Community Credible Messengers Initiative provides services to youth transitioning out of NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) court ordered residential placements. FCA partners with VISIONS and WORC in Nassau County, and YES and EOC in Suffolk County to provide successful wrap-around services to these youth and their families.
The Credible Messenger initiative will provide the youth with a staff member from his/her community who might have experienced similar life struggles. This mentor, together with a parent partner, will be the youth’s life line to a new beginning.
Andrea Kerr, MA
Family Support Division Director
31 Main Street Hempstead, NY 11550
Erica Schifano, LCSW, CASAC-T
Assistant Vice President-Family Support Division
31 Main Street Hempstead, NY 11550
Funded by NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)