Kirsten Vincent Respite & Recovery Center
Short-term Crisis Respite
24/7
Phone: 716-248-2886
Refreshing Waters is a short-term crisis residence staffed and operated by trained peer support professionals who use their lived experience with mental health recovery to foster hope, empowerment, and mutual support. This voluntary program emphasizes recovery, self-determination, and collaboration, helping participants develop strategies to manage their crisis while maintaining their independence and strengthening natural supports. Our goal is to support individuals in returning to their community with increased confidence, stability, and access to ongoing recovery services.
The Renewal Center
WNY Independent Living
The Renewal Center is a peer-operated and peer-staffed diversion center to help individuals in crisis as they define it. Our mission is to provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment that empowers those who are struggling with wellness and recovery.
The Kirsten Vincent Respite & Recovery Center is a haven for individuals in mental health crisis looking for a safe place to continue their journey to recovery. Recovery Options Made Easy, in collaboration with WNY Independent Living and Spectrum Health and Human Services, offers crisis stabilization and continued recovery in one location in downtown Buffalo, NY.
This first-of-its-kind respite and recovery model offers recovery support across the continuum of care with internal services in tandem with external community programs. The Kirsten Vincent Respite & Recovery Center provides multiple alternatives to hospitalization.
Individuals can receive support across four-programs whose objective is to help individuals continue their recovery journey in a community setting. All programs are voluntary and self-referred.
Clinical Engagement Program
Spectrum Health
https://shswny.org/
Phone: 716-539-5500
8 am-4pm
The Spectrum Health Clinical Engagement Program is the first program of its kind in Erie County. Our friendly peer and clinical staff provide education, encouragement and counseling services to adults 18 and older. Our staff offers crisis assessment, crisis intervention, and counseling to divert the need for an emergency room visit or hospital stay.
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Restful Rivers
Recovery Options Made Easy
Intensive Crisis Respite
24/7
Phone: 716-372-4105
Restful Rivers is an intensive crisis residence providing voluntary support for participants experiencing a mental health crisis who do not require inpatient hospitalization. Participants receive individualized, person-centered services including crisis support, wellness planning, skill development, medication self-management support, and coordination with behavioral health and community-based providers from certified peers and licensed clinical staff. Our program offers a structured, trauma-informed environment that emphasizes dignity, choice, and empowerment while helping individuals stabilize and build resilience.
See How Your Help Can Help Others
With a 95% hospital diversion rate, help no longer has to mean hospitalization.
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