Established Westchester’s first outpatient mental health clinics to address the needs of returning Westchester’s World War II veterans.

Established Westchester’s first “clubhouse” for individuals diagnosed with psychiatric conditions – now our peer-led Sterling Community Center.

Launched Westchester’s only Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) to advocate for those in adult homes.

Co-authored the first child sexual abuse prevention curriculum. Established ongoing school and community abuse prevention education.

Created Partners in Parenting, providing mobile clinical services to families at risk.

Established Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program, overseeing volunteers who advocate in Family Court for needs of children at risk.

Addressing the needs of children and families, MHA was selected by the Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health and the New York State Office of Mental Health to provide Intensive Case Management for children who have emotional, social or behavioral issues.

MHA provided its first ACCES-VR (formerly VESID)-funded Employment Services to support individuals who have psychiatric diagnoses prepare for, select, obtain and maintain employment, and assist employers in finding valuable employees.

A leader in service provision MHA was selected to administer Project Liberty in Westchester in response to the attacks of 9/11; and to provide direct services to those affected, and psycho-education for children in day-care, their families and teachers.

Launched Nuestro Futuro to provide bilingual/bicultural services to Westchester’s Latino community and to assist individuals with mental health needs as well as immigration and acculturation challenges.

Established an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team to provide services for adults whose needs are not met by traditional clinic-based services; and provides training for new ACT teams state-wide. MHA’s ACT is the only non-hospital based ACT team in the County.  

Pioneers the use of peer-support with the development of Family Support Services to provide advocacy and direct service to families of children with serious emotional disturbances and special needs.

Launched Care Coordination, a ground-breaking model of service delivery. Recognized by New York State for innovation and quality of care.

First to integrate Peer Specialist into Adult Home Case Management.

Selected to operate Project Hope for those impacted by Hurricane Irene.

Established the Northern Westchester Recovery Network (NWRN), the county’s first peer-run “Recovery Center.”

Initiated Host Visitation to assist children in foster care and their families remain connected through supervised visitation.

Established Walk-In services for individuals who have urgent clinical needs but do not require Emergency Room or hospital-level care.

Selected by New York State to pilot OnTrackNY services for young people experiencing “early psychosis.”

Peer training enhanced, establishing Certified Peer Specialist Training Program.

Established Planned Respite, a non-hospital service for those in short-term need of increased support.