This guide includes mental health information and resources available
to support New Yorkers in the LGBTQI+ community, their families, and
allies. The organizations and programs included in this guide provide
culturally responsive and affirming care.
This evaluation of NYC Well, which began in 2018, aimed to assess the experience of individuals engaging with NYC Well, as well as the associated impact of engagement with NYC Well on users’ access to mental health services and outcomes.
This guide includes mental health resources and
information that can help people with justice
involvement, people with loved ones who are
or were recently incarcerated, and caregivers of
children with incarcerated parents find mental
health support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the first time in the city’s history, mental health and medical experts will be the default response to 911 mental health calls in two high-need communities.
This guide offers some suggestions for teens who are at home during COVID-19, what to do if teens are in a home with someone who is causing you harm or if you are experiencing abuse online.
The ThriveNYC COVID-19 Mental Health Services for Young People guide is for children, teens, and young adults, parents and caretakers, and Professionals who work with young people.
This guide is designed to help all employers promote employee mental health during and following the coronavirus outbreak. We urge you
to do your part in reducing the stigma of mental health challenges, building awareness of available mental health resources, and encouraging employees in need.
Many New Yorkers are feeling stressed, anxious, and sad right now. Mental health support – whether that means staying connected to your loved ones, downloading a helpful app, or having a video session with a counselor – can help.
Faith and community leaders can use this Toolkit to understand mental health needs, how to access mental health resources, and concrete actions to take immediately and year-round to support yourselves and your communities.
Nearly 40% of adults in the U.S. reported feeling lonely some or all of the time. Loneliness and social isolation can have a range of negative effects, including worsening symptoms of symptoms of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses.
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, there were already profound mental health inequities in New York City. Communities of color experienced a higher incidence of
mental health needs yet were less likely to be connected to care. Five ways in which the pandemic is exacerbating these inequities.
The purpose of this project/guide is to help community-based organizations (CBOs) and mental health providers (MHPs) work together to bring accessible, effective mental health support to community members, when and where they need it.
Mission: VetCheck is uniting the veteran community through check-in calls to provide connection during this isolating and challenging time and referrals to the essential services veterans may need.
Celebrating heroes who are ensuring all New Yorkers stay safe and nourished– whether by keeping our buildings and transportation systems clean and operating, teaching our young people remotely, stocking our supermarkets, keeping our communities safe, or delivering needed healthcare, mail, or meals.
Through the NYCx Co-Labs program, the City will accept proposals for two competitions that call for innovative technology solutions that can address tenant housing discrimination and mental health access for Latinx youth in the Inwood and Washington Heights neighborhoods in Upper Manhattan.
First center of its kind in New York City will provide police officers with an alternative to avoidable emergency room visits or criminal justice interventions for people with mental health or substance use needs.
Recommendations set forth by the Health Department and NYPD will provide new ways for City agencies to reach the narrow population of New Yorkers with untreated mental illness who may pose a danger to themselves or others.
On mental illness, we’re up to the challenge: ThriveNYC is responding properly and adapting, argues its director is an Op Ed written by Herman is a senior adviser to the mayor and director of the Mayor’s Office of ThriveNYC.
City adopts recommendations from the NYC Crisis Prevention and Response Task Force and announces new strategies to ensure those with serious needs stay connected to treatment
Three new Jobs-Plus sites to open and 7 existing sites expanding, serving 17 additional NYCHA developments with critical employment services and mental health support through ThriveNYC.
Thrive’s Commitment to the NYPD is Unbreakable is an Op Ed written by Susan Herman, Director, Mayor’s Office of Thrive NYC, Former Deputy Commissioner, Collaborative Policing, NYPD.
Testimony of Susan Herman Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director, Office of ThriveNYC New York City Council Committee on Finance Budget Hearing – ThriveNYC March 26, 2019
Striving for steady progress is key to lasting change in fight for mental health equity is an Op Ed written by Former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy in The Hill.
Where we work, ThriveNYC is helping families and getting homeless children to school is an Op Ed written by Ted Houghton & Brendan Cheney in the Gotham Gazette
ThriveNYC Reimagining a Mental Health Care System for Everyone is an Op Ed written by By Susan Herman, Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Office of ThriveNYC in the Medium
Testimony of Susan Herman
Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Office of ThriveNYC
New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction
Oversight – ThriveNYC, a Three Year Update
ThriveNYC initiative, spearheaded by First Lady Chirlane McCray, begins next phase of the program to ensure long-term sustainability across City agencies; Susan Herman named as Senior Advisor to the Mayor and head of Office of ThriveNYC
ThriveNYC: A Roadmap for Mental Health for All is a roadmap that includes all of the ThriveNYC programs that launched in 2015/2016 including the six guiding principles.