Support Group List

Survivors & Caregivers Support Groups
2nd Tuesday of each month, 7pm-8:30pm
Contact: Karen Thomas
Phone: 518-459-7911
Email: kthomas@bianys.org
Hannaford (in the community room)
900 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206

Women’s Support Group
First Tuesday of the Month
10:30am-11:45am
Contact: Rosella Elliott
Phone:  518-526-1596
Email: ElliottR@nycap.rr.com

Location:
Living Resources
300 Washington Avenue Ext.
Albany

Brooklyn Center for Independence (BCID)
3rd Tuesday of each month, 12:30pm-2pm
Contact: BCID at 718-998-3000
or Jan Wollney  at 718-734-2225
Email: jwollney@bianys.org
BCID
27 Smith Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY

Community Options
2nd Tuesday of each month, 6pm-8pm
Contact: Valerie Hough
Phone: 607-722-5971, ext. 6812
Email: valerie.hough@comop.org
182-184 State Street
Binghamton, NY

Survivors and caregivers support group/Advocate Homecare
2nd Monday of each month, 6pm-7:30pm
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Pl
Poughkeepsie , NY 12601
Conference Room B (please confirm room at Front Desk when checking in)
Contact: Melinda Pearson
Email: mpearson@advocate-Homecare.com
Phone: 914-204-1597

Brain Injury Support Group
4th Saturday of each month
12:00pm-2:00pm
Contact: Margaret (Peggy) Rogan, Putnam ARC
Phone: 845-260-3708
Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall, Community Room
2001 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church
3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm
Contact: Zazel O’Garra
Phone: 718-734-2224
Email: zogarra@bianys.org
81 Christopher St. (Christopher & 7th Ave)
New York, NY

Support group and Chapter meeting
2nd Wednesday at 7pm
Al Siegl Center
1000 Elmwood Ave, Door #1
Rochester, NY
Contact: Sharon Johnson
Phone: 315-516-8162
Email: SJohnson@bianys.org

St. Mary’s Hospital
2nd Monday of each month, 6:30-7:30 pm
Contact: John Sowa
Phone: 518-399-3949
Email: sowaj@union.edu
Hospital Cafeteria
427 Guy Park Ave
Amsterdam, NY

Common Ground Alliance
1st Wednesday of each month, 6:30pm-8pm
Contact: Dr. Deborah Benson
Phone:  631-699-5536
Email: commongroundall@gmail.com
Mid Island Y/JCC
45 Manetto Hill Road, Room 206
Plainview, NY 11803

Survivor and Caregiver Support Group
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6pm
Access: Supports for Living (formerly Family Empowerment Council)
Contact: Ed Devitt
Phone: 845-341-3809
Email: ed@BrainNewDay.com
Holiday Inn Express and Suites
Route 208, Montgomery NY
Check in at Front Desk to be directed to Meeting Room

Opportunities for Otsego
4th Monday of each month at 1pm
Contact: Margo Singer
Phone: 518-459-7911
Email: msinger@bianys.org
3 West Broadway
Oneonta, NY

Senator Lanza’s Office
3845 Richmond Ave, Suite 2
Staten Island, NY 10312
1st Wednesday of each month at 3 pm
Contact: Jan Wollney, CBIS
Phone: 718-734-2225
Email: JWollney@bianys.org

Helen Hayes Hospital
2nd Monday of each month at 6:30pm
Contact: Barry Dain
Phone: 914-420-4406
Email: barry@advocate-homecare.com
51-55 Route 9W North
West Haverstraw, NY 10993

Hudson Valley Brain Injury Support Group
Good Samaritan Hospital
1^st Wednesday of each month, 5:15 pm- 6:30 pm
Contact: Aimee Rubin, LCSW, MA
Contact: Dr. Mill Etienne
Phone: 845-368-8808
Email: RocklandTBIAssist@gmail.com
255 Lafayette Avenue
Suffern NY 10901
Also includes Dutchess, Orange and Putnam Counties

St. Charles Hospital
3rd Wednesday of each month, 2:30pm-4pm
Contact: Michael Apostoli, CRC
Phone: 631-474-6952 or 631-474-6264 (main office)
Email: mike.apostoli@chsli.org
St. Charles Hospital
200 Belle Terre Road, Port Jefferson, NY 11787
group meets in St. Camillus Conference Room, First floor

Southside Hospital
2nd Wednesday of each month, 7pm-8pm
Contact: Colleen Mauro
Phone: 631-968-3330
Email: CMauro@northwell.edu
Library Conference Room #2
301 East Main Street,
Bay Shore, NY

Finger Lakes Independence Center
3rd Thursday of each month from 1pm-3pm
Contact: Jessica Morley
Phone: 607- 278-3097
Email: jmorley@bianys.org
215 5^th Street
Ithaca, NY

Resource Center for Accessible Living, Inc. (RCAL)
2^nd Monday of each month at 3:30 pm
Contact: Josephine Todaro, CBIS
Phone: 845-417-8129
Email: jt4you1@aol.com
727 Ulster Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401

ON HIATUS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Contact: Mary Beth Camp
Phone:  585-683-6803
Email: marybethcmp4@gmail.com
165 Union Street, 4th Floor, Room 165
Newark, NY

Survivors & Caregivers Support Groups
3rd Thursday of every month
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Burke Rehabilitation Center
785 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Building 7, Marsal Caregiver Center-1^st Floor
Contact: Laleene Ali
Phone:  845-218-8043
Email: LAli@bianys.org