As a leader in suicide prevention work, Crisis Services is the only agency accredited by the American Association of Suicidology in the WNY area. At the end of July, we had our site visit to be reviewed for re-accreditation by AAS.

The agency passed with flying colors and Crisis Services’ CEO, Jessica Pirro, wants to thank all the staff in CCP for their work in preparation for this site visit, Robyn for her leadership on organizing the visit and all the other staff that assisted by talking with our site evaluator.

We were provided great feedback on our operations and offered continued ideas and support to keep our critical work as effective as possible. When we were notified of the re-accreditation – the following quote was provided in our letter. This is an amazing testament to each and every one of you for the work you do each day to help those in crisis.

“Crisis Services of Buffalo, New York is a first-rate crisis and suicide prevention agency. Because of the depth of high-quality crisis services, the excellence of staff interviewed, and the solid policies and procedures in evidence, this evaluator strongly recommends re-accreditation of Crisis Services suicide and crisis hotline. In addition, Emergency Mental Health Outreach Services should be Accredited as a solid component of crisis services delivery for this outstanding crisis intervention agency.”