Family Service Society of Yonkers

Family Service Society of Yonkers

30 South Broadway
^4th Floor
Yonkers, NY 10701
Program Contact: Carolyn Fluckinger
Phone: (914) 963-5118
Fax: (914) 963-0262
Email: cfluckinger@fssy.org
Website: http://www.fssy.org

Serves: Kinship caregivers in Westchester County.

Provides case assistance and management, case advocacy, caregiver support groups, parenting and communication workshops, information and referral, family and youth events, free summer youth program, parenting and communication workshops, material assistance, access to mediation, counseling and legal services. Serves legal custodians and families with no formal legal designation.

Services Include:

•  Case Management & Assistance
•  Case Advocacy
• Caregiver Support Groups – Grandparent and Relative Caregiver Support Group Meeting (Virtual): Presentations on parenting issues, group discussion, and peer support.
• Takes place on third Friday of the month from 10:00AM-11:00AM
• Contact Kayla Urena ( (914) 310-4915 or kurena@fssy.org )
• Takes place on second Friday of the month from 10:00AM-12:00PM
•  Contact Bettye Malone ( (914) 963-5118 or bmalone@fssy.org )
•  Parenting & Communication Workshops
•  Information & Referral
• Family & Youth Events
• Youth Support Group – Youth Empowered for Success (YES!) Meeting (Virtual): Presentations on adolescence and other topics, group discussion, and peer support
  • Contact Kayla Urena ( (914) 310-4915 or kurena@fssy.org )
• E-tutoring
  •  Free Summer Youth Program
  •  Material Assistance
  • Access to Mediation
  • Counseling
  • Legal Services

The Family Service Society of Yonkers Kinship Support Program now has a Kinship Family Material Assistance grant. This grant provides assistance to qualified grandparents and other relatives who are raising children without the parents in the home to obtain services and items they need for the children in their care.    Here are some of the resources which can be provided through the grant:

•     Summer camp fees
•     Utilities and rent assistance
•     Tutoring and after school programs
•     College related expenses
•     Clothing
•     Groceries
•     Other needs

 Please contact Sarah Harris for more information and to apply, Sharris@fssy.org or 914-963-5118, ext. 504.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services Kinship Caregivers Program