Catholic Charities of Buffalo, NY, is the most comprehensive human service provider serving the eight counties of Western New ... York with dozens of programs at 40+ professionally staffed locations. Catholic Charities serves more than 150,000 Western New Yorkers each year without regard to age, race, gender or religious affiliation. Catholic Charities offers an array of programs that strive to empower individuals, children and families. Among them are comprehensive counseling services for all ages, basic emergency assistance including operating 8 food pantries, mental health services, chemical dependency treatment, educational and job readiness services, services to older adults, marriage counseling, immigration and refugee assistance and a variety of programs that address prevention and treatment of a number of family issues. The agency creatively partners with parents, schools, administrators, public agencies, corporations and government to bring new initiatives and cutting edge approaches to the challenges placed on individuals, families and our future. Catholic Charities is a Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York Accredited Charity. We are consistently awarded high marks from Charity Navigator and we are accredited by the Council on Accreditation, an international nonprofit, human service accrediting organization. read more