The New York City Council is giving Mayor Eric Adams new deadlines to open mental health services that have been slow to materialize.
The mayor and Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan, who previously served as president and CEO of Fountain House, released ain March stating that the administration planned to “significantly increase clubhouse capacity in high-need areas.”
But demand for these services is on the rise, according to Donna Demetri-Friedman, executive director at Mosaic Mental Health, which runs a 10-bed crisis respite center in the Bronx. She attributed that, in part, to evidence of their outcomes. Aof about 400 respite center clients in New York City found lower Medicaid spending and fewer hospitalizations than expected in the year following a stay in one of the facilities.
At Community Access’ eight-bed respite center in Manhattan, the wait list is typically about three weeks, said Community Access CEO Cal Hedigan. “That makes it less available as an option for someone in crisis ‘cause their crisis may not wait the three weeks.” Patrick Gallahue, a spokesperson for the city health department, denied that any of the respite centers have a wait list.
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