Bridge to Home: Creating an Innovative Pathway From Psychiatric Inpatient Care to Permanent Housing and Longer-Term Wellbeing

• By: Jason Hansman Chris Keeley NYC Health + Hospitals
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health services, discharge planning, homelessness, NYC Health + Hospitals, permanent supportive housing, psychiatric inpatient care, serious mental illness, Summer 2026 Issue, transitional housing
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For many New Yorkers living with serious mental illness, leaving the hospital does not mean they will find stability. Instead, discharge often marks the beginning of another unfortunate cycle — from psychiatric units to shelters, from shelters back to emergency rooms, and sometimes back to the...

New York State OMH Awards $30 Million for Support Teams to Assist Long-Term Homeless People and Individuals Transitioning From Inpatient Care

• By: James Plastiras New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• July 2nd, 2021
• care transition, funding, grant, homelessness, psychiatric inpatient care, Summer 2021 Issue, support teams
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) today announced an award of $30 million over five years to Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC) to operate eight treatment teams that work with vulnerable New Yorkers living with mental illness. The teams focus on people transitioning back to the...