Please check out this important video on rural access to mental health services, courtesy of WBFO’s Mental Health Initiative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzEn_9J2L0&feature=youtu.be

Good news! We have been selected to receive technical assistance to help expand economic opportunities in our rural areas. We are among two other New York State organizations that were awarded these grants. As part of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, we have been assigned to Community Roots (www.community-roots.com), a Vermont-based consulting organization. Led by […]

The Rural Outreach Center (ROC), serving the rural areas of southern Western New York, was honored to be selected by the Aspen Institute to participate in a national program to examine successful organizations utilizing a 2-Generational approach to reducing poverty. The Aspen Institute, based in Washington, D.C., is a national center for values-based leadership and […]

Most of the time when we think about single parents, we think about mothers and their children. The ROC has many of those. But we also have some single dads who are heroes to their children and to the staff at the ROC.  Take Sam, for instance. He’s raising five girls all on his own and holding […]