Community & Home Based Services
From time to time, we all deal with hardships we are not prepared for. During these critical times, challenges can impact the whole family. You don't have to go through hard times alone - when an advocate is needed, Gateway Longview's Community-Based teams are here to help. View our downloadable brochure here.
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Visiting families in the home, we offer resources and supports to help meet specific family needs. As partners, we develop a plan to overcome each challenge. We support realistic goals, and work to improve overall well-being and safety for the entire family. We work with families to protect, enrich and give hope.
Our staff works with you and your family to be your:
• Partner that empowers strengths
• Resource to help you address specific needs
• Voice when faced with hardships
• Support to help keep your family intact
• Linkage to available services & resources
Our Community-Based Support Services are licensed by the New York State Offices of Child & Family Services, the New York State Office of Mental Health, and/or the Department of Health.
Our goal is keeping families together.
List Of Services & Contact
High Fidelity WRAP is built on the Wraparound model. Gateway Longview's Care Coordinators help you coordinate close supports (family, friends), system supports (teachers, doctors, counselors) and vendor supports. All work is aimed toward gaining and maintaining stability in your own home with your child. Families can be referred to services by a wide range of people including Erie County staff, schools, mental health providers and parents.
Contact: Cathy Smith 716.783.3115
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Parent Training classes teach age specific health and safety lessons. Facilitators are certified in many different curriculum. The focus is on working with you to develop skills to play with, discipline, and interact with your children. Families must be referred to services via Erie County. Bilingual services are offered.
Contact: 716.783.3100
Click Parent Training Pamphlet to learn more
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Kinship Preventive Services is a court appointed program. Gateway Longview caseworkers offer you resources, education, and support in your homes when you, as a grandparent or other relative, cares for your kin full-time. Families must be referred to services via Erie County.
Contact: 716.783.3184
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Raise the Age Care Coordination Raise the Age refers to reforms focused on diverting youth under 18 who committed non-violent crimes from the adult criminal justice system and providing them intervention and evidence-based treatment services. Families must be referred to services via Erie County.
Click Raise the Age Brochure to learn more
RACC Client Satisfaction Survey
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Intensive Preventive Services provides daily support to families in their homes and communities. Gateway-Longview case workers see or talk to families every day and provide education, advocacy, linkage and referrals and case management. Families are empowered to make the changes necessary to keep their families safe and stay together. The program is short in duration, lasting 30 to 60 days. All referrals are made by Erie County DSS.
Contact: 716.783.3184
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School Based Preventive Services
The School Based Preventive Services program utilizes a family-focused approach to strengthen the relationships between a youth, their family and their school in order to improve their overall safety and well-being. The program helps to safely maintain a youth in their home and community by building supports and empowering families to make positive changes in order to achieve their goals. Parents will receive support to strengthen their relationship and involvement with their child’s school, as well as have a better understanding of their child’s development and behavior.
​Contract: Brianna Fischer 716-783-3100 ext. 3377
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​Therapeutic Supervised Visitation offers safe spaces where families who are apart can spend time with each other. Visits are overseen by caseworkers, who help with skill-building. Natural bonds between family members are also supported. Services are mandated by family court and must be referred by Erie County.
Contact: Alicia Dubel 716.783.3100 ext. 3190
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Behavioral Health Clinic
Gateway Longview’s Behavioral Health Clinic helps support a rapidly growing need in the community for comprehensive behavioral and mental health services for children and families. Our main clinic is centrally located in downtown Buffalo and we have successfully integrated mental health services into several school districts throughout Western New York.
Approach To Care
At Gateway Longview, we believe that a solution-focused, trauma-informed care approach has the ability to strengthen the knowledge, competencies, skill sets, and engagement as we work with individuals impacted by trauma. We ensure that all services are client driven with access to early screening and comprehensive assessments.