Family & Children's Service of Ithaca is dedicated to providing affordable, professional services that support children, families, and organizations in finding solutions to the challenges of life today.
Family & Children's Service
127 West State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.273.7494
July 20th, 2009
Jim Johnston Featured in Tompkins Trust Company Ad
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July 9th, 2009
Annual Meeting
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July 9th, 2009
2009 Family Partner of the Year
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"Opening New Doors" Campaign Celebration
March 26
DAP Spaghetti Dinner
April 9
5-7pm
St. John's Episcopal Church
Spring Fling
May 8
125th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Meeting
May 24
Country Club of Ithaca
Children's Carnival
June 25
F&CS Parking Lot
Dedication of the
GreenstateBuilding
July (date TBA)
Cauga at Twilight
September 12
Whispering Pines
Robert E. Hamlisch, MD Memorial Lecture Featuring Richard Kogan
October 3
Bailey Hall
FesTOYval
December 9
Country Club of Ithaca
Family & Children's Service of Ithaca is dedicated to providing affordable, professional services that support children, families, and organizations in finding solutions to the challenges of life today.
Striving to serve the whole family, we help our clients feel better, get better, and heal. We believe in the underlying notion that our clients have what it takes to have happier and more productive lives -- and with help, it is more quickly found.
Family & Children's Service of Ithaca, the oldest existing human service agency in Tompkins County, has been serving the community since 1885.
Our origins date back to the establishment of the Ithaca Children's Home, which was opened to care for orphaned and destitute children in 1885. During the 1930s, the Family Society of Ithaca, a welfare relief agency that distributed food, clothing, and financial assistance to the city's neediest families, worked closely with the Ithaca Children's Home.
In 1957, the two agencies merged to form Family & Children's Service of Ithaca, as it is constituted today -- providing mental health services, senior services, employee assistance, and youth services programs.
Family & Children's Service is approved by the State of New York as an adoption agency. Our clinical practice is licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health as an outpatient clinic.
The agency enjoys membership in the following organizations:
Family & Children's Service of Ithaca employs staff professionally trained in a variety of disciplines. Our staff is comprised of clinical psychologists, New York State certified social workers, consulting psychiatrists, registered nurses, Respite Aides, and Youth Service caseworkers trained in counseling and adolescent development.
Our highly competent and skilled staff are devoted to meeting the needs of our community and providing consistence excellence in mental health services. All clinical personnel counseling clients are Master-level educated.
Family & Children's Service is an approved training center and provides specialized internships to students from Cornell University, Ithaca College, Binghamton University, SUNY Buffalo, Marywood School of Social Work, Tompkins-Cortland Community College, and Syracuse University.
James G. Johnston
President & CEO
Karen Schachere, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Services
Diana Levy, LMSW
Associate Director of Clinical Services
Kristen Nygren, MD
Medical Director
Jessica Gosa, MSW
Senior Services Coordinator
Pat Karr-Segal, LMSW
DAP Clinical Supervisor
Ray Durkin
Business Manager
Dan Burdick
Chief Financial Officer
Katie Foley
Director of Development
Karen Fritz, LMSW
Contract Manager/Mental Health Consultant - Employee Assistance Program
Jim Miller
Facilities Manager
Steven Callan
Information Systems Manager
Family & Children's Service is governed by a Board of Directors, comprised of local business leaders, human service professionals, and community volunteers, who set policy, provide fiscal and managerial oversight, and establish strategic direction.
The Board's leadership and involvement allows management and staff to vigorously and voraciously support our mission. The amount of time, money, and leadership they provide allows the agency to function. Like our staff, our Board is caring and compassionate. They believe in the mission of the agency and help to carry it out with a sense of pride and purpose.
Our Board of Directors
| Officers |
| Matthew Peterson , Chair |
| Steve Bacon, Vice Chair - Assessment |
| Jennifer Biloski, Vice Chair - Development |
| Jennifer Bubel, Secretary |
| David Campbell, Executive Committe Member |
| Board Members |
| Carla Crooker |
| Linda Crumb |
| Anne DiGiacomo |
| Steve Fontana |
| Marcy McCabe |
| Carolyn Neuman, MSW |
| Beth Prentice |
| Laura Bronstein, PhD |
| Marty Turnbull |
| Paul Wheeler |
| Christin Munsch |
| Beth Putnam |
| Pam Swieringa |
| James G. Johnston, President & CEO |