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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175-unit apartment project for Highland Park
175-unit apartment project planned for Highland Park development
Ciminelli II is picking up the mantle of the proposed Highland Park neighborhood with a $72 million affordable housing project. The younger Ciminelli, through his Arc Building Partners, is collaborating with BestSelf Behavioral Health to create the Chalmers Apartments at Highland Park, bringing 175 new housing units to the vacant former retail site in a long underserved area of the city. It would include 155 apartments in a pair of larger three-story buildings, plus 20 two-story townhomes in four clusters.
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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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Patrick P. Lee Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Support the Mental Health Workforce
Patrick P. Lee Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Support the Mental Health Workforce
The Patrick P. Lee Foundation (Foundation), a private foundation that focuses its investments on education and mental health, is pleased to announce 10 grants totaling $1,071,936 to promote recruitment and retention at mental health organizations serving western and central New York. Since 2007, the Foundation has awarded more than $23 million in grants and scholarships. In the future, the Lee Foundation will benefit from a significant infusion of assets making it one of the largest private foundations in Western New York.
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Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins announce nearly $4 million in Federal Funding
Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins announce nearly $4 million in Federal Funding toward the Buffalo United Resiliency Center to provide mental health resources and support to victims impacted by the tragic Tops market mass shooting on Buffalo’s east side
“We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to partner with and provide support to the community and the dedicated team at the Buffalo United Resiliency Center. The supports provided by this funding are vital in promoting the healing process of those impacted by the racist attack on May 14, 2022. At BestSelf Behavioral Health, we firmly believe in the pivotal role that mental health support plays in nurturing the healing journey, and we are wholly committed to contributing to this place of solace, recovery, and strength at the Buffalo United Resiliency Center,” said Elizabeth Woike-Ganga, LCSW-R, President and CEO, BestSelf Behavioral Health.
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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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Savarino ready to begin Buffalo apartment projects
Savarino nearly ready to begin two Buffalo apartment projects
Savarino Development is nearly ready to begin two long-planned Buffalo brownfield projects that will add a combined 116 apartment units.
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Buffalo Confronting Homelessness
“We save people. We get them off the streets”… Buffalo confronting homelessness
Marek Parker, program director of homeless services with BestSelf Behavioral Health, said the number of people who identify as homeless has jumped from under one thousand at one point to around 1500 this year in Erie County.
“We work with the clients that have struggled the most. The clients that have been repeatedly homeless. The clients with severe mental health,” Parker said.
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Ellen Bieler BestSelf Behavioral Health
Ellen Bieler BestSelf Behavioral Health
BestSelf is excited to announce the reappointment of Ellen Bieler as Board Chair.
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Whole Health Buffalo: Employers need policies to support workers in recovery
Whole Health Buffalo: Employers need policies to support workers in recovery
Jeff Fyvie’s career path was unimaginable as he stashed bottles of beer in the toilet tank of the restaurant he co-owned. These days Fyvie is Director of Peer Services at BestSelf Behavioral Health. He is both an example for those working to overcome substance use problems and an example of valuable employee in recovery.
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