July, 1970  

FAMILY's Hotline Begins

Fall, 1970

Soft Landing Machine Is Established

Late 1970

Legal Referral System Is Established

February, 1971

FAMILY Of Woodstock Becomes Incorporated

Spring, 1971  

Two Coordinators Are Hired At A Salary Of $50. Per Week

Late 1971       

FAMILY Is Invited To Seek Funding From Ulster County Drug Commission

Spring, 1972 

Moves Into Longyear Building - Medical Services Available At Minimum Fee With Dr. Steve Young; Establish Free Store

Spring, 1972

FAMILY Becomes A Contract Agency With Nys Narcotics Commission - Initial Contract $7,800 And Hires  Two Coordinators

Spring, 1973

Kingston Tie-Lines Are Installed In Woodstock Office

Fall, 1973

Establishes First Emergency Housing Facility.  FAMILY Pays 1/2 The Rent For An Apartment On Sled Hill

Fall, 1973

Training Of Volunteers Begins

Fall, 1974

3rd Coordinator Is Hired And Salaries Are Raised From $50. To$100/Wk

November, 1974

FAMILY Moves Its Emergency Housing To 47 Rock City Road.  The Building Becomes Known As The Road House.  The Downstairs Is Used For Seedling, The Child Care Play Group And The Porch Becomes The New Free Store (Clothing Exchange)

Fall, 1974

  FAMILY Applies For United Way Status And Is Accepted For 1975 With An Initial Award Of $9,800

Spring, 1975  

Seedling Parent Cooperative Formally Becomes A Part Of FAMILY

July, 1975

FAMILY Becomes A Contract Agency Of Ucmhs.  FAMILY's Phone System Is Designated As The Official County Hotline And Becomes County-Wide, Toll-Free With The Installation Of Tie-Lines To Woodstock From Kerhonkson And New Paltz.  FAMILY Commits To Establish A Network Of Volunteers In Ellenville And New Paltz

Spring, 1976  

Ellenville Opens Phone Office In Women's Temperance Building FAMILY House Opens

Fall, 1976

FAMILY Offers Courses On Organizing A Network Community Services

Fall, 1976

FAMILY Of Ellenville Relocates To 57 1/2 Center St., Ellenville

Fall, 1976

Walk-In Center In New Paltz Established

Fall, 1977

Seedling Moves To Christ Lutheran Parish House

Fall, 1978

Seedling Becomes Licensed By Nys Dss

Fall, 1978

FAMILY House Moves From Olive To Woodstock

February, 1979

FAMILY Of Ellenville Moved To 132 Canal St., Ellenville

Spring, 1980

FAMILY Begins To Centralize Administration

June, 1980

FAMILY Hires The First Executive Director, Miles Gordon

Fall, 1980

FAMILY Closes The Road House And Opens The Domestic Violence Shelter

September, 1980

Latchkey Establishes Sites In Rosendale, Kerhonkson, Ellenville And Woodstock

November, 1980  

Fire Disrupts FAMILY's Operation In Ellenville

April, 1981     

FAMILY Hires The Second Executive Director, Michael Berg

July, 1981    

 FAMILY Purchases And Moves To 13 Church Street In Ellenville

September, 1981

Establishes Children's Program At Domestic Violence Shelter

Fall, 1981   

FAMILY Of Woodstock Begins To Answer Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline After Hours And Weekends

January, 1982  

Seedling Moves Into Dutch Arms Chapel In Saugerties

September, 1983 

Acting Out Repertory Troupe Begins

January, 1984  

FAMILY Begins To Do FAMILY Day Care Project For Ulster County Dss

Spring, 1984  

Evolve Batterers Program Is Established

Spring, 1984    

FAMILY Moves Administrative Offices To 39 John Street, Kingston

April, 1984     

FAMILY Enters Into Contract With Work FAMILY Directions To Provide Child Care Resource Center

Summer, 1985   

Ulster County Mental Health Establishes Back Up On-Call System To FAMILY's Hotline

Christmas Eve, 1985

FAMILY Establishes The Darmstadt Residence (Formerly The Kingston Shelter For The Homeless) In Conjunction With The Kingston Area Council Of Churches And United Methodists Churches

Spring, 1986 

FAMILY Domestic Violence Shelter Begins To Provide Non-Residential Services Throughout The County

Spring, 1986   

Aids Services Through The Hotline / Walk-In Center Begin

May, 1986     

Fire Burns FAMILY's Administrative Offices At 39john St., Kingston

Fall, 1986   

FAMILY House Formally Began An Aftercare Program And Safe Home Network

April, 1987 

FAMILY Receives Contracts From Ulster County Boces To Provide Case Management Services To Adolescents In Schools As Part Of The Community Partnership Act

June, 1987 

HIV / Aids Support Group Begins

July, 1987   

FAMILY Establishes Nutrition Outreach Program

Summer, 1987  

FAMILY Establishes Non-Residential Adolescent Services

Spring, 1988        

FAMILY'S Annual Child Care Training Conference Was Held For The First Time

November, 1988 

Domestic Violence Services Creates Position Of Court Advocate At FAMILY Court

Fall, 1988    

Establishes Human Solutions

January, 1989 

Establishes Elder Care Consultation And Referral Services

April, 1989   

FAMILY Child Care Resource Center Establishes Public Resource And Referral Service

Spring, 1989  

Adult Case Management (Formerly Employment, Housing Assistance Program) Is Established

May, 1989   

FAMILY House Completes Renovation And Relocates To 59 Creek Locks Road In Rosendale

July, 1989  

Camp Terra Is Established

July, 1989    

Independent Living Program Through The Ulster Co. DSS Is Established

September 1989  

Opens An Office For Child Care Resource And Referral Services In Greene And Columbia Counties 

October, 1989   

The Child Care Council Became A Sponsor Of The Child Care Food Program

September, 1990 

FAMILY Celebrates Its' 20th Anniversary At Camp Epworth

September, 1990 

Human Solutions Begins Offering Diversity Workshops In Schools

February, 1991  

Midway Opens, A Supervised Living Program For Homeless Adolescents Ages 16-21

May, 1991  

Aids Caregivers Support Group Begins

Fall, 1991 

Creates A Coordinator Position For Educational Services For Homeless Youth With The Kingston School District Utilizing Mckinney Funding

November, 1991  

Reachout - Aids Street Outreach Services Begin

February, 1992  

Aids Bereavement Group Begins

February, 1992  

The Ulster County Jail Project Begins

June, 1992   

Begins To Provide FAMILY Day Care Registration Services In Ulster Co.

September, 1992 

Begins Child Care Subsidy Program In Ulster County

October, 1993 

FAMILY Day Care Registration In Greene And Columbia Counties Begins

July, 1994  

Funding From Hudson Valley Foundation For Youth Health Is Received For Daycare Quality Assurance Program

August, 1994  

Crisis Services At Woodstock '94 Festival, Held In Saugerties, NY, And To Surrounding Communities During The Festival Is Provided

September, 1994 

FAMILY Receives Donation Of An Eight Apartment Complex At 55-57 Green Street And Pearl From Ron And Claire Radice And Begins The Provision Of Affordable Housing

November, 1994  

Ground Is Broken And "The Roof Is Raised" For Our 24-Hour Hotline And Walk-In Center At 16 Rock City Road In Woodstock

July, 1995   

Funding Is Received From The Hudson Valley Foundation For Youth Health For Life Skills Training For Adolescents

March, 1995    

The Evolve Program Becomes Jointly Sponsored By The UCMHB And FAMILY Of Woodstock, Inc.

November, 1995   

Youthbuild Program Begins

June, 1996  

The Domestic Violence Shelter Receives A Liaison From The Ulster County Mental Health Department

October, 1996   

Supervised Visitation Project Begins

October, 1996   

Voices, A Program For Women And Children Victims Of Domestic Violence, Developed And Sponsored Jointly By UCMHB And FAMILY, Begins

April, 1997  

Midway Ii In Ellenville, A Supervised Living Program For Homeless Adolescents 16 - 21, Is Opened

September, 1997    

FAMILY Reopens Uptown Keeney Theater And Holds All That Glitters@ Fundraiser

October, 1997   

Darmstadt Shelter Begins To Provide Shelter & Supervision As An Alternative To Incarceration For Women Released From Ulster County Jail To Access Treatment Under The Auspices Of The Community Correction Program

October, 1997 

Adolescent Street Outreach Program Begins

Summer, 1998   

Kingston Cares Established Utilizing Oasas Funding

September, 1989 

FAMILY Holds A Night At The Copa@ At The Keeney Theater In Uptown Kingston

Fall, 1998   

221 Canal St Ellenville Building Is Donated By Besi Corp, Currently Being Completed To Be The New Home Of FAMILY Of Ellenville, The Site Of Extensive FAMILY Of Woodstock, Inc Services, And An Adult Daycare Program Run By Ulster Home Health Care Services

December, 1998 

Minds Eye, An Adolescent Services Entrepreneurship Program Begins

November, 1999  

Midway I At 187-189 O'Neil Street Is Purchased

August 1999 

FAMILY Provides Crisis Intervention At Woodstock 99 In Rome, NY

September, 1999 

Seedling Opens A Universal Pre-K Classroom Funded By The Saugerties Central School District

August, 1999     

Ulster County Probation Becomes A Formal Sponsor

September, 1999

Evolve Adds A Fourth Group Located In New Paltz

December, 1999 

51 North Chestnut Street Is Purchased And Renovated In Early 2000 To Become The New Home Of FAMILY Of New Paltz

April, 2000         

38-50 Thomas Street, Kingston, The Proposed New Home Of The Darmstadt Shelter Is Purchased

April, 2000   

Adult Forensic Case Management Program Begins

Spring, 2000  

Renovated Midway I At 189 O'Neil Street, Kingston To Convert Building From A Two FAMILY To A Single Residence

May, 2000   

Adolescent Homeless Mica Program Begins

September, 2000    

30th Anniversary Picnic And Raffle Celebration Is Held At Hasbrouck Park, Kingston

September, 2000 

Second Pre-K Class Is Opened At Seedling

Fall, 2000  

FAMILY Begins Second Pre-Kindergarten Class At Seedling

October, 2000   

Columbia County Subsidy Program Begins

January, 2001

Voices Receives Ongoing Funding For Three Groups A Year

February, 2001    

Darmstadt Shelter Closes At 45 Hunter Street, Kingston, And Staff Occupy Two Rooms At The Kings Inn To Continue To Serve Homeless Families And Individuals

April, 2001   

Adolescent Mental Health Case Management Program Begin

April, 2001    

Kick-Off Of Our 31st Anniversary Raffle To Be Held At Forsythe Park, Kingston, Begins

May, 2001   

Evolve Adds A Fifth Group Located In Stone Ridge

July, 2001   

Darmstadt Shelter Receives Approval To Open 31 Bed Facility At Thomas Street, Kingston

July, 2001  

Adult Case Management Program Begins Implementation Of Homeless Case Management Services Utilizing Hip Funding

Fall, 2001     

FAMILY Assists In The Creation Of The Teens And Parents Program (Tap) In Woodstock

October, 2001 

Ulster/Columbia/Greene Child Care Councils Implement SUNY Teleconference Training

October, 2001

FAMILY Provides Supervision For Youth Ordered To Do Community Service By The Youth Court, Created By Ulster County Probation And The Kingston School District

October, 2001  

Kingston Cares Receives A Grant From The Office Of Juvenile Prevention To Implement A Creating Lasting FAMILY Connections@ And Expands Its Community Mobilization

September, 2001    

31st Anniversary Picnic And Raffle Celebration, Forsyth Park, Kingston

April, 2002  

FAMILY Completes Interior Renovation Of The Former Carriage House Florist Building On Thomas Street In Kingston And Reopens The Darmstadt Shelter With 16 Beds

July, 2002 

Domestic Violence Program Expands Non-Residential Groups To Ellenville And New Paltz

Summer, 2002  

FAMILY Outreaches To The Hispanic Community And Begins Translation Services

September, 2002 

32nd Anniversary Picnic And Raffle Celebration, Forsyth Park, Kingston

Fall, 2002 

FAMILY Participates In Project Liberty In Collaboration With The Mental Health Association Of Ulster County

Spring, 2003 

FAMILY Assists In The Development Of The Saugerties Is About Growing Experiences (Sage) Community Mobilization

July, 2003

FAMILY Begins Youth Employment Program Utilizing Office Of Employment And Training (OET) Funding

Fall, 2003

FAMILY, In Conjunction With Community Asset Builders (Cab), Conducts Two Forums At Onteora School District To Expand The Tap Initiative To Be A School District-Wide Community Mobilization

October, 2003

FAMILY Begins To Provide Case Management Support To The Ulster Regional Drug Court

January, 2004 

FAMILY, UCMHD, And The UCDSS Create Nexis, A Collaboration To Address The Needs Of Trauma Victims

January, 2004  

FAMILY Provides A Part-Time Spanish-Speaking Case Manager To Work At The UCMHDinic In Ellenville

January, 2004 

FAMILY Adolescent Services Expands Its Youth Employment Program To Youth Not Eligible For OET Funding, Utilizing Office Of Children And FAMILY Services (OCFS) Funding

April, 2004 

FAMILY Takes Over Management Of The King's Inn On Broadway, Kingston & Becomes Known As The FAMILY Inn

July, 2004   

The Child Care Council Commences An Enhanced Referral Service For Uniprise Employees

January, 2005

FAMILY Expands Its Hispanic Case Management Initiative To The Kingston And Highland Mental Health Clinics

June, 2005 

FAMILY Receives Three Grants From The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development (Hud) To Acquire And Provide Support Services For Homeless Individuals And Homeless Families.

July, 2005  

FAMILY Begins The Development Of A Teen Hotline To Be Known As FAMILY Teenline

August, 2005

FAMILY Completes Renovation Of The Former Rug Den Building And Moves The Darmstadt Shelter Into This 19-Bed Facility.  The FAMILY Inn, Formerly Housed At The King's Inn Motel On Broadway, Kingston, Moves Into The Renovated Carriage House Florist Building