Resources

MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES OF WNY

We Are Hope

WE ARE HOPE is a collaboration of community organizations that have come together to provide support to those struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Too often, it can be hard to know where to turn for help. This resource directory serves as your guide to support services in our community.

Whether you’re seeking crisis intervention, counseling, support groups, or other mental health resources, this comprehensive directory connects you with the help you need in Western New York.

Collaborative Partners

Working together to provide comprehensive mental health support

BestSelf Behavioral Health

Buffalo Urban League Buffalo H.O.P.E​

Endeavor Health Services

Erie County Department of Mental Health

Horizon Health Services

Erie County Department of Mental Health

Crisis
Services

Hope
Rises

New York State Office of Mental Health

Spectrum Health Buffalo H.O.P.E

Sponsored by

Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York 

crisis hotlines

If this is a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 for immediate assistance.

24 Hour Crisis Hotline

716-834-3131
Buffalo and Erie County
 

24 Hour Crisis Hotline

716-834-3131
Buffalo and Erie County
 

24 Hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

988
English and Spanish
Call/text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org

Kids’ Helpline



716-834-1144
1-877-KIDS-400
 

24 Hour Text Line offered by Mental Health America

Text MHA to 741-741

Veterans Crisis Hotline

1-800-273-8255

Chautauqua County Hotline

1-800-724-0461
 

24 Hour NYS Domestic & Sexual Violence Hotline

1-800-942-6906