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WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Jefferson County Children’s Home will receive funding as one of 77 community-based providers for New Yorkers with complex mental health care needs, according to a press release. .
Nearly $4 million has been donated to these providers to establish, strengthen or expand access to specialty care for residents. CHJC will establish or strengthen mechanisms to enhance engagement and coordination of services.
The award, administered by the New York State Department of Mental Health, is designed to help front-line health care providers increase outpatient engagement, deliver effective group interventions, and include groups previously unreachable by mental health agencies. Gain faster access to important behavioral health programs. Traditional care system.
Funded programs must provide complex care management and specific mental health outpatient treatment to individuals, groups, and families. Collectively, these programs serve more than 350,000 people each year, many with a variety of high-risk or special mental health needs.
All providers who received funding have experience as a Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Rehabilitation Services program licensed by the Department of Mental Health and are working with people who have significant mental health needs or are experiencing a mental health crisis. Serving people.
A complete list of the 77 award-winning community-based providers can be found here.
