NYC’s mental health programs expanded by first lady
Red Hook, Sunset Park, Bed-Stuy to benefit
Fourteen community organizations – with eight serving Brooklyn – have received grants in an innovative program spearheaded by First Lady Chirlane McCray to provide mental health care in existing neighborhood facilities.
In Brooklyn, the Arab American Association of New York, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, CAMBA, CASES, Comunilife, Red Hook Initiative, Safe Horizon and The HOPE Program will partner with local mental health providers to improve care in communities including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Sunset Park and Red Hook.
As part of the Connections to Care program, social service staff at the organizations will receive basic training to support three main groups of people: expectant parents and parents of children up to the age of four; out of school and out of work young adults ages 16 to 24; and unemployed or underemployed adults.