"The first facility opened last week in Midtown Manhattan, with individual rooms, three balanced meals a day, and wraparound mental health services for up to 46 residents. It will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by professionals from NYC Health + Hospitals, who will provide behavioral health services, medication management, and substance use disorder treatment, as well as regular social, therapeutic, and recreational opportunities."
"By providing people managing severe mental illness with safe, clean rooms and dedicated on-site clinical support, our Bridge to Home' facilities will bridge the divide between critical hospital care and long-term housing solutions. The program will reduce emergency room visits and inpatient hospitalizations, as well as decrease street homelessness and reliance on shelters. This will help patients avoid unnecessary encounters with law enforcement and make our city safer while improving quality of life for all New Yorkers."
Bridge to Home provides transitional residential care for people discharged from psychiatric facilities who lack stable housing or are not ready to live independently. The first Midtown Manhattan facility houses up to 46 residents in individual rooms and delivers three balanced meals daily. NYC Health + Hospitals professionals staff the site 24/7 to deliver behavioral health care, medication management, substance use disorder treatment, and social, therapeutic, and recreational programming. The initiative aims to reduce emergency room visits, inpatient hospitalizations, street homelessness, and shelter reliance while decreasing unnecessary law enforcement encounters and enhancing overall public safety.
Read at www.amny.com
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