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Association for Community Living
The Association for Community Living (ACL) is a statewide membership organization of not-for-profit agencies that provide housing and rehabilitation services to over 20,000 people diagnosed with serious and persistent psychiatric disabilities.
www.aclnys.org

Association for Rehabilitative Case Management

Bowery Resident’s Committee
The BRC is a voluntary, non-profit organization addressing the needs of persons with limited resources, by providing a comprehensive array of services including housing, meals, detoxification, mental health and addiction services.
www.brc.org

Brooklyn Community Housing and Services
BCHS helps individuals with special needs develop maximum independence through the experience of supportive services and community living in Brooklyn.
www.bchands.org

Catholic Charities of Cortland County
www.ccocc.org

Center for Urban Community Services
CUCS is a non-profit agency that works to reduce homelessness, advances effective housing and service initiatives, and provides supportive services to people with mental illness, HIV/AIDS, substance use and other special needs.
www.cucs.org

Central New York Services

Coalition for the Homeless
Coalition for the Homeless is the nation's oldest and most progressive advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women, and children.
www.coalitionforthehomeless.org

Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled
The Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled (CIAD) is a non-profit organization of nursing home and adult home resident councils.
www.ciadny.org

Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc.
Trade association representing over 100 community-based mental health providers in New York City.
www.cvmha.org

Community Access
Community Access is a national leader in providing housing and promoting recovery among New Yorkers living with psychiatric disabilities.
www.communityaccess.org

Concern for Independent Living
Provides safe, affordable housing to persons recovering from psychiatric and other disabilities and to low-income individuals and families, offers supportive services and vocational opportunities and advocates both an individual and societal level to reduce the stigma of mental illness to allow persons with psychiatric and other disabilities to live with independence, support, and dignity.
www.concernhousing.org

Corporation for Supportive Housing
The Corporation for Supportive Housing provides technical and financial support to government and non-profits for the creation and expansion of housing opportunities linked to social services for persons who face persistent mental health, substance use and other chronic health challenges and are homeless or at-risk of homelessness.
www.csh.org

Council on Homeless Policies and Services
The Council is a coalition of 60 non-profit agencies providing shelter, outreach and drop-in services to homeless families and individuals in New York City.

Mount Sinai - Elmhurst Hospital Center
Commitment to excellence in research, education, and patient care form the foundation that makes Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) in Manhattan one of the world’s foremost centers for medical and scientific training.
www.mssm.edu/medicine/residency/elm.shtml

Episcopal Church
www.episcopalchurch.org

Family Residences & Essential Enterprises, Inc.
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. was founded by a group of parents and consumer advocates in response to the need for community residential alternatives to the institutionalization of individuals with mental challenges and developmental disabilities. Since that time, Family Residences has established a wide range of services for persons with disabilities residing in either Nassau or Suffolk Counties in New York
www.familyres.org

FEGS
FEGS is the largest and most diversified voluntary not-for-profit health related and human services organization in the United States. Our mission is to help each person achieve greater independence at home, at work, and in the community by providing high quality, cost efficient services that meet the ever-changing needs of business and our society.
www.fegs.org/default.cfm

Fountain House
Fountain House is a place to come for people with mental illness, a place to come for jobs, housing, education, whatever it takes for someone to survive in the community.
http://www.fountainhouse.org

Heritage Health and Housing
Heritage Health and Housing is a not for profit social service and development agency providing services for individuals with special needs. Heritage helps these individuals take control of their lives and become self-sufficient, functioning and contributing members of the community.
www.heritagehousing.org

Housing First!
Housing First! is an unprecedented alliance of organizations, institutions, businesses and individuals concerned with stimulating massive new investment in New York's housing infrastructure.
www.housingfirst.net

Human Development Services of Westchester
The mission of Human Development Services of Westchester is to empower the persons they serve and to enrich their lives by assisting them to make informed choices in determining and obtaining desired living, learning, working and social environments.
www.hdsw.org

Institute for Community Living
ICL is committed to providing high quality services and supports to adults with serious and persistent mental illness permitting them to achieve their full potential while living in the community of their choice.
www.iclinc.net

Lawrence House

League of Women Voters of New York State
The League of Women Voters of New York State supports the active and informed participation of citizens in government. The League is a unique, multi-issue, nonpartisan political organization that influences public policy through advocacy and education.
www.lwvny.org

Loeb House

Long Island Center for Independent Living
The Long Island Center for Independent Living is committed to the empowerment of consumers with disabilities. LICIL staff functions as "ambassadors" to the belief that individuals with disabilities have a responsibility to take an active role in their own lives and a self-determined view of their futures.
www.licil.net

Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc.
MHACGC is dedicated to improving mental health and serving the mental health needs of their community. It is a non-profit, professionally staffed organization, overseen by a broad membership base, and graced by a host of committed volunteers. Its programs emphasize rehabilitation, support, treatment, residential, education and prevention. MHACGC advocates vigorously, often alongside consumers and their families, on issues of concern to consumers and the Mental Health community.
www.mhacg.org

Mental Health Association of New York State
The Mental Health Association provides advocacy, public education, and direct services to promote mental health throughout New York State
www.mhanys.org

Mental Health Association of NYC
The Mental Health Association provides advocacy, public education, and direct services to promote mental health throughout New York City.
www.mhaofnyc.org

Mental Health Association in Ulster County, Inc.
The Mental Health Association in Ulster County, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization. Its mission is to develop a coordinated citizens' movement to promote mental health and to work toward the improved care and treatment of persons with mental illness. To achieve its mission, the Association sponsors a variety of educational, advocacy and service programs, including mental health education, rehabilitation, residential services, family and youth support services, and therapeutic foster care.
www.mhainulster.com

Mental Health Association of Westchester
The Mental Health Association provides advocacy, public education, and direct services to promote mental health throughout Westchester.
www.mhawestchester.org

MFY Legal Services
MFY provides law advice and representation to those New Yorkers least able to defend themselves.
www.mfy.org

Multi-County Community Development Corporation
Multi-County Community Development Corporation provides housing services to people with mental illness, mental retardation, AIDS and those recovering from alcohol addiction.
www.co.ulster.ny.us/mentalhealth/service7.html

MTI Residential Services, Inc.
MTI Residential Services, Inc. is committed to providing and supporting opportunities that offer autonomous choices in housing, employment and educational enhancement of individuals who are psychologically challenged as a result of a psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, homelessness or other similar disadvantageous conditions.
www.mtiresidentialservices.org

National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City, Inc. (NAMI-NYC Metro)
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City, Inc. (NAMI-NYC Metro) is dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illnesses and their families and friends through support, education, advocacy, and research.
www.naminycmetro.org

National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State
NAMI-NYS is a 22 year old grassroots, statewide membership organization whose mission is to improve the lives of all New Yorkers affected by mental illness, through support, education, and advocacy.
www.naminys.org

New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
NYAPRS is a statewide coalition, dedicated to improving services and social conditions for people with psychiatric disabilities or diagnoses, and those with trauma-related conditions by promoting their recovery, rehabilitation and rights so that all people can participate freely in the opportunities of society.
www.nyaprs.org

Occupations, Inc.
Occupations, Inc. is one of Orange County, New York's largest not-for-profit human services agencies, providing a broad array of services, information, and referrals to nearly 14,000 people each year.
www.occupations.org

Odyssey House
Odyssey House is an Enhanced Therapeutic Community (TC), providing innovative services and programs for a broad population of drug troubled individuals and families including: Mentally ill chemical abusers, mothers and children, adolescents, elders, single adults, homeless adults, and court mandated clients.
www.odysseyhouseinc.org

The NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
The New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NYSCCBH) is a statewide membership organization representing 45 nonprofit agencies that provide some 150,000 adults and children with a broad array of behavioral healthcare services and supports in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state.

Project Hospitality
Project Hospitality, an interfaith effort serving homeless and hungry persons living with mental illness, addiction and HIV/AIDS, provides a continuum of care that begins with street outreach, soup kitchen, food pantry, drop in center services, emergency shelter, transitional and permanent supportive housing and which includes integrated  health, mental health, substance use and HIV services for this multiple diagnosed community.
www.projecthospitality.org

Project Renewal
Providing homeless New Yorkers with everything they need to move from the streets to health, homes and jobs.
http://www.projectrenewal.org

Rehabilitation Support Services

Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities
RIPPD is a grassroots organization of people directly affected by the criminalization of mental illness who are fighting for justice.

Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is one of the most comprehensive health care systems in the New York metropolitan area; providing comprehensive medical, skilled nursing and behavioral health services as well as the full continuum of special needs residential/housing programs.
www.svcmc.org

Services for the Underserved, Inc.
Provides housing and support services to individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, HIV/AIDS and the elderly.
www.susnyc.org

Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Founded in 1872, the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy organization based in Albany, NY that promotes the public interest by advancing policies to improve health, welfare and human services for all New Yorkers, especially those who are poor or vulnerable.
www.scaany.org

Southern Tier Environments for Living
STEL, Inc. provides rehabilitative and support services to persons with mental illness and other disabilities in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and southern Erie counties. Their service spectrum includes residential treatment group homes & apartments, supported housing, single room occupancy housing, vocational rehabilitation, case management, social supports and housing development services.
www.stel.org

Steuben Churchpeople Against Poverty, Inc.
SCAP, Inc., is a licensed not-for-profit, non-religious housing agency that works to reduce homelessness, violence and substandard housing while improving the quality of life in Steuben, Allegany and Livingston Counties. This includes hundreds of clients every year who are domestic violence victims, people with mental illnesses and/or low-income homeowners and renters.
www.scapinc.org

Supportive Housing Network of New York
The only statewide membership organization representing groups that build and operate supportive housing, the Supportive Housing Network provides public education, technical assistance, and advocacy at the local, state and federal levels with the mission of increasing the stock of supportive housing.
www.shnny.org

Urban Justice Center
The Urban Justice Center works to improve the lives of low-income New Yorkers through both direct legal services and system-wide advocacy for social justice.
www.urbanjustice.org

Venture House
Venture House operates a clubhouse program where members and staff share the responsibilities to run the program and work to create and maintain a community to support independence.
www.venturehouse.org

West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing, Inc. WSFSSH is a twenty-five year old community-based, non-profit organization responding to the urgent need for senior housing in New York City.

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