Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes – LGBTQ+ program

FCSFL provides free services to residents of Ontario, Wayne, Monroe, Seneca, & Yates Counties, including support groups, assistance with finding gender affirming care and services, name changes, DASA (Dignity for All Students Act) and discrimination, and additional assistance for LGBTQ+ victims of domestic abuse and other crime.

fcsfl – bilingual family services program

FCSFL’s Bilingual Family Services also help residents locate, access and secure needed services (housing, food, clothing, heat), transport families to resources, provide assistance with immigration matters and resources, legal assistance, employment, and school. This program exists to help break down cultural biases and barriers that often hinder the Hispanic population from accessing support services like family counseling and domestic violence.

fcsfl – domestic violence hotline

FCSFL’s domestic violence program offers residents several free services including crisis intervention, needs assessment and evaluation of your situation, personalized safety plan, education, information and referrals, access to safe shelter, crisis, peer and DV educational counseling, support groups, referral to therapeutic counseling, assistance with Family Court Petitions, court accompaniments, criminal justice and legal advocacy, advocacy for housing, social services, medical and other needed services, transportation to essential services, and community education and outreach.

empower ontario – ontario cares

Empower Ontario County is an online platform complete with resources about health-related topics for youth. This platform was created by the Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition of Ontario County to empower youth in Ontario County.

community support center

The Community Support Center in Canandaigua offers community wellness programs to Ontario County Residents. Current programs include Create & Connect, a creative art group that meets in person and online, Letters & Lattes, a creative teen and young adult group, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), available to individuals, couples and families.