Child Advocacy Center

New Initiative to Support Runaway Youth in Western New York

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Opening of the Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center

BestSelf Behavioral Health Celebrates Opening of the Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center on Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

BestSelf Behavioral Health proudly hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to mark the official opening of the Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center (CAC) at BestSelf, and BestSelf administrative offices, located at 899 Main St, right in the heart of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The BestSelf Board, led by Board Chair Ellen Bieler, and agency leadership identified the urgent need to expand services for children and families impacted by sexual abuse, violence, and trauma. This new, state-of-the-art facility marks a major advancement in addressing the rising number of reported cases in Erie County, which continues to rank among the highest child abuse rates in New York State.

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Construction Watch: 899 Main Street

Construction Watch: 899 Main Street

Exterior work is be wrapping up on BestSelf Behavioral Health’s new corporate headquarters at 899 Main Street. Uniland Development is overseeing the $20 million project. Uniland is adding a third floor to the building to accommodate BestSelf’s space needs.

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How Businesses Can Help BestSelf Achieve Their Capital Campaign Goal

Whole Health Buffalo: How Businesses Can Help BestSelf Achieve Their Capital Campaign Goal

As a community, we are responsible for protecting and supporting our most vulnerable members: our children. BestSelf Behavioral Health is in the final stages of a crucial $12.5 million capital campaign to relocate and expand the Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and BestSelf’s administrative offices. This effort is not just a physical expansion; it’s a lifeline for children who have suffered from sexual abuse, violence, and trauma in Erie County.

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BestSelf Behavioral Health Awarded Nearly $50,000 in Local and State Grants

BestSelf Behavioral Health Awarded Nearly $50,000 in Local and State Grants

Three Foundations and NYS Will Help Provide a Variety of Behavioral Health Services to Children

Buffalo, NY, May 16, 2024 – BestSelf Behavioral Health (BBH) today announced four new grant awards that will help them advance new programming, expand existing services, and sustain vital programs, specifically for infants and children throughout Western New York. Through BBH, the local community is provided easy access to a full continuum of person-centered, trauma-informed behavioral health treatment and recovery services. This generous funding enables BestSelf to sustain crucial community services that foster health, hope, recovery, and an improved quality of life.

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BestSelf Behavioral Health Selects Unapologetic Coffee for New Location

BestSelf Behavioral Health selects Unapologetic Coffee for new location

Local Roasters and Café-Owning Sisters will serve their coffee and social philosophy at BestSelf’s headquarters.

Buffalo, NY, April 18, 2024 – BestSelf Behavioral Health announced today that they have partnered with locally-owned Unapologetic Coffee to serve their high-quality products in a space on the first floor of their new headquarters and future home of the Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center (CAC) at BestSelf, which are all slated to open this summer.

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Russell J. Salvatore Donates Half a Million

Russell J. Salvatore Donates Half a Million Dollars to Help Local Children

Charitable Contribution Puts BestSelf in Good Financial Position with Child Advocacy Center

Buffalo, NY, January 11, 2024 – BestSelf Behavioral Health announced today that they have received another financial boost toward completing the new Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and BestSelf’s administrative headquarters, this one from a familiar name in Western New York philanthropy, Russell J. Salvatore.

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Future CAC will bear the name of the Scott Bieler Family Foundation

BestSelf Behavioral Health announces Future Child Advocacy Center will bear the name of the Scott Bieler Family Foundation

BestSelf Behavioral Health announced this week that the Scott Bieler Family Foundation will name 899 Main St, the future home of the Child Advocacy Center at BestSelf (CAC) and the new BestSelf Behavioral Health headquarters, located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. This facility, set to open in the Summer of 2024, marks a significant step forward in BestSelf’s mission to provide essential mental health services and support for children and families affected by abuse in Erie County, which has the second-highest rates for reported child abuse in New York State.

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CAC campaign gets major boost from Bieler Family Foundation

Child Advocacy Center campaign gets major boost from Bieler Family Foundation

The Child Advocacy Center will be housed inside the new BestSelf Behavioral Health headquarters at 899 Main St., Buffalo. The gift brings the campaign to 80% of a newly expanded goal, with the center slated to open this summer.

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RFI Retail Shop at 899 Main Street

Request for Interest (RFI) Coffee/Food Retail Shop at 899 Main Street

BestSelf Behavioral Health, Inc., located at 255 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY 14202, is seeking vendors to occupy a coffee/food retail space at their new building located at 899 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC).

This Request for Interest serves as an initial inquiry where potential vendors may submit an application to express their interest and provide a short narrative as to their ideas for the space.

Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal later this year.

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