Outreach and Assistance in the Patchouge-Medford Area
Hotlines
Aids Hotline/Suffolk & Nassau LIAAC 385-2437
Suffolk County Coaliton Against Domestic Violence - 24 hour Hotline 666-8833
Mortgage Default Counseling Services- BHEP Alliance 286-9236
Nassau/Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless 1-516-742-7770
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services 232-2400 or 369-1112
Provides volunteer lawyers for the homeless.
Response of Suffolk - 24 hour hotline 751-7500
VIBS-Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk 360-3606 or 360-3730
Domestic violence & sexual assault.
Nearest Hospital, Health Centers, Police Stations & Public Aid Offices
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital 654-7100
101 Hospital Road, E. Patchogue, NY 11772
Elsie Owens North Brookhaven Health Center 854-2302
3600 Route 112, Coram, NY 11727
South Brookhaven Family Health Center 854-1300
365 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772
Social Services, Suffolk County 854-2300
Coram Service Center
3600 Route 112, Coram, NY 11727
Riverhead Service Center 852-3500
877 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901
Emergency Hotline 854-9100
Suffolk County Police Department
Emergency Telephone 911
5th Precinct 854-8500
125 Waverly Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
6th Precinct 854-8600
400 Route 25, Coram, NY 11727
Drop-In Centers/Meals
We recommend you call first to verify dates & times.
Federation of Organizations/Power Food Pantry 447-6460 ext. 114, 127, 116, 139
456 Waverly Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
3rd and last Saturday of each month - 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN)
• Community INN 475-1235
Congregational Church
95 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772
Serves dinner on Wednesdays at 5-6 p.m. Open to all.
Food Pantry is open from 9-11:30 a.m. on Thursdays.
• Community INN 475-5402
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church
224 South Ocean Ave., Patchogue, NY 11772
Serves breakfast on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. Open to all.
Parish Outreach has a Food Pantry & Social Ministry.
• Emanuel Trinity INN 758-2240
Emanuel Luthern Church
179 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772
Open to all. Serves dinner on Sundays from 4-5 p.m.
• INN Friendship 286-6356
St. Joseph the Worker RC Church
510 Naragansett Ave., E. Patchogue, NY 11772
Open to all. Serves dinner on Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m.
• St. Paul's Community INN 475-3078
31 Ryder Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
Open to all. Serves lunch on Mondays from 12-1 p.m.
Food Pantry Thursdays from 10:30 a.m.-12 noon.
Lighthouse Mission 758-7584
Call for location sites.
Operates a food pantry for those in need.
Lutheran Church of Our Savior 475-5725
231 Jayne Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
Thursdays from 10 a.m.-12 noon
St. Mark's Episcopal Church 475-7406
208 Jamaica Avenue, Medford, NY 11763
Food Pantry 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month
from 7-8:30 p.m.
St. Sylvester's 475-3871
99 Robinson Avenue, Medford, NY 11763
Call ahead.
Mondays-Fridays from 9:30 a.m.-12 noon
Mondays-Thursdays from 1-3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
United Methodist Church 475-0381
10 Church Street, Patchogue, NY 11772
Patchogue residents only. Food pantry is open
on Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-12 noon.
Shelters
If you are in need of a shelter please call the
Department of Social Services in your area
Coram - 854-2300 / Riverhead - 852-3500
Community Housing Innovations, Inc. 475-6390
55 Medford Ave., Suite B. Patchogue, NY 11772
Provides a continuum of housing and human services for individuals and families, from emergency housing, supportive permanent housing for psychiatric disabilities and/or substance abuse, affordable rentals, to homeowership down payment assistance. Programs range
from 24-hour supervised emergency congregate to permanent independent apartment living.
Concern for Independent Living 758-0474
312 Expressway Drive S., Medford, NY 11763
Provides transitional and permanent housing for individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities. Programs range from 24 hour supervised housing to supported housing with weekly visits. Offers comprehensive case management.
Haven House/Bridges, Inc. 231-3619
840 Suffolk Avenue, Brentwood, NY 11717
Provides emergency, temporary housing for homeless families. Houses eight families in congregate and ten families in apartment setting. Housing is located in Brentwood and
Huntington Station. Staff assists residents to obtain permanent housing and provides the following services: entitlement advocacy, life skill training and referrals to vocational/educational programs, mental health & substance abuse. 24 hours a day / 7 days a week.
HELP - Suffolk 286-2400
685 Brookhaven Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713
Provides transitional housing and support services for
homeless families in Suffolk County. Support services
include health care, day care, employment, recreation/
education, housing placement, after care services,
scattered site housing, and case management.
Handicapped accessible. Day care services provided
by Bellport Day Care Center, Inc.
Hope House Community House 928-2377
1 High Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
30 bed residential facility provides compassionate approach to crisis intervention. Program primarily serves homeless people between the ages of 16 and 21 years. Counseling available.
Pax Christi Hospitality Center &
Crisis Counseling 928-9108
255 Oakland Avenue, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Provides a twenty-five bed emergency center for men over 16 years old. Temporary residence offering three components. Shelter and food, human needs and services, advocacy
and networking.
Emergency Services/Referrals
Emergency Housing Service of Department of Social Services (D.S.S.)
854-9100 after 4:30 p.m.
Offers emergency housing for homeless people.
Monday-Friday after 4:30 p.m. and weekends.
Food and Nutrition Program (FAN) 475-5402
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church
224 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
Catholic Charities. Programs for pregnant women, postpartum women, children under 6, and senior citizens.
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from
10 a.m.-12 noon and 1-3 p.m.
Interfaith Nutrition Network 1-516-486-8506
211 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, NY 11550
Emergency housing referrals; soup kitchen.
United Way First Call For Help 940-3700
819 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, NY 11729
Detox
Talbot House 589-4144
30C Carlough Road, Bohemia, NY 11716
Chemical dependency crisis center.
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