Funding has been awarded to the Penn Yan arm of FLACRA, the Finger Lakes Area Counseling and Recovery Agency, to establish a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. The $265,000 in conditional start-up funding will be put towards the clinic which is designed to provide integrated mental health and substance use care and help close gaps in coverage for New Yorkers regardless of their ability to pay. The funding is administered by the New York State of Mental Health and the state Office of Addiction Services and Supports.
“Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics provide a place where New Yorkers can access integrated substance use, mental health, and physical health services in one convenient location,” OMH Commissioner Dr. Ann Sullivan said. “By expanding these clinics statewide, we can greatly improve access to these services and address gaps that exist in our system of care. Governor Hochul’s ongoing commitment to mental health care is ensuring everyone in our state can access critical services when and where they need them.”
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics provide comprehensive services and coordinate care across behavioral, physical health, and social service systems. These clinics offer care to any individual needing assistance for mental health or substance use, regardless of their ability to pay, place of residence, or age.
First-year conditional start-up funding of $265,000 was awarded to 13 service providers to establish clinics in six upstate counties, four in New York City and two on Long Island. The new sites will join 26 established clinics, which now provide walk-in, immediate integrated mental health and substance use disorder services for roughly 130,000 individuals of all ages and insurance status.
In New York City and on Long Island, conditional start-up funding was awarded to:
- Jewish Board in Staten Island
- Federation of Organization in Suffolk County
- The Child Center of New York in Queens
- Pesach Tikvah Hope Development in Brooklyn
- Metropolitan Center for Mental Health in Manhattan
- Family & Children’s Association in Nassau and Suffolk counties
In areas upstate, these conditional awards were provided to:
- Family Counseling Services of Cortland in Cortland County
- CASA Trinity in Livingston County
- FLACRA in Yates County
- Access Supports for Living in Ulster County
- Family Counseling Center of Fulton County, Inc. in Fulton County
- Credo Community Center Treatment of Addictions/Thrive Wellness and Recovery in Jefferson County
- Horizon Health Services in Niagara County
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics offer access to 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. These facilities also help connect individuals to outpatient primary care services and any other specialized services that may be needed, offering access to 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.
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