Support Resources
Mental Health Resources
Mental Health During an Emergency - ny.gov
SAMHSA has a Disaster Distress Helpline - call or text 1-800-985-5990 (for Spanish, press “2”) to be connected to a trained counselor 24/7/365.
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
National Child Traumatic Stress Network — Catastrophic Violence Resources
Warm Line offers peer support specialists and non-crisis services to Erie County residents. Phone: 1-844-749-3848, Text: 716-392-2221, or visit https://www3.erie.gov/mentalhealth/
NY Project Hope Emotional Support Helpline - 1-844-864-9314 (8:00a.m.-10:00p.m. seven days a week) or visit https://nyprojecthope.org/ Open to all New York State residents.
Holiday Season
General
Visit the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County for a wide variety of resources to meet your needs.
Visit American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for resources and events.
Parent Network of Western New York - Parent Network of WNY is a not-for-profit agency that provides education and resources for families of individuals with special needs (birth through adulthood) and for professionals. They also have a monthly newsletter, COVID-19 resources, and more.
Ally-up - How to practice effective allyship
NYS-Ride
NYS-Ride is a negotiated benefit program sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) and administered by WageWorks, Inc., which provides New York State employees with the opportunity to pay for certain work-related transportation expenses on a pre-tax basis. NYS-Ride allows you to save money on your eligible transportation costs. You pay for these expenses through pre-tax payroll deductions and save money each month.
When you make pre-tax purchases for your eligible commuting expenses through NYS-Ride, you save money each month because no federal, state, city income, Social Security, or Medicare taxes are withheld from the amount you set aside, up to the pre-tax limits set by the federal government.
WageWorks purchases public transportation fare media (such as bus, subway and vanpool passes, and fare cards) from transit authorities and will mail your selected fare media directly to your home address. Or use your WageWorks Commuter Card.
For more information, visit https://participant.wageworks.com/cobrand/NYS/home/.
NYS Work-Life Services
NYS Work-Life Services provides New York State employees with a comprehensive network of resources, tools, services, and personalized confidential assistance to address their work, home, and life issues including:
- parenting
- education
- child care
- elder care
- alcohol, drug, gambling issues
- budgeting and finance
- disability
- health and mental health concerns
- retirement planning
For more information, visit http://worklife.ny.gov/.