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 Staten Island
ACS Field Office
350 St. Marks Place, 3rd Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301
Telephone: (718) 720-2833
Contact: Director- Madeline Duran (718) 720-2833; IRT Coordinator – Christopher Galligan (718) 720-2833
District Attorney’s Office – Crime Victims Assistance Unit
130 Stuyvesant Place
Staten Island, NY 10301
Telephone: (718) 876-6300 – After hours: (718) 556-7043
Services Offered: Legal assistance, referrals andinterpreters are available.
Contact: Victim’s Advocate – Mary Santaromita (718) 556-7144
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Clients Served: Available to all ages.
Fees: No Fee.
Staten Island Family Court Program
130 Stuyvesant Place, 5th Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301
Telephone: (718) 447-3820
Services Offered: Counseling and general orientation about courtroom procedures.
Contact: Grisel Cruz-DeAlvarez
Clients Served: Men and women involved in domestic violence court cases.
Fees: No fees
Family Resources Program (Staten Island Mental Health)
14 Slosson Terrace
Staten Island, New York 10301
Telephone: (718) 720-6727
Services Offered: Family counseling, child abuse and neglect prevention program.
Contact: Director – Clarisse Domingo; Family Support – Mike Zampella; Teen Center
Hours: Monday, Thursday: 9am-9pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9am-5pm
Clients Served: Available to Staten Island residents up to 16 years old.
Fees: Insurance accepted.
Staten Island Peer Advocacy Center
777 Seaview Ave.
Building 9, Room 233
Staten Island, NY 10305
Telephone: (718) 667-1609
Services Offered: Advocacy, empowerment, recovery, and self-help groups, assistance with entitlements, SSI, SSD, Medicaid, and Medicare, supportive housing, legal, vocational, and educational issues.
Fee: no fee
South Shore Clinic
3974 Amboy Road, Suite 302
Staten Island, NY 10308
Telephone: (718) 984-5050
Services Offered: Comprehensive diagnostic treatment services
Contact: Director – Geraldine Matthews, CSW
Hours: Monday, Thursday: 9am – 9pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9am – 5pm
Clients Served: Services for children up to 16-years-old and their families.
Fees: Sliding scale fee; Medicaid and some third party insurance are accepted.
Seaman’s Society for Children and Families
25 Hyatt Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
Telephone: (718) 447-7740
Services Offered: Counseling, family support programs, foster care and adoption.
Contact: Cindy Reily
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 4:45pm
Staten Island Child Advocacy Center
280 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
Telephone: (718) 556-0844
Services Offered: Investigates child physical and sexual abuse allegations in a child friendly environment.
Contact: Louise Abitbol (718) 556-0845; Case Manager – Nancy Roman-Fair (718) 273-8405
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm; Weekdays by appointments for non-emergency sexual abuse for children under 17.
Fee: **Must Be Referred By ACS, Court, or Special Victims** No fee.
City of New York Office of Domestic Violence and Emergency Intervention Services
Human Resources Administration
Richmond/99
201 Bay Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
Services Offered: Investigation of victims of domestic violence who are applying for public assistance, and in-depth family, group and individual counseling.
Contact: Domestic Violence Liaison – Charles Edwards
Hours: Office only open on Wednesday, 9am – 5pm
Fees: **Must Be Referred By Income Support Staff**
AMT Children of Hope Safe Haven Programs
Telephone: (516) 781-3511
www.amtchildrenofhope.com
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 x-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: Alicia White
Fees: No fee.