Steinway Child and Family Services, Inc. – receive mental health services-with treatment, people can function better at home and in school, the workplace and the community. The agency provides: Individual, family and group therapy, round the clock crisis intervention and medical therapy. 41-36 27th St. Long Island City, NY 11101 Phone: 718-389-5100 www.steinway.org

Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center(Mobile Crisis Unit) – provide short-term crisis intervention for individuals at risk of , or currently experiencing, a mental health crisis in the South Bronx community. Phone:
718-579-4627 Psych ER: 718-579-5783 Behavioral Health-10th Floor, Suite 10C
234 Eugenio Maria De Hostos (E. 149th St.) Bronx, NY 10451

Children’s Blended Case Management – Offers care and support to emotionally disturbed children and adolescents (ages 5-18) who are heavy users of mental health services and at risk of needing institutional or hospital level of care. By helping the family access the services and supports they need, the program minimizes hospitalizations, emergency-room visits and residential placements, keeping the youngsters in their communities. The Services are to be delivered on an outreach basis, primarily through home visitation, and the frequency of contact is catered to the family’s needs. The intervention includes strengths-based assessment, care coordination and risk/crisis management. Referrals accepted through C-SPOA.   2795 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY 10314 Phone: 718-982-6282 Contact: Valerie Mitchell Fadil or Renee Jones

Children’s Community Residence – Provides a community-based residential rehabilitative program for eight seriously emotionally disturbed boys, (ages 6-14) at admission. Children attend local schools and receive treatment services in the community. Referrals made through C-SPOA.   19 Vedder Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314 Phone: 718-370-2975 Contact: Shelia Santiago

Home & Community-Based Services Waiver – This program provides intensive case coordination, clinical services and in-home supportive services, to emotionally disturbed children/adolescents (ages 5-18) and their families, where this is a current risk and/or history of psychiatric hospitalization or residential placement. This program is more intensive than the Blended Case Management Program as care coordination is supplemented with five additional in-home service approaches. The goal is to help families care for the special needs of these children and enable them to remain in the care of their families in community settings. Referrals accepted through C-SPOA. 2795 Richmond Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314 Phone: 718-982-6982 Contact: Kelly Collins

Home-Based Crisis Intervention  - This program provides short-term, intensive crisis intervention to attempt to avoid hospitalization for children and adolescents, who are at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization. In addition to mental health issues, the child or family must have a crisis related to homelessness or have current or past issues with alcohol or substance abuse. The program provides three to five home visits each week, for six to eight weeks, and offers 24-hour coverage.  

2795 Richmond Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314 Home: 718-982-6982 Contact: Tracy Phillips

MENTAL HEALTH: LIFENET

In English:  1-800-LIFENET (1-800-543-3638)
In Spanish: 1-877-AYUDESE (1-877-298-3373)
In Chinese: 1-877-990-8585

Mental Health America (MHA) - is the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. With our more than 320 affiliates nationwide, we represent a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation – everyday and in times of crisis. http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net

Visiting Nurse Service of New York - Community Mental Health Services offer a wide range of city, state, and privately funded programs that serve the severely and persistently mentally ill, provide geriatric mental health management, and services for the homeless.  Phone: 800-675-0391 http://vnsny.org/mainsite/services/s_mental.html

Child and Family Clinic Plus- Child and Family Clinic Plus partners with families and early childhood programs to facilitate the early recognition of emotional issues and provide for subsequent intervention with the child and family, and caregivers.www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/clinicplus/ OR www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/clinicplus/html/CPEarlyChildhood.html

New Alternatives for Children, Inc. (NAC) – offers a full array of outpatient mental health evaluation and treatment for children with special medical conditions and their families. Treatment is available for early childhood, children, adolescents, and adults by a team of psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists.  37 W. 26th St. NY, NY 1010 (212) 696-1550 www.NAC-INC.org

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Recognition and Prevention Program (RAP) – is a clinic and research project focusing on early detection and prevention of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We recruit adolescents and young adults (12-22) who are showing potential early warning signs. 1 (718) 70-8115

NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities – This agency provides services in all areas to individuals who are disabled. 1 (800)-522-4369 www.oapwd.org

Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped – This agency provides educational and vocational services for persons who are visually impaired. 1 (518) 474-6812

Early Childhood Direction Centers – This agency is composed of regional assistance offices which provide services that include but are not limited to obtaining medical assistance, developmental screening, educational programs, respite/babysitting services, advocacy services, legal aid, transportation, therapy, counseling and financial aid. 1 (518) 464-6356 www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/ecdc.htm

NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) – This agency provides a wide variety of services to people who have been diagnosed with mental illness. English Toll Free: 1 (800)-597-8481 Spanish Toll Free: 1 (800) 210-6456 www.omh.state.ny.us

NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMR) – This agency provides a wide variety of services to people who are mentally retarded or developmentally disabled. 1 (518) 473-9689 www.omr.state.ny.us

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration www.samhsa.gov

Equipment Loan Fund – This is a low-interest loan fund for people with disabilities to use for the purchase or replacement of essential equipment needed for daily living. 1 (518) 474-0197

NYS Talking Book and Braille Library – These libraries offer a full range of public library services to people whose visual and physical disabilities prevent them from reading conventional printed material. They also provide library services to disabled people in such institutional settings as schools, hospitals, nursing homes or retirement centers. Upstate……… (518) 474-5935 NYC………..(212) 206-5400 Long Island……..(631) 286-1600 Toll Free……..1-800-342-3688

NYS Relay Service  …………………………711

New York Relay Service ……………………. 1-800-421-1220 (VOICE) ………………………….711 (TTY)

NYS Division of Veterans’ Affairs ………………………..1-888-VETSNYS

The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child & Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) – Helping communities build systems of care so families and communities can meet the mental health needs of their children and youth. Call us at Phone: (202) 403-6827 or E-mail: tapartnership@air.org

NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) – Help for families caring for children with emotional disabilities
Single Point of Access Number: (888) 277-6258

Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. – is a comprehensive, independent, non-profit organization that provides information, referral, advocacy, training and support for NYC parents and professionals looking for all kinds of programs and services for children from birth to 26 with learning, developmental, emotional or physical disabilities.
116 East 16th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003-2112 Phone: (212) 677-4650 www.resourcesnyc.org

Office of Consumer Affairs – We respond to the needs of three distinct disability areas: mental health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities and chemical dependency.
93 Worth Street, Room 1205 New York, NY 10013 Phone: (212) 219-5393 nyc.gov/health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – National center on birth defects and developmental disabilities – Learn the Signs and Act Early – Phone: (800) CDC-INFO   www.cdc.gov/actearly

National Alliance for the Mentally Illness of NYC Metro, Inc. (NAMI-NYC Metro) – is a grassroots organization that provides support, education advocacy for families & individuals of all ethnic and socio-economic backrounds who live with mental illness. 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1103, New York, NY 10018 HELPLINE: (212) 684-3264 www.naminycmetro.org   

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) – The mission is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.  
www. NCTSNet.org

The New York Child Study Center - is dedicated to increasing the awareness of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and improving the research necessary to advance the prevention, identification, and treatment of these disorders on a national scale.   www.aboutourkids.org

The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence at the Yale Child Study Center (NCCEV) - to increase the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the incidence and impact of violence on children and families; to train and support the professionals who provide intervention and treatment to children and families affected by violence; and, to increase professional and public awareness of the effects of violence on children, families, communities and society. www.nccev.org

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - Reducing the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior Phone: 1-866-615-6464 (toll-free) www.nimh.nih.gov

NYC Early Intervention Program – A family centered program for infants and toddlers with developmental delays. Hotline: (800) 577-BABY (2229)

The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) – has been operating School-Based Health Centers since 1990. Integrated on-site medical, dental and mental health services keep children on the road toward healthy development. www.childrensaidsociety.org

The Institute for Urban Family Health River Center – Mental health services at River Center: Help with depression, stress and family problems/psychiatric evaluation and care/support groups/individual, group and family therapy/play therapy for children     
880 River Avenue, Suite 4, Bronx, NY 10452 Phone: (718) 538-6158 www.institute2000.org

Samhsa’s National Mental Health Information Center – P.O. BOX 42490 Washington DC 20015 Phone: (800) 789-2647 www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

Child Adolescent and Family Branch Center for Mental Health Services – One Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-1045 Rockville, MD

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration                20850 Phone: 240-276-1921 www.mentalhealth.org/child

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health – 9605 Medical Center Dr., Suite 280, Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 403-1901
www.ffcmh.org

Evidence-Based Treatment  for Children and Adolescents – provides the general public and practitioners with the most up-to date information about mental health treatment interventions for children and adolescents.  http://www.effectivechildtherapy.com

Sunset Terrace Family Health Center – Meets the growing demands of mental health services of the undeserved population of our community which we serve the residents of Sunset Terrace, Bay Ridge, Red Hook and Park Slope.
514 49th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220 Phone: (718) 854-1851/1852 or (718) 630-7557

Baltic Street Mental Health Board – is a consumer-run mental health organization that assists persons who are in recovery from mental illness to achieve successful and satisfying lives in their communities. By offering a comprehensive array of programs and services helps people obtain jobs, housing, social supports, education, vocational training, health benefits, financial entitlements, and other community services that greatly enhance their quality of life.
250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: (718) 855-5929

Manhattan Mental Health Center – accredited NYS licensed out-patient health clinic which provides a wide range of programs and services including early childhood education, family day care, parenting workshops, healthcare, crisis intervention, foster care prevention, foster care, adoption and community mental health services to children and families in Manhattan.