youth Program –  This program provides crisis mediation for youth and families. It also offers crisis (short-term) shelter with OCFS certified Volunteer Interim Families as well as referrals and advocacy with the goal of reuniting families.
For more information contact: KELLY FLEMING at 339-2981 or kfleming@mvcaa.com

Neighborhood Center –

Transitional Life Skills – This program offers case management and independent living services for homeless youth age 16-20 to improve their ability to function in independent living situations.
For more information contact: VIRGINIA BARNEY 272-2600


YWCA – www.ywcamv.org

Self Esteem/Life Skills – This program offers basic life skills training (cooking, budgeting, household management) and a focus on developing communication and relationship skills for both residents at New Horizons and youth from the community-at-large.
For more information contact: DENISE CAVANAUGH 732-2159

Oneida County Youth Bureau
209 Elizabeth Street
Paul Building - 3rd Floor
Utica, New York  13501
(315)  798-5027

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