Patrickp Lee Foundation News Today

There is an increasing need for mental health professionals in the United States and a new scholarship at Niagara University will support students studying for this growing specialty.

For several years now, the Patrick P. Lee Foundation has prioritized grants to support the mental health workforce.

Even before the pandemic, the nationwide physician shortage was looming; now, its even more pronounced.

While the pandemic has not caused abuse, it has exacerbated abusive situations. Measures to keep the community safe, including shut downs and stay-at-home orders, have worsened vulnerabilities of individuals and families in violent and abusive situations. In partnership with the Family Justice Center, Buffalo Toronto Public Media hosted a virtual community conversation Wednesday night.

WBFO’s Mental Health Initiative is to normalize the conversation about mental illness by bringing this issue from the shadows into everyday light.

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Biomedical engineering graduate Chiara Young honored for integrity, leadership, service ‌ Recent RIT graduate Chiara Young was presented with the 2021 Distinguished Lee Scholar award based on her integrity, leadership, and service to others. Chiara Young, a fifth-year biomedical engineering graduate from Sherman, N.Y., received the 2021 Distinguished Lee Scholar award from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation. Young, who graduated in May, was presented with the award based on her integrity, leade...

On Sept. 12, Buffalo police shot Willie Henley, a troubled man that relatives say had a history of mental illness. He was charged with assault after swinging a baseball bat at police.  Two weeks earlier, the March 2020 death of Daniel Prude in Rochester came to light with the release of police body camera footage that showed him as a troubled, naked man gasping to breathe in a spit helmet. And suddenly, the already boiling issue of race and policing turned to look at how police interact with p...