Our Partners
Tompkins County and Ithaca City Courts
As an Alternative to Incarceration, CIU works in close collaboration with the local court system, judges, and specialty courts – including the Felony and Family Treatment Courts. Judges and Treatment courts refer potential students to CIU for one-on-one Orientation Sessions. This gives court-involved individuals the opportunity to either explore higher education for the first time in their lives or reconnect with an interrupted course of study. The courts accept attendance of CIU Orientation/ College Prep instead of community service, and in some cases, in place of incarceration.
Tompkins County Department of Probation and Community Justice
Probation is one of the primary agencies that refer potential students to CIU. Referrals come through Probation Officers who encourage probationers to explore their next educational step, as well as through Day Reporting. Individuals attend the Day Reporting Program as a condition of probation or violation of probation, as a Drug Court sanction, as a pre-trial supervised release, or during re-entry into the community following a period of incarceration.
Tompkins County Community College (TC3)
TC3 is CIU’s primary partner for anything academic and it is the college that the majority of CIU’s enrolled students attend. TC3’s diverse areas of study allow for the growth and exposure to educational opportunities that change the trajectory of student lives, and they line up with the workforce opportunities in the Tompkins County area. Additionally, CIU’s College Prep ATI sessions are held under the umbrella of TC3 Biz, which allows us to offer our classes at the TC3 Extension Center on the Ithaca Commons.
Tompkins County Whole Health
Tompkins County Whole Health combines Public Health and Mental Health under shared leadership and helps to build a healthy, equitable community by addressing the root causes of health disparities and integrating mental, physical, and environmental health. They provide a variety of services to support children and youth, adults, households and communities, and businesses and envision a future where every person in Tompkins County can achieve wellness. Residents of Tompkins County, you can find offerings and programs to improve their wellbeing.
Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE)
Communities are defined in many different ways by the diverse people who belong to them. CCE works with communities of all kinds, providing training, resources, and facilitation to help identify the most important issues, envision potential strategies and solutions, and organize and take action for change. They help individuals learn about the rich human diversity in our local communities and facilitate community dialogue on local policy issues.
Ithaca Housing Authority
The mission of the Housing Authority (IHA) of the City of Ithaca, NY, is to operate a socially and financially sound agency that assists area low income families and individuals with safe, decent, and affordable housing opportunities and related services as they strive to achieve self-sufficiency and improve the quality of their lives.
Women's Opportunity Center
The Women's Opportunity Center (WOC) has helped nearly 20,000 women achieve financial independence and personal growth. More than just a nonprofit, WOC is committed to unlocking your potential and guiding you toward success. We offer a wide range of in-house programs and collaborate with community partners to provide comprehensive resources.
Workforce New York
Tompkins Workforce New York is a collaboration of agencies with Tompkins County Workforce Development, the New York State Department of Labor, and lead partners. Every individual should be able to have a chance to meet their potential and they are here to help.
Tompkins Community Action
A private non-profit Community Action organization dedicated to moving people out of poverty through comprehensive programming. The agency has a broad mandate to design and implement programs addressing local needs and conditions which foster poverty in Tompkins County in the State of New York.
Finger Lakes ReUse
A 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization located in Ithaca, New York. Through various activities relating to ‘ReUse’, they strive to enhance community, economy and the environment.
The REACH Project
The REACH Project Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the belief that all individuals deserve respectful, equitable, access to compassionate healthcare in a setting where they will not be stigmatized or judged based on drug use, homelessness, or any other issue that may cause less than adequate care in today's healthcare environment.
Second Wind
Second Wind’s vision is to house and walk with people towards restored lives. To this end, SW seeks to improve the relationships with self, family, and the larger community. They do so using a relational approach with the men and women we house, with a focus on being good neighbors to one another.
Friendship Donations Network
Friendship Donations Network rescues fresh, nutritious food that would otherwise be thrown away from stores and farms and redistributes it to neighbors in need. We provide food donations to hunger relief programs that serve more than 2,000 people a week, and divert over 1,000 lbs. of good food from local landfill every day. A model of efficiency, we are almost entirely volunteer-run.
Human Services Coalition
The mission of the Human Services Coalition is to enhance the delivery of health and human services in the Tompkins County area. They envision a community that embraces the dignity and well-being of all people, supported by a vibrant non-for-profit sector.
Assigned Counsel
Receives and reviews all applications for free attorney services and determines eligibility. Financial eligibility levels include: automatic eligibility for public assistance, poverty level, and inability to afford counsel. Attorneys are provided for charges including violations, misdemeanors, felonies, and appeals in criminal court, and most matters in family court.
Department of Social Services
Provides a wide range of social services and financial assistance to individuals and families in need. These services often include public assistance programs, child care assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, and other programs designed to support vulnerable populations.
Partner with us and facilitate change
Want to learn more about becoming a community partner? Have a service or resource that can assist our students? Give us a call at 607-351-3201 or 607-262-8920.
