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Community Mental Health Services
Other CMHS Programs
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is for adults who
are seriously mentally ill living in the Bronx, Queens and
Manhattan, and who have a history of long-term psychiatric
hospitalizations. For information, call 718-742-7114 for the
Bronx, 718-318-8030 for Queens and 212-609-7840 for
Manhattan.
Comprehensive Care Management (CCM) provides
case management and vocational job preparation services
to adults living in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island,
who have substance abuse issues and who receive public
assistance. For information, call 212-460-0513.
Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) provides short-
term family-centered services for families with children
who are at imminent risk of hospitalization due to a serious
psychiatric crisis and who live in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
For information, call 718-742-7114 or 718-840-4058.
Promise Zone is a Bronx-based, free, voluntary school-based
mental health preventative program that operates over
a period of 6-8 weeks, in which an MSW/LMSW actively
meets with a child ages 5-17, on average one time weekly,
to identify and target disruptive psychological symptoms
being reported by guardians and/or schools. For more
information, call 718-742-7109.
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