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.
Highlights
Randolph creates
smaller units
Natural light from the new skylight casts a cheerful glow in one of the smaller units being created in a renovation project at Randolph Children's Home. The purpose is to provide more flexibility in grouping youth and to help implement Normative Culture more effectively. The renovations are cost effective because New Directions is using its own staff for most of the work.
Passamonte helped
kids heal by working
with horses
Trauma treatment supported
by two grants
"Honestly, I think my daughter would be dead in the streets had we not come to New Directions," said Anne, the mother of Arielle.
Arielle, 16, a teen at Randolph Children's Home, is excelling in school, working to become part of the Timber Wolf leadership club and even has a job in town.
She is benefitting from New Directions' emphasis on trauma treatment, which is being supported by two grants.
Giving back to the community
Corey, left, and Rozzell, both 16, were among the youth at Wyndham Lawn Home for Children who gave back to the community through the annual Pledge Night event on Dec. 17.. Each year, the youth make a contribution to charity, and representatives from each cottage get together to select an organization to receive the group gift. This year the youth selected Hunter’s Hope, which fights Krabbe Disease. The teens also made laminated bookmarks to promote the charity.
Teens from Randolph Academy
deck the halls with holiday wreaths
Joseph, 15, a Randolph Academy day student, was among the students who made a wreath by hand. The Vocational Horticulture program, which trains students ages 14-18, created dozens of wreaths this week. Students learned to use hand tools to trim evergreen boughs and create perfectly shaped wreaths. The wreaths were sold to staff and visitors. All of the proceeds went back to the program for future projects. Randolph Academy serves the youth residing at Randolph's Children's Home as well as day students from surrounding communities.
New Directions works to improve
care delivery in New York State
Assemblyman Mark J. F. Schroeder, left, chair of the New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Autism, addresses about 100 people who attended a hearing Dec. 9 to discuss ways to help children and adolescents with behavioral disorders and autism spectrum disorders get the help they need. Mark Smith, Managed Care director with New Directions Youth and Family Services, third from right, was credited with organizing the process that led to the hearing. Affected youth often don’t receive the care they need because of the way the care delivery system in New York State is set up.
