Offers an opportunity for young adults with arthritis to connect, support and socialize with each other in informal settings.

NY Connects provides comprehensive, free information and assistance on long term supports and services to individuals of all ages, incomes, disabilities as well as family, caregivers, professionals and friends and neighbors.

Offers peer support, benefits advisement and linkages to community resources for individuals with mental illness.

Vet2Vet groups are small groups of veterans, who meet weekly, to share knowledge, provide mutual support and share resources. Groups will maintain confidentiality, and are open to veterans of all generations, regardless of discharge status. Check with website for meeting times and location.

Assists Hispanic and African American individuals with disabilities to access resources that are available to them in order to participate in community life.

Provides assistance to individuals with mental health issues. Program will assist them in their own recovery process. Direct assistance and linkages provided.

Offers fully integrated mental health and substance use disorder treatment and services for adolescents and adults. Services include: - Counseling and medication treatment services for a variety of mental health and substance use disorders - Psychiatric evaluations - Substance use disorder medication assisted treatment - Health care screening and monitoring for overall health - Skills building - Education assistance and vocational services - Targeted case management and peer services

Provides comprehensive outpatient managed mental health services which includes treatment, rehabilitation, peer run groups, health education, service coordination, daily activities skills teaching, relapse prevention, money management and entitlement assistance, educational assistance, peer support, self help, and crisis intervention. Vocational services can provide a path to recovering a life role as a worker.

A one-on-one support program patient to patient and family member to family member. Program may be limited by availability of volunteers.

Our peer networking meeting offers space to connect, share, discuss, and divide by way of preservation followed by discussion and networking. Please email us topics of interest or if you are interested in presenting.

Works to educate, empower, and to promote equality of all people with disabilities in Niagara County. Provides peer supports, information and referral, advocacy, transition supports, and peer services to people with any functional limitations. Has many programs and resources to assist constituents, including Deaf Services, Medicaid Application Assistance Program, Independent Living Skills training, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services (CDPAS), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and benefit/entitlement services for individuals with disabilities. Also offers a medical loan closet. Addict 2 Addict (A2A): A peer-led team serving people with substance use disorders and their families and loved ones. Peers (in sustained recovery themselves and/or having loved ones with a substance use disorder) share their recovery experience and help those with substance use disorders navigate the many avenues to take by offering information, advocacy, and Peer Counseling to help them reach their first steps on the path to recovery. The team is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and will respond to a call at 716-498-4333 within 24 hours.

Peer-run service where people can participate and obtain information, support, and skills for their individual recovery journey. Ongoing services include: - Basic computer skills - Double Trouble and AA Groups - Self-help and Support Groups - Holistic health information - Career and education exploration - Social and Recreational opportunities - WRAP - Access to community resources - Individualized services offered as needed - Benefits counseling - Community guest speakers - Educational trainings - Scheduled community activities

Offers fully integrated mental health and substance use disorder treatment and services for adults. Services include: - Counseling and medication treatment services for a variety of mental health and substance use disorders - Psychiatric evaluations - Substance use disorder medication assisted treatment - Health care screening and monitoring for overall health - Skills building - Education assistance and vocational services - Targeted case management and peer services ##REENTRY##

Provides support and information to families with special needs children. Also matches parents, by request, with a trained support parent who has a child with a similar disability, chronic illness, or health care concern to help with parenting issues. This helps to build a support network and connect to tools and resources in the community. Also offers speakers to educate health care professionals, teachers, and others who care for children with special needs.

Provide a single point of entry into the long term care system, giving unbiased, comprehensive information to individuals inquiring about publicly and privately funded long term care options in their communities. Information on a full range of services will be provided to adults and children with disabilities requiring long term care, companionship, etc., regardless of their payment source.

Offers a social and semi-support group for gay men who are parents. Meetings are hosted at members' homes. Call for further information.

Provides psychological evaluation, counseling, workshops, parent education, support groups. We have extensive experience and knowledge of specific emotional issues that Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deafblind people face. We also help individuals, families, couples, and groups who are having difficulty managing their concerns about depression, anxiety, stress, anger, sexuality, or illness, and other conditions. Offers psychiatric evaluations and treatment, individual, family and group psychotherapy.

Links person with breast cancer with breast cancer survivor for information, support, encouragement. Link may be made at time of diagnosis or at any time during person's experience with breast cancer.

Provides veterans and their families with opportunities to come together in a casual, non-clinical, and non-threatening setting in safe, fun environments that foster teamwork, networking, and friendship. ##Veteran##