Directory of Child Abuse Resources
Borough of Queens

ACS Field Offices
165-15 Archer Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11433
Telephone: (718) 481-5700/5930
Contact: Director - Mr. Edward R. Thompson
Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/acs/html/home/home.shtml

90-25 161st Street (North Fork Bank)
Jamaica, NY 11433
Telephone: (718) 481-5700
Fax:(718) 262-1206
Contact: Instant Response Team Coordinator - Mr. Jerry Spence

92-31 Union Hall Street 3rd Floor
Jamaica, NY 11433
Telephone: (718) 725-3714
Fax: (718) 725-2155
Contact: Instant Response Coordinator - Khalid Rahaman

Families in Need: Southern Queens Park Association
177th & Baisley St.
Jamaica, New York 11434
Telephone: 718-276-4630 Ext 119
Services Offered: Individual, group, and family counseling, parenting & grandparenting classes. Referrals.
Contact: Director — Mrs. Lisa Atkins
Clients Served: *Children must be between ages of 10 and 15-yrs old*
Hours: Monday- Friday 9AM-6PM
Fees: No Fee.

Safe Space Preventive Services: www.safespacenyc.org
2 Locations- Howard Beach and Richmond Hill
Telephone: (718) 847-1500
Services Offered: Individual and family counseling, parenting skills training, domestic violence classes.
Hours:  Monday - Friday, 9AM-5PM.
Clients Served: **At Least One Child In The Household Must Be Under The Age Of 18yrs**
Website: www.safespacenyc.org

Safe Space Preventive Services Far Rockaway:
19-31 Mott Avenue, Suite 410
Far Rockaway, New York 11691
Telephone: (718) 471-6818
Services Offered: Individual, group and family counseling, parenting skills, domestic violence classes & handling of issues relating to child abuse.
Contact Person:  Vice Supervisor- Nancy DeRenzo
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9AM-9PM.
Clients Served: Available to children ages 5 and older. English and Spanish speaking staff available.
Fees: Accepts Medicaid and other insurance. 

Safe Space Mental Health Clinic — Jamaica
Family Life Office-163-18 Jamaica Ave, 4th floor 607
Jamaica, NY 11432
Telephone: (718) 206-3440
Preventive Services-90-25 161st Street, 5th Floor
Services Offered: Individual, group, & family counseling, prevention of foster care placement for children at risk, domestic violence & parenting groups. Spanish speaking staff available.
Contact: Director of Preventive Services  — Thomas Meyers
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9-9pm, Friday 9-8PM, Saturday 9-5pm.
Clients Served: **At Least One Child In The Home Must Be Under The Age Of 18**
Fees: No fees

Safe Space
10105 Lefferts Boulevard
Richmond Hill, New York  11419
Telephone: (718) 847-1500
Services Offered: Individual and family counseling, parenting skills training, domestic violence classes.
Contact: Supervisor - Michelle Cuttino
Hours:  Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm.
Clients Served: **At Least One Child In The Household Must Be Under The Age Of 18 yrs**

Child and Family Counseling Services
23-16 30th Avenue
Long Island City, New York  11102
Telephone: (718) 274-9007
Services Offered: Individual, family and couple counseling to prevent the need for foster placement, crime victim's assistance, substance abuse, immigration, and social services. Domestic violence services offered provided the child is under the age of 17.
Clients Served: At least one child in the home must be under the age of 18.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
Fees: No fee.

Family Consultation Services
Diocese of Long Island
216-10 Jamaica Avenue
Queens Village, New York  11428
Telephone: (718) 465-8585
Services Offered: Individual, group and family counseling, as well as these specific preventive service programs:
 Grandparents as Parents Program
216-10 Jamaica Avenue
Queens Village, NY  11428
Telephone: (718) 776-2333
 Homework Help Program
Queens Village, NY  11429
Telephone: (718) 776-2333
Contact: Felicia Minerva
Clients Served: At least one child in the home must be under the age of 18.            
Hours: Monday, Friday: 9am - 5pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Fees: If there are no children under the age of 18 in the household there is a fee.

Hillside Eastern Queens Mental Health Center
221-10 Jamaica Avenue, Room 210
Queens Village, New York  11429
Telephone: (718) 740-3310
Services Offered: Children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with mental illness.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8am - 8pm; Tuesday, Friday: 8am - 5pm
Clients Served: Children 5 years old & older.
Fees: Insurance & sliding scale fee.

Catholic Charities
Jamaica Family & Youth Program
9511 160th Street, 1st floor
Jamaica, NY  11432
Telephone: (718) 526-5151
Services Offered: Individual, group and family counseling dealing with issues relating to child abuse and prevention of foster care. Spanish speaking staff available.
Contact Person: Director - Gail McDonald
Clients Served: At least one child in the home must be under the age of 18yrs. 
Fees: sliding scale based on insurance and referrals.
Website: www.ccbq.org

Catholic Charities Family Centers provide short term counseling to individuals and families as well as crisis support.  Self help groups, immigration, parenting, preteen, and domestic violence programs, as well as childcare services are also provided.

Catholic Community Center of Northern Queens
23-40 Astoria Blvd
Astoria, NY  11102
Telephone: (718) 725-9790

Queens South Family Center
90-39 189th Street
Hollis, NY  11423
Telephone: (718) 217-1238

Joseph P. Addabbo Center
Telephone: (718) 945-7150

Mental Health Clinic
67-10 Rockaway Beach Boulevard
Arverne, NY  11692
Services Offered: Individual, group, and family counseling, parenting groups and HIV counseling.
Contact: Director - Dr. Peter Nelson
Hours: Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm.
Clients Served: Children 4years old and older.
Fees: Sliding scale fee, Medicaid & insurance accepted.

Pride of Judea Counseling Center
243-02 Northern Boulevard
Douglaston, NY 11362
Telephone: (718) 423-6200
Director: Shoshanna Garber
Services Offered: For children and adults of all ages include evaluation and assessment; psychological testing, medication management, crisis intervention, and ongoing individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Staff fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish are available.

Steinway Children and Family Services: 
Queens Preventive Services
41-36 27th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101-3825
Telephone: (718) 389-5100 Fax: (718) 391-9665
Contact: Angela Perez, MA, MFT, Program Director
Website: www.steinway.org

Steinway Clinic
41-36 27th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101-3825
Telephone: (718) 389-5100
Fax: (718) 784-2920
Contact: Karen Nemeroff, CSW, Assistant Director of Mental Health Services

Martin DePorres Clinic
4-21 27 th Street, Astoria, NY 11102-4510
Phone: (718) 956-1305 Fax: (718) 965-4573
Karen Nemeroff, LCSW, Assistant Director of Mental Health Services

Howard Beach Clinic
156-36 Crossbay Blvd Suite C
Howard Beach, NY 11414
Telephone: 718-738-6800
Services Offered: Individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents, & adults, as well as family counseling
Clients Served: Children 5 years old or older.
Fees: Sliding scale fee and Medicaid is accepted

AMT Children of Hope Safe Haven Program
Helpline: 877-796-HOPE(4673)
Services Offered: Safe Haven provides a safe place for a mother to leave her newborn child and not be charged with a crime. The child must be no older than five days old and all hospital emergency rooms, Police Stations, hospitals & Community Firehouses are considered safe havens.

Shield Institute, Inc.
144-61 Roosevelt Avenue
Flushing, NY 11354
Telephone: 718-939-8700
Services Offered: Pre-school and school age early intervention center for children with special needs, & daycare and clinical services for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Contact: Ass. Director of Programs and Services- Carole Gothelf
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30AM - 6PM.
Fees: Fees depend on program

Association for the Help of Retarded Children(AHRC)
AHRC New York City
83 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Telephone: (212) 780-2500
Services Offered: Serves individuals who are disabled and their family members from infancy through adulthood throughout the five boroughs
Website: www.ahrcnyc.org

The Child Center of New York: 
60-02 Queens Blvd. Lower Level
Woodside, NY 11377(several other offsite clinics as well)
Telephone: (718)651-7770
Services Offered:  Individual, and family counseling, crisis intervention, substance abuse, and case management.  Offers services to families in risk of losing their children do to abuse. 
Clients Served: Families and children from 0-18. English and Spanish
Fees:  Sliding Scale
Contact: Sandra Hagan, Executive Director
Website: www.childcenterny.org

Queens Child Advocacy Center
112-25 Queens Boulevard
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Telephone: (718) 575 1342
Fax: (718) 575 1645
Email: mshapiro@safehorizon.org
Contact: Myra Shapiro, Senior Director
Website: www.safehorizon.org/page.php?nav=rl_cac&page=cac_about

The Forest Hills Community House
108-25 62nd Ave.
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Telephone: 718-592-5757
Services Offered: Settlement house services for youth including family day care, early childhood, after school program, summer camp, young adult leadership
Clients Served: 0-18 years old
Hours: Monday- Friday 9:00-5:00
Fee: Free

CASA Program @ Queens Family Court
151-20 Jamaica Ave. Room A490
Jamaica, NY 11432
Telephone: (718) 206-9585
Fax: (718) 206-0235
Website: http://www.casa-nyc.org/
Languages: English, Urdu
Services Offered: The program provides a specially trained and supervised community volunteer which is appointed by the Family Court judge. CASAs are provided to help secure safe and permanent homes for abused and neglected children by investigating and monitoring cases involving children in foster care.
Contact: Jennifer Goldstein, Queens Borough Coordinator
Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Clients: Children: newborns to aged 21 involved in family court system. CASA worker must be assigned to a case by a judge. No exceptions.
Fees: No fee.

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