OUR MISSION

Pittsford Youth Services, Inc. (PYS) is dedicated to providing youth and their families with professional, confidential social work services.  PYS enhances the quality of individual and family life through counseling, advocacy, educational programs and informational services.
OUR VISION
Pittsford Youth Services will seek to build a community where every child feels valued and empowered.  To that end, PYS will be the respected leader and provider of high quality social work services for Pittsford youth and families.
WHAT WE DO
  • Provide free and confidential social work services in the public and private Pittsford school systems and the PYS office.
  • Skill building psycho-educational groups such as Developing Social Skills for students in elementary schools.
  • Drug prevention education and intervention programs for youth
  • Parenting education programs
  • Specialized school support services
  • Specialized programming at the middle and high school levels

ISSUES FACED BY YOUTH

  • Parent Separation
  • Anxiety
  • Hopelessness, helplessness
  • Depression, suicidal ideation / attempts
  • Use and abuse of alcohol, marijuana, over-the-counter
    cold medicine, inhalants, and other drugs.
  • Sudden loss, grief, trauma
  • Bullying and harassment
  • Eating disorders
  • Self-mutilation, or self-injury, commonly referred
    to as "cutting"
  • Child abuse - sexual, physical, verbal, emotional
  • Truancy, absenteeism
  • Runaway youth / homeless
  • Mental illness - adult and youth
  • Academic stress
  • Peer Pressure
  
Letter from the President (PDF)
 
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If you'd like to make an online donation, please click the Donate button. You will then be directed to the PAYPAL secure website where you can enter your donation amount and complete your credit card transaction.
Tax-deductible contributions are gratefully accepted to ensure that PYS can continue to respond to Pittsford youth and their families.