Safe Options Support: Charting a Path to Stability for Homeless Individuals through Coordinated Care

• By: Pamela Mattel, LCSW Gerardo Ramos, MPA, MSW Barry Granek, LMHC Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC)
• July 19th, 2023
• access to care, community, cross system collaboration, homelessness, housing, learning collaborative, mental health, outreach, Safe Options Support, Summer 2023 Issue
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A transformative shift is underway for New York City programs focused on helping homeless individuals. Instead of relying on a singular approach to homeless outreach, new initiatives and adaptations are reshaping and diversifying the community-based services available. This remodeled,...

Lessons of COVID-19: Staff Dedication and Skill Key to Success

• By: David Woodlock Pamela Mattel, LCSW Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• October 1st, 2021
• COVID-19, dedication, Fall 2021 Issue, organizational culture, staff, workforce
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The Institute for Community Living (ICL) compass shines brightly on our North Star: “People get better with us.” This simple yet profound message has given us meaning and purpose during unprecedented social upheaval. We know, empirically, that what matters most and keeps people in their job is...

Collaborative Impact Needed for the Opioid Epidemic

• By: Pamela Mattel, LCSW Acacia Network, Inc.
• April 16th, 2020
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Acacia Network, the leading Latino integrated care nonprofit in NY, began in 1969 to address the consequences of heroin in the South Bronx. Our founding leaders, Carlos Pagan, Julio Martinez, Gumersindo Martinez, Hector Diaz, Evalina Lopez Antonetty, and Lorraine Montengreo, among others,...