Serving Individuals Families Communities - VCS Inc.

People We Served in 2008
Volunteer Counselors and Student Interns 106
Counseling Sessions 5,655
Clinical Program Customers 1,939
2008 Counseling and Family Services Highlights
In 2008 the VCS Counseling and Family Services Department trained and
supervised 106 volunteers, including student interns who were fulfilling their
course requirements towards their undergraduate or graduate degrees in fields
related to counseling and social work. All of these volunteers and students
provided counseling and family services to 1,939 people including 657
children and youth.
In addition to the usual and on-going program responsibilities, some of the
more notable highlights include:
The continuation of a United Way Community Impact grant enabled us to
develop culturally relevant counseling services for clients of the Haitian -
American Cultural Social Organization among other community organizations.
The newly initiated Vets for Vets Program was
featured in local media including RNN news and
the Riverside Magazine. Twelve volunteer peer
counselors are ready to work with returning
Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey, center,
visits with the VCS Vets for Vets team
VCS co-sponsored the Fourth Annual Immigration Forum at Dominican
College. Over 100 people attended and participated in the discussion around
the Forum’s theme “The Immigrant Experience”.
Grandparents and other relatives raising children who are participants in the
VCS Kinship Care programs attended the GrandRally in Washington DC to
highlight the needs of this new phenomenon of caregivers in our communities.
In addition, they met with congressional representatives.
Additionally, the VCS Kinship Care programs were honored by Dominican
College during Founder’s Week, a community outreach effort to combine
Town and Gown.
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