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.
988
Offers 24/7 access to trained counselors who can help people experiencing emotional distress. If you or someone you know needs crisis support, dial 988 at any time. New York State Office of Mental Health
Chenango County Behavioral Health Services
5 Court Street
Norwich, NY. 13815
Phone: 607-337-1600
Services: Mental Health Care, Outpatient Programs, Community Mental Health Center. After-hours Crisis Services - 1-877-369-6699
Chenango Health Network’s Community Health Worker
Provides Case Management support with a client centered, non-judgmental, trauma informed harm reduction approach to anyone who lives with Opioid Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder. Our service program allows us to work with anyone in Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties.
Work Cell: (607)-386-9331 (Please feel free to text if more comfortable)
Office phone: (607)-337-4233
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County Mental Health Resources
Liberty Resources Help Restore Hope Center
Free Confidential Support for domestic abuse, sexual assault, or other violence. Offers the free services needed to put you on the path to a safer, more independent life. No matter when the violence occurred—or whether you wish to report it to the police—we provide safe dwelling, crisis counseling, victims assistance, and long-term solutions.
Tel: 607-334-7779
24/7 Toll Free Hotline: 1-855-966-9723
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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.