Serving Individuals Families Communities - VCS Inc.

Rockland County
Surrogate Decision Making Committee Volunteers
Amy Altson
Dr. Monica Barrera
Emmanuel Bioh
Andrew Bressner, Esq.
Robert Bring, Esq.
Colleen Brosnan
Shannon Carle
Robin Chagares
Lesia Christen
Jordon Davis, Esq.
Vincentia Dondero
Elinor France
Ellen Kanner
Alice Kayser
Karen Kwilecki
Nora McQueeney
VCS Surrogate Decision Making Committee (SDMC)
VCS continued to administer the Surrogate Decision Making Committee
for the New York State Commission of Quality Care. Along with
Rockland County, the VCS catchments area includes Westchester,
Orange Sullivan, Bronx, Manhattan and Richmond counties. VCS
continues to process the highest caseload in the state for mentally
disabled clients in need of invasive medical and dental treatment but
who lack involved family to provide consent.
In 2008, 171 cases were processed.
Alan Merkin, Esq.
Stuart Mitchell, Esq.
Eileen Murphy
Janet Murphy
Hon. John Murphy
Laura Panek
Matthew Rock
Linda Ross
Rebecca Salerius
Juli Schaeffer
Paul Tendler
Joseph Trachtenberg, Esq.
Hon. Alden Wolfe, Esq.
Thomas Zimmerman
Patricia Zugibe, Esq.
VCS Conflict Management in the Schools (CMS)
During the calendar year, CMS served 120 youth through a combination
of classroom sessions, peer mediation and conflict resolution trainings,
student mediations and school outreach meetings.
CMS staff participated in and facilitated community collaborative groups
around gang prevention initiatives and planning for community based
suspension centers. As a result of the latter, conflict resolution services
continued in the PASS Program in the East Ramapo School District.
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