Home Start Hope See page 65
Volunteer Connection
585-242-6474 volunteerconnection.redcross.org
A service of the Red Cross, Volunteer Connection is a web service that connects volunteers with opportunities in their local areas. Volunteers of America Upstate New York
See page 50
Pregnancy Support/ Prevention Beautiful Birth Choices 681 Winton Rd. N. Rochester, NY 14609 585-484-1972
Call for information on Breastfeeding Café location and meeting times. Hosted Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon, and one Saturday a month on a variable schedule, the breastfeeding café provides a space to talk about breastfeeding, early parenthood, and other services for post-partum mothers and families.
Focus Pregnancy Help Center 135 University Ave. Rochester, NY 14605 585-200-9477 www.rochesterprolife.org
Founded in 2005, Focus is a crisis pregnancy center and local anti-abortion activist group focused on helping women navigate complicated or difficult pregnancies where abortion is not a consideration.
Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York Canandaigua Health Center of Canandaigua 15 LaFayette Ave. Canandaigua, NY 14424 866-600-6886 Greece Health Center of Rochester 2824 W. Ridge Road Rochester, NY 14626 866-600-6886
Health centers offer women’s and men’s health care, pregnancy testing and services, birth control—including the morning-after pill—abortion services, HIV testing, STD testing, treatment and vaccines. All services are confidential and given to those who have or do not have insurance.
Rochester Health Center of Rochester 114 University Ave.
Rochester, NY 14605 866-600-6886 Livingston County Reproductive Health Center
Offers low cost reproductive health care to men, women, and teens, breast and cervical cancer screening and STD screening and treatment, including that for HIV. Appointments preferred. General numbers, all locations: 585-243-7540, 1-800-243-9240.
Avon Location
2077 Lakeville Road (Rt 15) Suite 3 Avon, NY 14414
Dansville Location 3 Chestnut Ave. Dansville, NY 14437 Mt. Morris Location 2 Murray Hill Drive Mt Morris, NY 24520
UR Medicine Breastfeeding 500 Red Creek Drive Building 500, Suite 210 Rochester, NY 14623 585-276-MILK
Offers classes in breastfeeding, ROCCity Baby Cafés at which parents can obtain guidance in breastfeeding, a breastfeeding support group and access to other resources. An experienced nurse/lactation consultant facilitates the breastfeeding support group, which meets at UR Medicine Breastfeeding every Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Refreshments are served, and older children are welcome.
Women’s Services Angels of Mercy, Inc.
692 N. Winton Road Rochester, NY 14609 585-730-4556 www.angelsofmercyny.org
Angels of Mercy helps women who have been affected by such issues as addiction, physical abuse, mental abuse, unplanned pregnancies, depression, selfharm, and eating disorders change their lives and become productive citizens. The organization also works to prevent Human Trafficking. Volunteers needed. Women who like to sew, organize, and help other women are encouraged to apply.
Chances & Changes, Inc.
E-mail: support@chancesandchanges.org chancesandchanges.org
providing, a safe shelter, peer support groups, individual counseling, information and education, and other services. Clients can also obtain referrals for medical treatment, legal assistance, housing, counseling and social services. All services are confidential.
Domestic Violence Hotline
585-658-2660 or 1-888-252-9360 Home Start Hope PO Box 25653 Rochester, NY 14625 585-265-3383 info@homestarthope.org www.homestarthope.org
Offers new, essential household items to women and their children as they transition from emergency shelters in Rochester to independent living. Those it serves include veterans, survivors of domestic violence, women recovering from addiction and those who have experienced homelessness.
Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York See page 65
Willow Domestic Violence Center PO Box 39601 Rochester, NY 14604 585-232-5200 www.WillowCenterNY.org 24/7 hotline: 585-222-SAFE (7233)
Dedicated to preventing domestic violence and ensuring that every survivor has access to the services and support needed to feel safe and empowered. To those ends, the nonprofit offers a safe emergency shelter for clients and their children, shortterm individual counseling and support, assistance with safety planning, support groups and other services.
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County 40 Bittner St. (Mailing Address: 175 N. Clinton Ave.) Rochester, NY 14604 585-546-5820 www.ywcarochester.org
YWCA programs help women and girls who are facing homelessness, pregnancy and other crises, and their children. The nonprofit provides a continuum of housing for women of all ages and family situations who are in need, including emergency and long-term housing, a supportive living program for women in recovery and affordable apartments in the community.
Dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence in Livingston County through
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