CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
211
PO Box 550, Binghamton, NY 13902
1-800-901-2180
http://www.helpme211.org/
211 calls can offer guidance on issues ranging from troubles with housing and shelter, rent payments, employment and education, income assistance, food and meal assistance, legal assistance, health and dental care, mental health, help with clothing and household items, substance abuse programs, transportation and reentry to society, family care and more. 211 does not offer direct financial assistance. Instead, the service puts people in touch with the programs who can, or point callers to resources to find the answers they need.
Neighborhood Center Mobile Crisis Assessment Team (MCAT)
24 Hour Crisis Hotline:
1-315-732-6228 or 1-844-732-6228
SERVICES: Help children and adults by working with individuals, families and community agencies to help prevent possible harm, keeping the problem outside of the legal system and avoiding hospitalization when appropriate.
https://www.neighborhoodctr.org/services/mobile-crisis-assessment-team/
WARM LINE (RSS Inc.)
1-800-377-3281 or 607-433-0661
Mon-Fri 4:30 pm - 10:30 pm, Sun & Sat: 12:00 pm to 10:30 pm
SERVICES: A free and confidential telephone service staffed by peers who have, themselves, dealt with behavioral health issues and can relate to those types of situations and can offer peer support for callers who just need someone to talk to. The Warm Line is NOT a crisis hotline.
https://www.otsegocounty.com/departments/mental_health/crisis_services.php
Ambulance: 911
A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital
1 Norton Ave.
Oneonta, NY 13820
607-432-2000
https://www.bassett.org/locations/ao-fox-hospital
Services: Provides emergency services and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services.
Bassett Hospital
1 Atwell Rd.
Cooperstown, NY 13326
607-547-3456
https://www.bassett.org/locations/bassett-medical-center
Services: Provides emergency services and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services.
Cooperstown Police Department
22 Main St. Ste. 4
Cooperstown, NY 13326
607-547-2411
https://www.cooperstownny.org/police/
Services: Provides professional services to enforce the law and to work in partnership with the community to enhance the quality of life in the Village of Cooperstown.
New York State Domestic Violence Hotlines by County
New York State Police
199 Oneida St.
Oneonta NY 13820
607-432-3211 or 607-547-2233
https://troopers.ny.gov/location/troop-c
Services: Provides professional police services to communities and investigative support to departments around the State, detects and prevents terrorism, and prepares for and responds to emergencies and disasters.
Oneonta Fire Department
81 Main St.
Oneonta, NY 13820
607-433-3480
https://www.oneonta.ny.us/departments/fire/
Services: Works to prevent emergencies from happening through fire code enforcement, investigation, and public education.
Oneonta Police Department
81 Main St. #1, Oneonta, NY 13820
607-432-1113
https://www.oneonta.ny.us/departments/police/
Services: Provides professional services to preserve life, to enforce the law and to work in partnership with the community to enhance the quality of life in the City of Oneonta.
Otsego County Sheriff
172 Co. Hwy 33
Cooperstown, NY 13326
607-547-4271
https://www.otsegocounty.com/departments/sheriff_s_office/index.php
Services: Provides professional & responsive law enforcement services to all citizens in Otsego County.
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.