Spectrum Health and Human Services

Founded in 1973, Spectrum Health and Human Services’ mission is to respectfully partner with adults, children, and families as they recover from behavioral, emotional, mental health, and/or substance abuse-related disorders; and to promote hope, empowerment and self-defined improvements in their quality of life.

We live our agency core values in everything we do for our clients and for our staff as a team. Our core values – accountability, empowerment, diversity, ethics, excellence, and respect – are apparent in the innovative programs we develop and our collaborations with other like-minded agencies

Spectrum Health counseling centers are Certified Community Behavioral Health Centesr (CCBHC), a new provider type in Medicaid, designed to provide a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services to vulnerable individuals.

Beyond the facts and metrics, we’re a team of good, decent people who find challenge and reward in working together to make our community and society a better, healthier place. 

Spectrum Health and Human Services offers counseling and supportive services to adults, children, and families who live with mental health and/or addiction-related disorders. Spectrum Health has counseling centers throughout Western New York, including our Downtown Buffalo Counseling Center (1298 Main St) which has served the urban core for 30+ years, and the East Buffalo Urgent Care Center in located in the Kirsten Vincent Recovery and Respite Center at 111 Maple St. near the medical corridor. Spectrum Health staffs a 24/7 crisis helpline for adults (716 710 5172), plus the C.A.R.E.S. program for youth in crisis (716 882 HELP). Visit our website at www.shswny.org.