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BestSelf Awarded $250,000 from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation
September 25, 2025
Gift Will Support New BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center, a "One-of-a-Kind"...
Abused Children need intervention and care quickly
September 22, 2025
The Buffalo News featured an article highlighting the urgent need for Child...
Construction Begins on BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center
May 15, 2025
Construction Begins on BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center at 430 Niagara...
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Future CAC will bear the name of the Scott Bieler Family Foundation
November 2, 2023
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....
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175-unit apartment project for Highland Park
October 26, 2023
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...
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CAC campaign gets major boost from Bieler Family Foundation
October 25, 2023
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
September 14, 2023
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...
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Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins announce nearly $4 million in Federal Funding
September 12, 2023
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...
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RFI Retail Shop at 899 Main Street
August 25, 2023
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...
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Savarino ready to begin Buffalo apartment projects
August 1, 2023
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
July 28, 2023
“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...
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Ellen Bieler BestSelf Behavioral Health
July 13, 2023
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
July 6, 2023
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...
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