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Unapologetic Coffee heads further Downtown

Unapologetic Coffee heads further Downtown

In 2022, sisters Alisa and Alicia Officer launched Unapologetic Coffee at 1375 Main Street, near the corner of East Ferry. At the time, they talked about expanding their café offerings by building out a back room within the building, for more seating and more brewing capacity.

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WNY Living: BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center

WNY Living: BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center

The BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center is a vital resource offering immediate assistance to people grappling with acute mental health and substance use challenges.

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Mental Health During Election Season

Mental Health During Election Season

WGRZ reports people say voting in person on election day helped calm their nerves.

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Executive Insights: Chantele Campbell’s journey

Buffalo Business First – Executive Insights: Chantele Campbell’s journey toward health equity at BestSelf

Buffalo Business First publisher John Tebeau recently sat down with area business leaders to get to know them better.

The following is an excerpt from one of those conversations.

Chantele Campbell sees a long road ahead in her job as the inaugural chief health equity officer at BestSelf Behavioral Health. Celebrating her first year in the role, she already has traveled some miles toward the goal of ensuring everyone in the region lives a healthy life. She has the educational background to make it happen.

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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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Buffalo Bills and BestSelf Behavioral Health Partner

Buffalo Bills and BestSelf Behavioral Health Partner to Tackle Mental Health

As Official Mental Health Partner, BestSelf will partner with the team to provide resources and community support across Western New York.

BestSelf Behavioral Health, an innovative leader in behavioral health services in Western New York, proudly announced today its official partnership with the Buffalo Bills. This trailblazing collaboration, the first of its kind for the Buffalo Bills franchise, promises to bring transformative programming and heightened awareness of mental health issues to the Western New York region. This partnership will harness the power of sports in the community to bring mental health conversations into the mainstream, breaking down stigmas and encouraging proactive approaches to mental wellness.

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2024 Taste of Buffalo

Things 2 Know: 2024 Taste of Buffalo

The popular 2-day food festival makes its return to downtown Buffalo this July. Taste of Buffalo returns to downtown Buffalo for its 41st season next month. This year the food festival will feature 43 local restaurants and food trucks and four New York State wineries, and they will be set up along Delaware Avenue between Chippewa Street and Niagara Square.

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Progress on workplace diversity

Progress on workplace diversity, but more to do

Local companies are making headway on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the workplace. But there are also signs of more work to be done, particularly in closing the “perception gap” about the impact of those efforts. The Buffalo Niagara Partnership has released its third DEI assessment, in keeping with the business group’s plan to release a new assessment every two years.

Forty percent of the survey respondents said they had a point person in charge of DEI processes, compared to 30% two years ago. Seventy nine percent said they had started their DEI journey, the same percentage as in 2022. And 77% of employers with DEI programs say their recruitment efforts include outreach to attract minority candidates, up from 66% two years ago.

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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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Continuing need for Mental Health Services

Continuing need for Mental Health Services

With services stretched thin after the May 14 Tops massacre, Buffalo is being asked to fund more youth centers and mental health counseling on the East Side.

Two years after the May 14 massacre at Tops Supermarket on Jefferson Avenue, counselors and other community advocates are calling for expanded mental health services on Buffalo’s East Side.

What’s needed, they say, are more community centers serving as “safe spaces” where young people can go, as well as more mental health counseling and more funding for mental health services overall.

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