Web Links to Service Agencies:

In addition to these services offered by the Department of Community Services, we work with a number of contract agencies which offer a variety of services to individuals and families with mental health problems.

Housing Options, Inc.

Provides rental assistance, advocacy, warm line, some furniture. Housing Options is a not-for-profit, supported housing and community support agency, developed and operated by and for recipients of mental health services.

Housing Options is committed to decrease stigma by increasing an awareness of mental illness through information, education, and advocacy. Efforts are focused on recipients, family members, community members, and mental health professionals in the counties of Erie. Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Allegany. www.housingoptions.org

STEL, Inc.

Southern Tier Environments for Living (also known as STEL, Inc.) provides rehabilitative and support services to persons with mental illness and other disabilities in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and southern Erie counties. Our service spectrum includes residential treatment group homes & apartments, supported housing, single room occupancy housing, vocational rehabilitation, case management, social supports and housing development services.

Our organization is designed to help people by providing essential services that allow individuals to live as independently as possible in our communities. We're strongly committed to assisting people by promoting mental health wellness and creating environments where individuals can develop the essential abilities to live and function productively and independently. We're equally committed to assisting people in time of need to prevent psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness, and unsafe living arrangements. www.stel.org

Dept. of the Aging

Provides social day care, case management, clinic services. The Cattaraugus County Department of the Aging provides or assures the provision of needed services to county residents who are age 60 or older.

The Department was created in July of 1975, through an Act of the Cattaraugus County Legislature. Since its inception, the Department has coordinated with existing community services, planned, developed and, in some cases, administered needed programs, while also promoting new and better services for all individuals age 60 or older. www.cattco.org/aging

Seneca Nation of Indians

Provide case management for MICA clients, clinic services, victim services (advocacy and emergency shelter), children's shelter, and nutrition services to Native Americans. www.senecanation.org

Suburban Adult Services, Inc.

A non-profit rehabilitation agency and subcontract business that assists adults with disabilities to become as independent as possible. Founded in 1975 in Springville, NY, Suburban Adult Services, Inc. today provides programs and services to over 1,000 individuals and their families in Erie, Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties. www.sasinc.org

The ReHabilitation Center

Provides sheltered workshop, job coaching, assisted employment, life skills training, clinic services, continuing day treatment, Medicaid service coordination, a children's learning center, and residential services for adults and children with disabilities. www.rehabcenter.org

The Mental Health Association

Operates family support services, advocacy, children supports, Camp New Horizons for emotionally handicapped children, and the Back Door Social Club. They also provide education and training about mental illness. The Mental Health Association in Cattaraugus County serves children, families and the public through programs designed to promote mental wellness, reduce stigma, and support empowering and mentally healthful attitudes and choices. Because we believe that these programs should be available to as many people as possible, most are offered at no cost. www.mhacatt.org

Olean General Hospital

Operates an inpatient mental health unit, a telephone hotline, and has mental health staff in the emergency department to offer assessments for individuals who need inpatient care Hotline number is 1-800-339-5209 www.ogh.org

Catholic Charities

Provides intensive case management services (ICM), Multisystemic Family Therapy (MST), and educational programs and workshops in the community and within the schools. Catholic Charities is the single largest direct human service agency in Western New York, reaching all 8 counties with professionally staffed locations. From birth through old age, we embrace, enrich and empower people, providing a vast selection of traditional resources to help those in need. We continue to creatively work with parents, schools, administrators, public agencies, corporations and government to bring new initiatives and cutting edge approaches to the challenges placed on individuals, families and our future. www.ccwny.org

Cattaraugus County Community Action

Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc., is an anti-poverty organization dedicated to helping people help themselves. We provide opportunities that empower people of our community to bring about social and personal change. By focusing on strengths, we promote self-effectiveness, dignity, and hope. They have programs to assist with housing, energy, family development, nutrition, and victims services. www.ccaction.org

Healthy Community Alliance

Our Vision: The Healthy Community Alliance facilitates partnerships among citizens, professionals, facilities, and community groups to address health and human service needs which are viewed as priority areas.

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TLC Health Care

Mental health services at TLC Health Network are designed to effectively meet the needs of community residents with emotional or psychiatric problems. Our inpatient and outpatient programs provide treatment in a modern, confidential and comfortable setting.

TLC Health's Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team is an award-winning program designed to provide ongoing mental health care.

Chemical Dependancy - Tri-County Memorial Hospital's peaceful setting contributes to our clients' journeys toward a new life free of drugs and alcohol. Clients take advantage of Tri-County's inpatient unit and outpatient clinics in Gowanda, Derby and Cassadaga. Tri-County's Drug Free Residential Unit integrates clients into community life in a safe, supportive and confidential environment at an early stage in treatment. www.tlchealth.org

WNY Children's Mental Health Coalition

The Western New York Family Support Coalition was formed in 1995 by parents and mental health professionals dedicated to increasing support for families who have children with emotional and behavioral disabilities. The Coalition is comprised of representatives from family support programs located in 19 counties of Western New York. Together, these programs serve more than 4,000 families. www.raisingminds.org

Cattaraugus County Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse

Provides prevention education and information referral services, treatment to individuals recovering from alcohol and/or other drugs, 16-bed community residence for recovering alcoholics, camp for children ages 12-14 who are dealing with chemical dependency issues within their family or other family dysfunction, programs to all school districts within the county, conducting classroom presentations, facilitating teen support groups and providing early identification, intervention and referrals, and federally subsidized housing program targeting homeless persons with alcohol, substance or mental health diagnosis. www.cccasa.org

TASA

Provides comprehensive case management services, including service referral and follow up to Medicaid elegible youth age 10-21, male or female, pregnant/parenting or at risk of early parenting. Services are offered as needed by youth to all Cattaraugus County school districts. Services include goal planning, home, school and office visits, information, education, and facilitation of service plan meetings. They provide life skill instruction, advocacy and support.

Center for Family Unity

The Center for Family Unity, Inc. is a nonprofit (501(c)) organization dedicated to strengthening families in New York's Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Allegany Counties. Our free programs include parenting classes, in-home and supervised Visits, public education, and a volunteer program. www.centerforfamilyunity.org

Cattaraugus County Community Action

Weatherization assistance, family and school-based youth programs, housing, nutrition, victim services, and children's services. www.ccaction.org

Directions in Independent Living, Inc.

provides civil rights and advocacy, housing assistance, transportation, and advisement, payee assistance, and accessibility to individuals and families of individuals with disabilities. Web site in progress