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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 Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens
and Manhattan who have a history of long-term psychiatric
hospitalizations. For information, call 718-840-4920 for
Brooklyn, 718-742-7114 for the Bronx, 718-318-8030 for
Queens and 212-609-7840 for Manhattan.
Behavioral Health Community Transitions program
contracts with insurance companies to help ensure that
psychiatric patients who have been hospitalized are
transitioned safely back to the community and that the
plans meet their regulatory requirements (known as HEDIS
measures) for timely post-hospitalization follow-up.
For more information, please call 212-609-5007.
Comprehensive Care Management (CCM) provides case
management and vocational job preparation services to
adults living in Manhattan and Staten Island, who have
substance abuse issues and who receive public assistance.
For information, call 212-420-1341.
Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) provides
short-term, family-centered services for families with children
who live in the Bronx and Brooklyn and are at imminent risk
of hospitalization due to a serious psychiatric crisis.
For information, call 718-742-7114 or 718-840-4058.
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