Andrew Malekoff, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center CEO, has been named as the 2014 Outstanding Provider of the Year in Delivering Integrated Care to Families by the Nassau County Department of Human Services.
Malekoff received the award at the Conference on Co-Occurring Disorders on Friday, Dec. 12 at Hofstra University, Uniondale during the opening remarks beginning at 9 a.m.
“I am grateful to the Nassau County Department of Human Services for honoring me,” Malekoff said. “It is particularly meaningful to be recognized just days before the second anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. After the Newtown shootings there was not one parent in the United States who was able to escape the tyranny of imagining their child being murdered in their neighborhood school. Being honored reminds me about how much more needs to be done. How many more children will be taken from us before lawmakers devote the same energy and resources it takes to launch their re-election campaigns, to safeguarding our children, by taking steps to prevent gun violence and provide adequate funding for community-based mental health centers to support the emotional well-being of all of our children?”
To learn more about the guidance c
enter, which has an office in Roslyn Heights, visit the website: www.northshorechildguidance.org or call 516-626-1971.
