For Those on the Threshold of Adulthood: No Thresholds Beckon

• By: Robin Sklarin, MA, MS Staten Island Mental Health Society
• October 1st, 2017
• community support, foster care transition, housing instability, independent living skills, mental health challenges, supportive housing, transitional age youth, youth homelessness
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Supported housing for young adults living with mental/emotional challenges, including chemical dependency, is a rare commodity in New York and is almost non-existent on Staten Island. Once they leave home or the foster care system, no government funding, no agency contracts, no appropriate...

Stopping the Hospital Revolving Door: A Pathway Home to Stable Community Life

• By: Danika Mills, MSW, LCSW, MPS, LCAT, CCM Barry Granek, LMHC Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC)
• July 1st, 2017
• care coordination, care transitions, community reintegration, independent living skills, medication adherence, psychiatric discharge, serious mental illness (SMI), social determinants of health
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A not-for-profit organization formed by behavioral health (BH) community agencies, Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC) operates one of NYS’s largest Health Homes (HH) and has formed an IPA to deliver integrated outcomes-oriented care. The many care managers who work with our HH members often face...