(Buffalo, NY) – Compeer Inc. announced today that its headquarters is now located in Buffalo, NY. Compeer Inc. is the network of 49 Compeer affiliate locations in the U.S., Canada and Australia. Compeer Inc. staff members provide training, consultation and administrative support to the affiliates. Compeer affiliates maintain autonomy over their individual operations, programs, resources and funding. Timothy Boling, Compeer Buffalo Executive Director, has been named Executive Director of both the Buffalo affiliate office and Compeer Inc.
“It is an exciting day for Compeer and for Buffalo,” stated Timothy Boling, Executive Director of Compeer Inc. and Compeer Buffalo. “Compeer Inc. is a stellar organization that has been serving the communities in which its affiliates are located for nearly 40 years. I am honored to have the opportunity to be at the helm of the organization. It is my ultimate goal to strengthen the entire Compeer Inc. network and better serve our affiliates and the populations they serve.”
Through its time-tested evidence based model and best practices of supportive friendship and mentoring, Compeer Inc. creates programs to meet the diverse needs of communities that want to improve and positively impact the lives of individuals and families living with mental health challenges.
Boling continued, “Compeer Inc. has a staff of four team members. Some of our early goals are to do more distance training for the affiliates, as well as, host a national/international annual conference. Additionally, once the new licensing and structure is more firmly in place the plan is to begin aggressively adding more affiliates.”
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ABOUT COMPEER INC.
Compeer Inc. develops, delivers and supports model programs that inspire and engage communities through the power of volunteer friends and mentors of our Compeer affiliate programs to improve the quality of life for adults, children, and families who strive for good mental health.
The organization was founded in 1973 in Rochester, N.Y., and it started with just 12 volunteers. Today, nearly 4,000 volunteers in Compeer locations around the world serve people with mental illness.
The National Institute of Mental Health chose Compeer as a model program in 1982 and funded the development of similar programs throughout the nation. Today, Compeer is a model mental health organization with over 50 locations in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
Routinely recognized as a national model, the agency has received the Presidential Recognition award by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the inaugural Eleanor Roosevelt Community Service award, the Presidential Volunteer Action award, four Points of Light awards and recognition from the American Psychiatric Association.