A Place You Can Call Home is Often the First Step
BFNC provides a continuum of mental health residential services for individuals 18 years and up.
Providing the Warmth of Home with a Helping Hand since 1986
Since 1986 BFNC’s Community Residence Program has been fulfilling the goal of empowering individuals who have mental illness with the skills to become full and contributing members of their communities.
Licensed Community Residences
NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) Licensed Community Residences offer staff support while encouraging and providing services that lead to independence. Residence Clients receive 24-hour on-site staffing, meals, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services. Activities outside the residential setting include recovery programs, academic and vocational programs, and competitive and non-competitive employment.
A Look at Our Licensed Residences.
Fruitbelt Towers
A single site licensed treatment housing program that provides on-site staffing, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services.
The program offered serves as a preparatory step before the consumer begins independent living in a scattered site community apartment. The focus is on empowerment and establishing self-reliance.
Call 716.852.5065, ext. 100, or email us for additional information.
Glenwood Avenue House
A single site licensed community residence with on-site staffing, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services.
An NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) Licensed Community Residence that offers staff support, while fostering independence. Receive 24-hour on-site staffing, meals, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services. Involvement in activities outside the residential setting include recovery-oriented programs, vocational programs, school, and competitive and non-competitive employment.
Call 716.852.5065, ext. 100, or email us for additional information.
Wende Street House
A single site licensed community residence with on-site staffing, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services.
An NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) Licensed Community Residence offering staff support, while fostering independence. Receive 24-hour on-site staffing, meals, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services. Involvement in activities outside the residential setting include recovery-oriented programs, vocational programs, school, and competitive and non-competitive employment.
Call 716.852.5065, ext. 100, or email us for additional information.
Monroe Street House
A single site licensed community residence with on-site staffing, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services.
An NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) Licensed Community Residence offering staff support, while fostering independence. Receive 24-hour on-site staffing, meals, support, advocacy and recovery-oriented services. Involvement in activities outside the residential setting include recovery-oriented programs, vocational programs, school, and competitive and non-competitive employment.
Call 716.852.5065, ext. 100, or email us for additional information.
Community Housing Program
Treatment Scattered Site Apartments
This housing program licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health offers the highest level of independence. The program is designed as a preparatory step before independent community living. The focus is on empowerment and establishing self-reliance. Trained staff is available 24-hours and they make weekly visits.
Supportive Scattered Site Housing
An unlicensed New York State of Mental Health program that provides affordable and safe permanent housing for low-income consumers. Individuals receive a furnished apartment, linkage to a network of supportive resources and advocacy.
Please call for additional information: 716.852.5065
To make a referral to licensed or unlicensed housing please complete the SPOA Referral by clicking here.