Behavioral Health News

New York City prides itself on being a center of cultural institutions, boasting proudly on its tourism website that “there’s an institution for every interest in the City.” The city is the site of roughly 170 museums! Yet, inexplicably, there is currently ...

At a moment when New York’s intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) system faces significant challenges, one network chose not to wait for change but to lead it.

On March 31, 2026, the New York Integrated Network (NYIN) convened its 13 provider agencies, advocacy partners, an...

Policy-making can solve systemic problems, but we can only achieve true behavioral healthcare reform with adequate financial resources. Advocating for public support for mental healthcare takes time, persistence, and a group effort.

One of the most successful examples of collaboration in New York State was the Geriatric Mental Health Alliance, a 3,000-member co...

For decades, our behavioral health systems have faced the growing challenge of meeting the needs of people with serious mental illness (SMI). In New York, where the Institute for Community Living (ICL) operates, and most places in the country, demand for services far exceeds supply. Furthermore, the...