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,...

“Children’s System of Care” in Westchester County, New York

• By: Carol Hardesty, MSW, MPA Family Ties of Westchester Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health
• January 1st, 2017
• Child mental health services, community-based mental health, cross system collaboration, family-driven care, system of care, trauma-informed care, Wraparound services, Youth-guided services
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The System of Care concept for children and adolescents with mental health challenges and their families was first published in 1986 in an article by Beth Stroul and Robert Friedman. They articulated a definition for a System of Care along with a framework and philosophy to guide its...

It Takes a Village

• By: Paige Pierce Families Together in New York State
• January 1st, 2017
• care coordination, children’s behavioral health, community-based services, cross system collaboration, family engagement, Medicaid reform, peer support, system of care
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When we hear the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child,” we think of the African apologue, or maybe Hillary Clinton’s book about larger societal responsibilities. But in the children’s behavioral health system, it is also true. Throughout the history of this system, there has been a...