We pleased to announce the appointment of Marissa Cussins to the position of assistant residential manager for the Park Ave. Community Residence program. Since August 2015 Marissa  has served as an intern and a rehabilitation counselor at the Park Ave. residence. Marissa earned a Bachelors of Science in Social Work and Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from State University of New York at Fredonia in May 2016.

We just want to inform everyone effective July 1, 2017 New York State authorized employers to begin payroll deductions from employees' paychecks for the new New York State Paid Family Leave benefits which is effective January 1, 2018. The deductions made now will pay for the mandated insurance premiums to be paid in the near future.

The amount of the employee deduction varies by how much you're paid in a given pay period. The deduction rate is .126% (or .001263) of your earnings. The maximum amount taken from your pay check will be $85.80/year. This rate is set by the New York State Division of Insurance and may increase over time.

As New York State finalizes the Paid Family Leave regulations over the next several weeks we will establish our policy about this leave benefit. We expect to have our policy in place by December 1st.

For additional information, please see https://www.ny.gov/programs/new-york-state-paid-family-leave

If you should have any questions about this matter, please contact me 716-366-7792 x 212.

Mark Wasiewicz

Human Resources Director

Attention All Direct Service Staff:

If you first aid is certificate expired or expires before August 31st please register for this class.

To register for this class, please sign up below. If you should have any questions, please contact Mark Wasiewicz at 716-366-7792 x212 or email.

We pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Oakes to the position of assistant residential manager for the Prendergast  Community Residence program. Since July 2015 Katie has served as a rehabilitation counselor at the residence.

Congratulations Katie!

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) class registration is now open. Currently four classes are being offered. A fifth class may be added at a later time.

MHFA is required for all direct care staff members and is encouraged for all support staff members. 

All classes are 8 hours in length and will start promptly at 8:30 AM and end approximately at 4:30 PM. There will a 45 minute lunch break at mid day. Lunch is own your own. Feel free to "brown bag it".

Each participant will receive a MHFA workbook, we encourage participants to bring a pen and notepad for note taking. 

To learn more about what you will learn at this training please see this link  https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/take-a-course/what-you-learn/ .

All employees who submitted a "new" direct deposit form last month will have future payroll checks direct deposited beginning March 2nd. If you want direct deposit it's not too late to enroll. Please submit a direct deposit form  and send or FAX (716-366-7840) to Vivian Swan no later than Friday, February 10th.

If you should have any questions, please contact Amber Hubbard x220 or Mark Wasiewicz x212.

We pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Garey to the position of residential manager for the Aldrich St.Community Residence & Gowanda Apartment programs effective January 2, 2017. Since April 2013 Emily served as the assistant residential manager for the Gowanda Community Residence and Apartment programs. From July 2009 to July 2012 she worked as a rehabilitation counselor.

Congratulations Emily!