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 Manhattan
ACS Field Office
150 William Street, 18th floor
New York, NY 10038-2603
Telephone: (212) 676-7055/7056
CAC of Manhattan
333 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Telephone: (212) 517-3012
Services Offered: Therapy, medical examinations and evaluations. Can call for referrals and crisis intervention.
Contact: Director – Dr. Katherine Teets-Grimm; Clinical Manager – Lisa Sanders (212) 517-3012, fax (212) 517-6738
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Clients Served: Must Be Referred By ACS, Special Victims, schools mental health professionals, or Hospital.
Fees: No fee.
New York Columbia-Presbyterian CAC
622 West 168th
New York, NY 10032
Telephone: (212) 305-2393
Contact: Dr. Brown
Greenwich House Children’s Safety Project
27 Barrow Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10014-3823
Telephone: (212) 242-4140
Services Offered: Counsels children, adolescents, and young adults up to 21 who have been physically or sexually abuse, or victim or witness to a crime. Offers individual, family and group counseling, parent support groups and classes, and child safety classes for children.
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Fees: Treat all patients regardless of ability to pay
Bellevue Hospital Child Protection and Development Center
462 First Avenue #A GC65 (at 27th)
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: (212) 562-6073
Services Offered: Short-term counseling, referrals. Spanish speaking staff available.
Contact: Coordinator – Toni Cardenas
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Clients Served: Available to children 18 years living in Manhattan.
Fees: Sliding scale and Medicaid accepted.
Children’s Health Service
690 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10025
Telephone: (212) 865-4104
Services Offered: Provides medical services for the community.
Contact: Head Nurse – Shelly Karp
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9am – 5pm; Wednesday: 12:30pm – 7pm; Saturday: 1 appointment only.
Fees: $10 – $35 for physicals and counseling.
District Attorney’s Office, Witness Aid Service Unit
One Hogan Place
New York, New York 10013
Telephone: (212) 335-9000
Services Offered: Victim/witness reception center, social services department, notification division, and property release division.
Contact: Bureau chief of Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau – Anne Donnelly (212) 335-3750
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8am – 10pm; Saturday, Sunday: 9am – 5pm.
Fees: No fee.
Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services
120 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 632-4720
Services Offered: Mental, hygiene, Generic counseling for children, adults and elderly. Individual or family counseling available.
Contact:Diana Duchowny, (212) 632-4720
Hours: Monday, Thursday: 9am – 9pm; Tuesday, Wednesday: 9am – 8pm; Friday: 9am – 5pm
Fees: Sliding scale fee. Medicaid and other insurance accepted.
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center
1249 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10029
Telephone: (212) 360-3636
Contact:Executive Director – Mark Mazzella
Services Offered: Nursing home, AIDS hospice, care for children with respiratory ailments and a clinic for children with developmental disabilities.
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm.
Fees: Medicaid, HMO
New York Foundling
590 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: (212) 633-9300; (212) 886-4000
Parent Helpline (212) 472-8555, (800) HELP-553
Crisis Nursery, (212) 886-4000
Services Offered: Safe havens for parents in times of crisis, respite for children in times of crisis, crisis counseling, telephone referrals, and short-term counseling.
Contact: Program Coordinator – Victoria Pena
Hours: 24-hour services offered.
Fees: No fee.
Asian Family Services
365 Broadway, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: (212) 941-0030/0038
Services Offered: Crisis intervention, family counseling, parents skills, translation, and referrals.
Clients served: Asian/Indochinese families with one child under 18 years old who is at risk.
Contact: Doris Wu
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Fees: No fee.
Center for Comprehensive Health Practice
163 East 97th Street and 1900 Second Avenue, 12th floor
New York, NY 10029
Telephone: (212) 360-7874
www.cchphealthcare.org
Services Offered: Parenting and family therapy, parenting workshops, individual counseling, addiction rehabilitation services, and full services medical treatment.
Contact: Operational Director – David Hudson (1900 Second Avenue); Site Director – Stan Blanche (1900 Second Avenue); Coordinator – Nancy Schandler (163 E. 97th Street)
Hours: (163 East 97th Street): Monday,Thursday, Friday: 9am – 5pm; Tuesday, Wednesday: 9am – 8pm; (1900 Second Avenue): Monday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am – 5pm; Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:30am – 8pm
St. Marks Place Institute
57 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: (212) 982-3470
Services Offered: Child treatment program, which includes: individual play therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy, parent guidance, family treatment, and infant/toddler assessment.
Special Language Services: French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Ukrainian
Contact: Executive Director – Dr. Roman Pabis (Emergency Cell: (914) 815-0625)
Hours: Monday – Saturday: 8:30am – 8:30pm
Fees: Most insurance accepted.
Parents and Children Together
Housed at P.S. 198
1700 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Telephone: (212) 828-7690
Services Offered: Wake-up calls, individual and family counseling, workshops and referrals.
Contact: Connie Cesarano
Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30am – 3:30pm. School year only.
AMT Children of Hope Safe Haven Programs
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.
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: Volunteer Coordinator – Pamela Gariety
Fees: No fee.
VICE (SECTION OF NYPD DEALING WITH SEXUAL ABUSE ON THE INTERNET)
Contact: NYPD Switchboard: (646) 610-5000