Rape Crisis SVC-Planned PRNTHD

Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse provides health care services to people with substance abuse disorders. It offers a range of treatment services for adults, including individual and group therapies, counseling, psychiatric assessment and medication management. The organization has developed a program to help addicted individuals quit smoking, while being treated for other chemical addictions. Its nicotine dependence treatment team has developed a four-stage program that includes assessment, education, and nicotine recovery and relapse prevention. The organization also offers a supportive living program that provides housing and support for adults in the recovery phase. Additionally, its prevention department organizes several classroom education, alcohol and drug awareness and community-based programs. The organization is located in Batavia, N.Y.

Alternatives for Battered Women is a nonprofit agency, offering safe and nurturing shelter for women suffering from domestic violence and their children in Rochester and Monroe counties in New York. The organization assists women in staying safe, accessing family court to obtain orders of protection, and provides them with information about community resources. It offers children and their mothers who reside in shelters a full-range of services, including counseling, groups, information and referral, and social and recreational activities. It also offers ongoing residential and nonresidential services for Latin women. The organization annually responds to more than 6,000 calls on its hotline number. Alternatives for Battered Women is located in Rochester, N.Y.