Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced conditional funding for 13 new Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, including one each in the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, and Central New York. It’s all part of the state’s work to bolster mental health services and create integrated care models designed to help the needs of New Yorkers regardless of their ability to pay and to close gaps in coverage.
Administered by the state Office of Mental Health in partnership with the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, these clinics will receive $3.5 million, doubling the number of clinics statewide – including six new locations in New York City – and greatly expanding the areas providing person-centered and trauma-informed care for individuals experiencing behavioral health issues.
First-year conditional start-up funding of $265,000 was awarded to 13 service providers to establish clinics in seven upstate counties and three boroughs of New York City. These new sites will join 13 established clinics, which now provide walk-in, immediate integrated mental health and substance use disorder services for roughly 65,000 individuals of all ages and insurance status.
In areas upstate, these conditional awards were provided to:
- Behavioral Health Services North in the Capital Region
- Upstate Cerebral Palsy in the Mohawk Valley
- CASA Trinity in the Southern Tier
- Liberty Resources in Central New York
- Finger Lakes Counseling & Recovery Agency in the Finger Lakes
- Westchester Jewish Community Services in Mid-Hudson
- Behavioral Health Services North in the North Country
These clinics link individuals to or directly provide crisis mental health services, including 24-hour mobile crisis teams, emergency crisis intervention, and crisis stabilization; screening and assessments; patient-centered treatment planning; and outpatient mental health and substance use services. In addition, these facilities help connect individuals to outpatient primary care screening and monitoring; targeted case management; psychiatric rehabilitation services; peer and family support services; and intensive community-based mental health care for veterans and members of the armed services.
