This report provides data on the number of NYC Well calls answered, 311 calls transferred to NYC Well, and 911 calls related to mental health emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic pursuant of Local Law 36 of 2021. The report covers the period from January 2019 to May 2022.
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.
Report of information regarding guidance counselors and social workers for the current school year including the number of and ratio of guidance counselors and social workers in each school.
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.
The de Blasio administration announced today that it will strengthen and expand its approach to supporting the narrow population of New Yorkers with untreated serious mental illness.
the de Blasio administration announced plans to open Therapeutic Housing Units to improve access to care for patients whose clinical conditions require access to specialty and subspecialty care.
First Lady McCray appears live on the young Turks channel with Brooke Thomas and their topic of discussion is the city's strive for better mental health resources.
First Lady Chirlane McCray and City officials will host the 2019 Cities Thrive Mental Health Conference on different scheduled dates throughout November.
Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner of Department of Veterans Services James Hendon today announced a major expansion of programs offered through the Department of Veterans Services that will help the city make huge strides forward in its mental health help.
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
Mayor De Blasio First Lady Chirlane McCray and City Council Members today announced a $37 million annual investment to add more help in new strategies for helping people with mental health issues.
Mayor De Blasio appears live inside city hall with Errol Luis, and they discuss about the 37-million-dollar Invesment to address the crisis of mental illness in New Yorkers.
Mayor De Blasio made an announcement that mental health intervention programs will be under 30 days review by the city in order to see how the city and mental health intervention programs use Kendra's law.
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.
The New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA), Mayor's Office of ThriveNYC, nonprofit Services Now for Adult Persons, and nonprofit Citymeals held a recognition reception for Friendly Visiting Program volunteers who visit isolated older adults in Queens.
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.
The Cities Thrive Mental Health Coalition stood with Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) today as they reintroduced the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act.
First Lady Chirlane McCray, Department for the Aging (DFTA) acting Commissioner Caryn Resnick, and Senior Advisor to the Mayor and head of the Office of ThriveNYC Susan Herman announced today a $1.7 million expansion of mental health services through the ThriveNYC DFTA Geriatric Mental Health Initia
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
“I welcome Comptroller Scott Stringer’s “hard look” at ThriveNYC. Experts in behavioral health and health policy professionals have recognized Thrive as the most comprehensive mental health plan of any city in the nation. There is far too little understanding out there about mental health conditions
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
Press release announcing Providing Options to Elderly Clients Together' Clinical Service. The New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) and the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) announce the launch of Providing Options to Elderly Clients Together (PROTECT). The collaboration connects older adults who are victims of elder abuse with mental health clinicians from Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry.
The New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) and the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) announce the launch of Providing Options to Elderly Clients Together (PROTECT).
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
First Lady Chirlane McCray announced today the creation of the Office of ThriveNYC, bringing the initiative to the next phase: integrating mental health policy work and building out Thrive programs across all city agencies.
The New York City Department for the Aging’s Geriatric Mental Health (DGMH) counseling program was honored with an Aging Achievement Award from the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) during n4a’s annual conference.