Welcome to New Directions
New Directions Youth and Family Services is a non-profit agency that helps children with emotional and behavioral problems, along with their families.
We offer more than 25 programs and services aiding residents throughout the State of New York.
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Highlights
Getting bargains and helping kids
Mary Jo Traversone of Lockport, right, pays Marge Richards, Performance and Quality Improvement assistant at New Directions Youth and Family Services, for the bolts of cloth and other items she bought at the third annual yard sale held Saturday, Aug. 2 at Wyndham Lawn Home for Children. The early rain didn’t hamper shoppers at the event, and $1,200 was raised to benefit Children’s Mental Health Programs.
Family celebrates adoption of sibling pair
Megan, 5, and Thanen, 10, were recently the center of attention for the celebration of their adoptions. From left are adoptive parents Angie and Suzie, Megan (on Suzie’s lap), Thanen, and the family’s other children, Samantha, 14, Dusty, 17, and Darin, 16. Angie and Suzie have been doing foster care for almost eight years, and the recently adopted sibling pair, Megan and Thanen, had been in foster care with them for five years. “If you are looking for excitement, be a foster parent, because there is never a dull moment, and that is the honest truth,” Angie said. “It is challenging, but rewarding.” Angie and Suzie have an open adoption with Megan and Thanen’s biological mother, and she will visit.
Annual horse show held at Randolph Children's Home
Arielle, middle, stands proudly with, clockwise from top left, her stepfather Mike, mother Anne, sister Isabella and brother Michael. Arielle was one of the youth who participated in the annual horse show at Randolph Children’s Home on June 21. “Whenever I am sad I want to come see the horses,” Arielle said. “They are calming for me.”
Raising awareness for mental health
Distributing green ribbons to raise awareness during Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week are Marge Wright, left, Family Support coordinator, and Rose Edwards, a parent in the S.M.I.L.E. Family Support Group. They were part of a group from New Directions Youth and Family Services helping to educate the public on children’s mental health and the services that are available to families. For more information, call Marge Wright, Family Support coordinator, at 433-4487, ext. 467.
Global Village teen honored at luncheon
Jarred, 19, of Akron was honored Friday, May 9 during a luncheon marking Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week sponsored by Family Voices Network of Erie County.
Adoption program approved at New Directions Youth and Family Services
New Directions Youth and Family Services has received approval from New York State to operate an adoption program. Through its Global Village Therapeutic Foster Care Program, the agency currently offers therapeutic foster care services and post-adoption services.
