STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island nonprofit Jewish Committee has been awarded a share of approximately $3.5 million in conditional start-up funding from the New York State Department of Mental Health to expand access to mental health care. It was one of 13 service providers. Pay attention to substance use across the state.
The funding will help establish new certified community behavioral health clinics in the state, bringing the number of clinics to three with six in upstate counties, four in New York City, and two on Long Island. Double it.
“Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics provide a place where New Yorkers can access comprehensive services for substance use, mental health and physical health in a convenient location,” said Dr. Anne Sullivan, Director of the Department of Mental Health. . “Expanding these clinics across the state will greatly improve access to these services and address gaps that exist in our health care system.”
Staten Island Mental Health Clinic Expansion
The Jewish Board, a nonprofit organization that provides mental health and social services in New York City’s five boroughs, plans to receive state funding to become a certified community behavioral health clinic on Staten Island and expand its existing facility. be. Morris Black/Staten Island Counseling Centerlocated at 1765 South Ave. in Travis.
The center currently operates an outpatient mental health clinic in South Shore, offering an integrated program of psychiatric evaluations and individual, family, and group therapy for all ages.
Certified community behavioral health clinics in the state
The expansion of certified community behavioral health clinics is part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $181.6 million investment to expand outpatient services and is part of the governor’s landmark initiative to strengthen New York State’s mental health system. It’s part of a $1 billion plan.
Governor Hochul established the first 13 clinics in 2017 and expanded funding for these clinics across the state by $14.7 million in last year’s budget. In July, 13 more clinics were certified, effectively doubling the number of clinics statewide.
According to the New York State Department of Mental Health, these clinics currently provide comprehensive walk-in mental health and substance use services to approximately 130,000 people, regardless of ability to pay, location, or age.
Thirteen recently awarded service providers each received $265,000 in first-year conditional start-up funding. This brings the total number of these clinics in New York State to 39.
In New York City and Long Island, funds went to:
- Jewish Committee (Staten Island)
- Association of Organizations (Suffolk County)
- New York Child Center (Queens)
- Pesach Tikvah Hope Development (Brooklyn)
- Metropolitan Mental Health Center (Manhattan)
- Family and Children’s Association (Nassau and Suffolk Counties)
In Northern Province, funding was provided to:
- Cortland Family Counseling Services (Cortland County)
- CASA Trinity (Livingston County)
- FLACRA (Yates County)
- Access to Assisted Living (Ulster County)
- Fulton County Family Counseling Center (Fulton County)
- Credo Community Center for Addiction Treatment/Thrive Wellness and Recovery (Jefferson County)
- Horizon Health Services (Niagara County)
Our certified community behavioral health clinic provides 24-hour crisis support, including mobile crisis teams, emergency intervention, and stabilization. We also offer screening, assessment, patient-centered treatment planning, and outpatient mental health and substance use services. These clinics connect individuals to primary care as well as specialized services such as case management, psychiatric rehabilitation, peer and family support, and intensive mental health care for veterans and military personnel.
