The Child Abuse Prevention Program, Inc.
5 Hanover Square, 15th floor
New York, NY 10004
phone: 212-344-1902
fax: 212-344-1923
Directory of Child Abuse Resources
in the Borough of the Brooklyn
ACS Field Offices
210 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Telephone: (718) 802-2300
1274 Bedford Avenue, (718) 623-4500
Contact: Director – Olivia Brown (718) 623-4975
345 Adams Street, (718) 522-8214/8210
1958 Fulton Street, (718) 953-8208/8252/8254
19 Grant Square, (718) 735-0311/363-7443/7432
2554 Linden Blvd., (718) 348-8015/8018
Little Flower Children’s Services
186 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (718) 260-8840
Services Offered: Foster care agency, therapeutic foster homes, training, New Life Program, and adoption services.
Contact: Executive Director – Grace Logrande, CEO Herbert Stutp
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Fees: No fee.
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park
345-43rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Telephone: (718) 788-3500
Services Offered:Summer day camp, 9am – 4pm, and an afterschool program all year long.
Contact: Gretchen Santiago, (Ext.11)
Clients Served: Available to Sunset Park Residents, Spanish and Chinese Speaking Staff available.
Fees: No Fee.
District Attorney’s Office Crime Victim’s Counseling Unit
350 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
360 Adams Street, Room 773
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (718) 250-3820
Emergency: (718) 250-2001
Services Offered: Legal assistance concerning domestic violence, education for parents and children, community outreach/education, short-term crisis counseling for victims and families, and social service advocacy. Language interpreters are available and a task force for domestic violence.
Contact: Director of Clinical Services – Ovita Williams (718) 250-3820
Hours:Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Fees: No Fees
Interfaith Medical Center
1545 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11200
Telephone: (718) 613- 4000
Services Offered:Treatment and counseling, social services advocacy, medical assistance, crisis intervention, psycho-social development program for children and parents, and an adolescent parenting program.
Spanish speaking staff available.
Contact:Director of Social Services – Pamula Aupont (718) 613-4364
Hours:24 hours a day
Fees: Select Managed Care companies and Medicaid are accepted.
Jewish Child Care Association
North Brooklyn Children’s Services
3003 Avenue H
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Telephone: (718) 859-4500
Services Offered: Child intensive case management service, advocate and coordinate services for children with psychological diagnoses.
Contact: Vice President of Mental Health and Preventative Services – Judith Berman
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9am – 8pm; Wednesday, Friday: 9am – 6pm; Saturday: 9am – 5pm. (On call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.)
Fees: No fee.
Seaman’s Society for Children & Families
57 Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (888-819-4647
Services Offered: Foster care and adoption services, and family preservation services.
Contact: Director – Peter Need, (Ext. 4246)
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 4: 45pm.
Fees: No fee.
Beacon Family Place
350 Linwood Street, Room 177
Brooklyn, NY 11208
Telephone: (718) 277-9593
Services Offered: Preventive services program.
Contact: Executive Director – Michelle Neugebauer
Hours: Monday – Friday: 10am – 6pm.
Fees: No fee.
Kings County Hospital Developmental Evaluation Clinic
451 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Telephone: (718) 270-2918/2919
Services Offered: Evaluation clinic. children.
Contact: Program Director – Dr. Alice Sandgrund; Executive Director – Jean Robert Jaques, M.D.
Hours: Monday, Thursday: 9am – 7pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8am – 4:30
Clients Served: Available to children from birth to 17-years-old.
Fees: Insurance coverage with authorization.
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
585 Schenectady Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Telephone: (718) 604-5000
Services Offered: Treatment and counseling for victims, social service advocacy, medical assistance, crisis intervention, education for children and parents, community outreach and education, and referrals.
Contact: Raphael Cobbs, (718) 604-5328
Hours:Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm.
Fees: Sliding scale, all types of insurance and Medicaid accepted for in-patient care.
Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
111 Livingston Street, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (718) 237-3100
Services Offered: Handles cases of neglect and delinquency, which are represented by caseworkers and paraliegals and assigned by the judge. Represent children in family court proceedings and social workers are available.
Spanish speaking staff available.
Contact:Office Manager – Oscar Loplito, (718) 250-4270.
Hours:Monday – Friday: 8:30 – 5pm.
Clients Served: Available to Brooklyn resident children subject to family court jurisdiction
Fees: No fee.
Parents Helping Parents
669 President Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Telephone: (718) 638-9444
Services Offered: Family counseling for parents and children, workshops for schools and organizations, and support groups.
Contact: Sharon Peters
Hours: Monday – Saturday, days and evenings, by appointment.
Puerto Rican Family Institute and Child Placement
545 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Telephone: (718) 387-5200
Services Offered: Counseling for families and children who are at risk to be placed in foster care.
Contact: Director – Ester Huertas
Hours: Monday, Wednesday: 9am – 7pm; Tuesday: 9am – 6pm; Thursday, Friday: 9am – 5pm
Fees: No fee.
Project Second Try Sunset Park Mental Health Center
514-49th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Telephone: (718) 437-5219
Service Offered: A treatment program for adolescent sex offenders that is divided into three phases: 1) intake and psychological assessment, 2) the proper treatment, 3) termination and follow up.
Contact: Chief Psychologist – Project Director – Dr. Mark J. Rand
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm.
Clients Served: Available to children 13 years old and under.
Fees: Medicaid and third party insurance accepted.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Children
1 Hansan Place, 18th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11243
Telephone: (718) 638-2828
Services Offered: Provides group homes, and diagnostic and long term care.
Contact: Director – Dianne Heggie
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Clients Served: Available to citywide residents who are referred by ACS.
Fees: No fee.
The Children’s Law Center
44 Court St.
11th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Telephone: (718) 522-3333
Hours: 9am – 5pm
Services Offered: Provides representation to children in custody/visitation and guardianship cases.
Clients Served: Children’s Law Center is assigned by the judges in Brooklyn Family Court to represent children in these types of cases.
Fees: No Fee
AMT Children of Hope Safe Haven Program
Helpline: 877-796-HOPE(4673)
Services Offered: Secret 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, and Community Firehouses are considered safe havens.
Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center
320 Schermerhorn St.
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Telephone: (718) 330-5400
Services Offered: To provide a neutral setting to coordinate services to expedite the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases. Multidisciplinary investigation, child focused interviews, medical evaluations, extended assessment, counseling services, and court school.
Contact: Clinical Director – Dr. Chris Turner; Senior Director – Jacqueline Winston
Hours: 24-hours a day.
Clients Served: Must Be Referred By ACS, Court, of Special Victims.
Fees: No fee.
CASA Programs
350 Broadway, Suite 1107
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: (212) 334-4010 Ext. 126
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: Executive Director – Amy Feldman
Fees: No fee.
St. Christopher – Ollie Family Dynamics
613-619 Throop Ave, 5th Fl
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone: (212) 255-8484
Services Offered: Counseling, parenting education and childcare programs, adolescent counseling, nurse family partnership for 1st time mothers
Contact:Program Director – Floria Ladja; Executive Director – Oma S. Holloway
Hours:Monday, Friday: 9am – 5pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am – 8pm
Fee: No fee