GOW CARES Alliance

Resources

If you have or know of a resource that may be of use to the community please do not hestitate to share it with us! Click HERE to contact us.

Text for Naloxone Line

For free naloxone, text KIT to 877-535-2461

Resource Guide

A resource guide for the GOW Region.

Arounja

A mobile app that helps users find community resources around where they live, work and play by type, location or through searches. Users can share new resources to the map, update resources that exist or share resources they find with others.

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WNY 211

24 hours a day, 7 days a week people can dial 2-1-1 or 888-696-9211 and talk to a trained information & referral specialist who is able to identify services in the community that can provide them with the help they need.

Information available through 2-1-1 include: basic needs, food assistance, free tax preparation, holiday assistance, housing, job training, legal counseling, mental health services, substance abuse services, volunteer opportunities, and more. 2-1-1 WNY covers seven counties in WNY: Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming.

Visit www.211wny.com or Dial 2-1-1.

Narcan/Naloxone

Narcan/Naloxone Training Information

If you or a loved one is in need of a Narcan kit or your organization would like to be trained in Narcan please contact one of our partners listed below:

Genesee County

UConnectCare

Diane Klos

ph: (585) 815-1883

email: dklos@uconnectcare.org

Monthly and on demand training are available year round during office hours

M-R 9am-9pm and F 9am-4pm. Saturday trainings available upon request.

Horizon Health Services

Lisa Glow

ph: (585) 815-0247

email: lglow@horizon-health.org

Able to schedule trainings as requested.

Lake Plains Community Care Network

Charlotte Crawford

ph: (585) 345-6110

email: ccrawford@lakeplains.org

Trainings are scheduled upon request at a location and time convenient for the requester.

Orleans County

UConnectCare

Diane Klos

ph: (585) 815-1883

email: dklos@uconnectcare.org

Monthly and on demand training are available year round during office hours

M-R 9am-9pm and F 9am-4pm. Saturday trainings done upon request.

Lake Plains Community Care Network

Charlotte Crawford

ph: (585) 345-6110

email: ccrawford@lakeplains.org

Trainings are scheduled upon request at a location and time convenient for the requester.

Wyoming County

Lake Plains Community Care Network

Charlotte Crawford

ph: (585) 345-6110

email: ccrawford@lakeplains.org

Trainings are scheduled upon request at a location and time convenient for the requester.

Spectrum Health and Human Services

Holli Gass

ph: (585) 786-0220

Weekly Narcan Training on Monday nights at Spectrum Health and Human Services, Warsaw, NY.

Wyoming County Department of Health

Jillian Calmes

ph: (585) 786-8890

email: jcalmes@wyomingco.net

Check our website for any community trainings or contact Jillian directly to set up a training.

Naloxone Co-Payment Assistance Program

Looking for another way to access Narcan? Try the N-CAP program.

Naloxone Co-Payment Assistance Program (N-CAP)

Individuals who are themselves at risk for an overdose or their family members may acquire Naloxone at over 2,000 pharmacies in New York State. All New Yorkers who have prescription coverage through their health insurance plans have access to the N-CAP program.

Click HERE for more information.