History of Family
July, 1970 FAMILY's Hotline Begins
Fall, 1970 Soft Landing Machine Is Established
Late 1970 Legal Referral System Is Established
February, 1971 FAMILY Of Woodstock Becomes Incorporated
Spring, 1971 Two Coordinators Are Hired At A Salary Of $50. Per Week
Late 1971 FAMILY Is Invited To Seek Funding From Ulster County Drug Commission
Spring, 1972 Moves Into Longyear Building - Medical Services Available At Minimum Fee With Dr. Steve Young; Establish Free Store
Spring, 1972 FAMILY Becomes A Contract Agency With Nys Narcotics Commission - Initial Contract $7,800 And Hires Two Coordinators
Spring, 1973 Kingston Tie-Lines Are Installed In Woodstock Office
Fall, 1973 Establishes First Emergency Housing Facility. FAMILY Pays 1/2 The Rent For An Apartment On Sled Hill
Fall, 1973 Training Of Volunteers Begins
Fall, 1974 3rd Coordinator Is Hired And Salaries Are Raised From $50. To$100/Wk
November, 1974 FAMILY Moves Its Emergency Housing To 47 Rock City Road. The Building Becomes Known As The Road House. The Downstairs Is Used For Seedling, The Child Care Play Group And The Porch Becomes The New Free Store (Clothing Exchange)
Fall, 1974 FAMILY Applies For United Way Status And Is Accepted For 1975 With An Initial Award Of $9,800
Spring, 1975 Seedling Parent Cooperative Formally Becomes A Part Of FAMILY
July, 1975 FAMILY Becomes A Contract Agency Of Ucmhs. FAMILY's Phone System Is Designated As The Official County Hotline And Becomes County-Wide, Toll-Free With The Installation Of Tie-Lines To Woodstock From Kerhonkson And New Paltz. FAMILY Commits To Establish A Network Of Volunteers In Ellenville And New Paltz
Spring, 1976 Ellenville Opens Phone Office In Women's Temperance Building FAMILY House Opens
Fall, 1976 FAMILY Offers Courses On Organizing A Network Community Services
Fall, 1976 FAMILY Of Ellenville Relocates To 57 1/2 Center St., Ellenville
Fall, 1976 Walk-In Center In New Paltz Established
Fall, 1977 Seedling Moves To Christ Lutheran Parish House
Fall, 1978 Seedling Becomes Licensed By Nys Dss
Fall, 1978 FAMILY House Moves From Olive To Woodstock
February, 1979 FAMILY Of Ellenville Moved To 132 Canal St., Ellenville
Spring, 1980 FAMILY Begins To Centralize Administration
June, 1980 FAMILY Hires The First Executive Director, Miles Gordon
Fall, 1980 FAMILY Closes The Road House And Opens The Domestic Violence Shelter
September, 1980 Latchkey Establishes Sites In Rosendale, Kerhonkson, Ellenville And Woodstock
November, 1980 Fire Disrupts FAMILY's Operation In Ellenville
April, 1981 FAMILY Hires The Second Executive Director, Michael Berg
July, 1981 FAMILY Purchases And Moves To 13 Church Street In Ellenville
September, 1981 Establishes Children's Program At Domestic Violence Shelter
Fall, 1981 FAMILY Of Woodstock Begins To Answer Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline After Hours And Weekends
January, 1982 Seedling Moves Into Dutch Arms Chapel In Saugerties
September, 1983 Acting Out Repertory Troupe Begins
January, 1984 FAMILY Begins To Do FAMILY Day Care Project For Ulster County Dss
Spring, 1984 Evolve Batterers Program Is Established
Spring, 1984 FAMILY Moves Administrative Offices To 39 John Street, Kingston
April, 1984 FAMILY Enters Into Contract With Work FAMILY Directions To Provide Child Care Resource Center
Summer, 1985 Ulster County Mental Health Establishes Back Up On-Call System To FAMILY's Hotline
Christmas Eve, 1985 FAMILY Establishes The Darmstadt Residence (Formerly The Kingston Shelter For The Homeless) In Conjunction With The Kingston Area Council Of Churches And United Methodists Churches
Spring, 1986 FAMILY Domestic Violence Shelter Begins To Provide Non-Residential Services Throughout The County
Spring, 1986 Aids Services Through The Hotline / Walk-In Center Begin
May, 1986 Fire Burns FAMILY's Administrative Offices At 39john St., Kingston
Fall, 1986 FAMILY House Formally Began An Aftercare Program And Safe Home Network
April, 1987 FAMILY Receives Contracts From Ulster County Boces To Provide Case Management Services To Adolescents In Schools As Part Of The Community Partnership Act
June, 1987 HIV / Aids Support Group Begins
July, 1987 FAMILY Establishes Nutrition Outreach Program
Summer, 1987 FAMILY Establishes Non-Residential Adolescent Services
Spring, 1988 FAMILY'S Annual Child Care Training Conference Was Held For The First Time
November, 1988 Domestic Violence Services Creates Position Of Court Advocate At FAMILY Court
Fall,1988 Establishes Human Solutions
January, 1989 Establishes Elder Care Consultation And Referral Services
April, 1989 FAMILY Child Care Resource Center Establishes Public Resource And Referral Service
Spring, 1989 Adult Case Management (Formerly Employment, Housing Assistance Program) Is Established
May, 1989 FAMILY House Completes Renovation And Relocates To 59 Creek Locks Road In Rosendale
July, 1989 Camp Terra Is Established
July, 1989 Independent Living Program Through The Ulster Co. DSS Is Established
September 1989 Opens An Office For Child Care Resource And Referral Services In Greene And Columbia Counties
October, 1989 The Child Care Council Became A Sponsor Of The Child Care Food Program
September, 1990 FAMILY Celebrates Its' 20th Anniversary At Camp Epworth
September, 1990 Human Solutions Begins Offering Diversity Workshops In Schools
February, 1991 Midway Opens, A Supervised Living Program For Homeless Adolescents Ages 16-21
May, 1991 Aids Caregivers Support Group Begins
Fall, 1991 Creates A Coordinator Position For Educational Services For Homeless Youth With The Kingston School District Utilizing Mckinney Funding
November, 1991 Reachout - Aids Street Outreach Services Begin
February, 1992 Aids Bereavement Group Begins
February, 1992 The Ulster County Jail Project Begins
June, 1992 Begins To Provide FAMILY Day Care Registration Services In Ulster Co.
September, 1992 Begins Child Care Subsidy Program In Ulster County
October, 1993 FAMILY Day Care Registration In Greene And Columbia Counties Begins
July, 1994 Funding From Hudson Valley Foundation For Youth Health Is Received For Daycare Quality Assurance Program
August, 1994 Crisis Services At Woodstock '94 Festival, Held In Saugerties, NY, And To Surrounding Communities During The Festival Is Provided
September, 1994 FAMILY Receives Donation Of An Eight Apartment Complex At 55-57 Green Street And Pearl From Ron And Claire Radice And Begins The Provision Of Affordable Housing
November, 1994 Ground Is Broken And "The Roof Is Raised" For Our 24-Hour Hotline And Walk-In Center At 16 Rock City Road In Woodstock
July, 1995 Funding Is Received From The Hudson Valley Foundation For Youth Health For Life Skills Training For Adolescents
March, 1995 The Evolve Program Becomes Jointly Sponsored By The UCMHB And FAMILY Of Woodstock, Inc.
November, 1995 Youthbuild Program Begins
June, 1996 The Domestic Violence Shelter Receives A Liaison From The Ulster County Mental Health Department
October, 1996 Supervised Visitation Project Begins
October, 1996 Voices, A Program For Women And Children Victims Of Domestic Violence, Developed And Sponsored Jointly By UCMHB And FAMILY, Begins
April, 1997 Midway Ii In Ellenville, A Supervised Living Program For Homeless Adolescents 16 - 21, Is Opened
September, 1997 FAMILY Reopens Uptown Keeney Theater And Holds All That Glitters@ Fundraiser
October, 1997 Darmstadt Shelter Begins To Provide Shelter & Supervision As An Alternative To Incarceration For Women Released From Ulster County Jail To Access Treatment Under The Auspices Of The Community Correction Program
October, 1997 Adolescent Street Outreach Program Begins
Summer, 1998 Kingston Cares Established Utilizing Oasas Funding
September, 1989 FAMILY Holds A Night At The Copa@ At The Keeney Theater In Uptown Kingston
Fall, 1998 221 Canal St Ellenville Building Is Donated By Besi Corp, Currently Being Completed To Be The New Home Of FAMILY Of Ellenville, The Site Of Extensive FAMILY Of Woodstock, Inc Services, And An Adult Daycare Program Run By Ulster Home Health Care Services
December, 1998 Minds Eye, An Adolescent Services Entrepreneurship Program Begins
November, 1999 Midway I At 187-189 O'Neil Street Is Purchased
August 1999 FAMILY Provides Crisis Intervention At Woodstock 99 In Rome, NY
September, 1999 Seedling Opens A Universal Pre-K Classroom Funded By The Saugerties Central School District
August, 1999 Ulster County Probation Becomes A Formal Sponsor
September, 1999 Evolve Adds A Fourth Group Located In New Paltz
December, 1999 51 North Chestnut Street Is Purchased And Renovated In Early 2000 To Become The New Home Of FAMILY Of New Paltz
April, 2000 38-50 Thomas Street, Kingston, The Proposed New Home Of The Darmstadt Shelter Is Purchased
April, 2000 Adult Forensic Case Management Program Begins
Spring, 2000 Renovated Midway I At 189 O'Neil Street, Kingston To Convert Building From A Two FAMILY To A Single Residence
May, 2000 Adolescent Homeless Mica Program Begins
September, 2000 30th Anniversary Picnic And Raffle Celebration Is Held At Hasbrouck Park, Kingston
September, 2000 Second Pre-K Class Is Opened At Seedling
Fall, 2000 FAMILY Begins Second Pre-Kindergarten Class At Seedling
October, 2000 Columbia County Subsidy Program Begins
January, 2001 Voices Receives Ongoing Funding For Three Groups A Year
February, 2001 Darmstadt Shelter Closes At 45 Hunter Street, Kingston, And Staff Occupy Two Rooms At The Kings Inn To Continue To Serve Homeless Families And Individuals
April, 2001 Adolescent Mental Health Case Management Program Begin
April, 2001 Kick-Off Of Our 31st Anniversary Raffle To Be Held At Forsythe Park, Kingston, Begins
May, 2001 Evolve Adds A Fifth Group Located In Stone Ridge
July, 2001 Darmstadt Shelter Receives Approval To Open 31 Bed Facility At Thomas Street, Kingston
July, 2001 Adult Case Management Program Begins Implementation Of Homeless Case Management Services Utilizing Hip Funding
Fall, 2001 FAMILY Assists In The Creation Of The Teens And Parents Program (Tap) In Woodstock
October, 2001 Ulster/Columbia/Greene Child Care Councils Implement SUNY Teleconference Training
October, 2001 FAMILY Provides Supervision For Youth Ordered To Do Community Service By The Youth Court, Created By Ulster County Probation And The Kingston School District
October, 2001 Kingston Cares Receives A Grant From The Office Of Juvenile Prevention To Implement A Creating Lasting FAMILY Connections@ And Expands Its Community Mobilization
September, 2001 31st Anniversary Picnic And Raffle Celebration, Forsyth Park, Kingston
April, 2002 FAMILY Completes Interior Renovation Of The Former Carriage House Florist Building On Thomas Street In Kingston And Reopens The Darmstadt Shelter With 16 Beds
July, 2002 Domestic Violence Program Expands Non-Residential Groups To Ellenville And New Paltz
Summer, 2002 FAMILY Outreaches To The Hispanic Community And Begins Translation Services
September, 2002 32nd Anniversary Picnic And Raffle Celebration, Forsyth Park, Kingston
Fall, 2002 FAMILY Participates In Project Liberty In Collaboration With The Mental Health Association Of Ulster County
Spring, 2003 FAMILY Assists In The Development Of The Saugerties Is About Growing Experiences (Sage) Community Mobilization
July, 2003 FAMILY Begins Youth Employment Program Utilizing Office Of Employment And Training (OET) Funding
Fall, 2003 FAMILY, In Conjunction With Community Asset Builders (Cab), Conducts Two Forums At Onteora School District To Expand The Tap Initiative To Be A School District-Wide Community Mobilization
October, 2003 FAMILY Begins To Provide Case Management Support To The Ulster Regional Drug Court
January, 2004 FAMILY, UCMHD, And The UCDSS Create Nexis, A Collaboration To Address The Needs Of Trauma Victims
January, 2004 FAMILY Provides A Part-Time Spanish-Speaking Case Manager To Work At The UCMHDinic In Ellenville
January, 2004 FAMILY Adolescent Services Expands Its Youth Employment Program To Youth Not Eligible For OET Funding, Utilizing Office Of Children And FAMILY Services (OCFS) Funding
April, 2004 FAMILY Takes Over Management Of The King's Inn On Broadway, Kingston & Becomes Known As The FAMILY Inn
July, 2004 The Child Care Council Commences An Enhanced Referral Service For Uniprise Employees
January, 2005 FAMILY Expands Its Hispanic Case Management Initiative To The Kingston And Highland Mental Health Clinics
June, 2005 FAMILY Receives Three Grants From The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development (Hud) To Acquire And Provide Support Services For Homeless Individuals And Homeless Families.
July, 2005 FAMILY Begins The Development Of A Teen Hotline To Be Known As FAMILY Teenline
August, 2005 FAMILY Completes Renovation Of The Former Rug Den Building And Moves The Darmstadt Shelter Into This 19-Bed Facility. The FAMILY Inn, Formerly Housed At The King's Inn Motel On Broadway, Kingston, Moves Into The Renovated Carriage House Florist Building