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Mental Health During Election Season WGRZ reports people say voting in person on election day helped calm their nerves. To watch the full video, click here.

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 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...

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...

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....

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...

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. To read the full article, click here.

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....

On anniversary of Tops shooting, governor highlights resources to address trauma & mental wellbeing in east Buffalo Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced progress made by the grassroots, community-driven initiatives established to address trauma, mental health and emotional wellness in the east Buffalo community following the racially motivated shooting at the Tops supermarket on May 14, 2022....

‘Reimagine: I am the Change’ Bringing new life to a community in recovery East Buffalo was thoroughly devastated by the racially motivated shooting perpetrated at the Tops Market two years ago. In mere moments, the senseless attack claimed 10 lives and injured three others, leaving a community mourning the loss of neighbors, family, and friends –victims of a racist act of terror and hate. The...