ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- In wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas, the Tompkins and Cortland County Child Development Council offered their warmline for parents worried about or looking for resources on how to talk to their kids about school shootings.

"A lot of us are not okay right now. The racially-motivated mass murder in Buffalo and ... [the recent] mass murder of children and teachers in Texas has many of us reeling. The Child Development Council acknowledges that we are humans and we have a lot of big feelings right now. It's okay to not be okay. If you'd like to process how to have conversations about hard things with your young children, our Warmline is available for you," a Facebook post by the Child Development Council reads.

In essence, a warmline exists to "take an early intervention approach to alleviating struggle, while hotlines are more often used to manage crises that already exist," according to socialworklicensemap.com

"It's just a place where parents can come and talk to us about how they're feeling," said Malinda Rees, family services director at the Child Development Council.

So far, Reyes has not received any calls from parents worried about a school shooting. The most recent school shooting in New York's Southern Tier was 48 years ago in Olean, N.Y., when a high schooler killed three people and injured nine others.

"A lot of parents didn't experience this when they were in school. So, this is a some new territory for a lot of parents to navigate on a pretty scary one too," said Rees.

Rees and the people that work with her are not licensed counselors or therapists, but they are an ear to listen and can offer parents advice and other resources based off of what they need.

"We're here to assist. But we can't counsel, none of us are therapists. So, if that's the level of need - which is totally fine - we can absolutely help people get connected with the resources in the community," said Rees.

Parents and families that want to call the warmline can call the Child Development Council at (607)-273-0259 or reach out to the organization via email at: [email protected].