Health Care
The 2025 Top Mental Health Care Providers
Medical and nonprofit organizations meeting New Yorkers’ mental health needs
City & State presents the 2025 Top Mental Health Care Providers. Lantern Community Services
Mental health has always been critical to an individual’s well-being, though it hasn’t always received the attention it deserves. In recent decades, there have been signs that the stigma surrounding mental illness is declining. At the same time, many measures of mental illness are increasing, pointing to the need for further investment in high-quality care.
New York is among the nation’s leaders in ensuring that there are enough effective treatment options available. The state recently ranked first in Mental Health America’s “State of Mental Health in America” report, which according to Gov. Kathy Hochul demonstrates “that we remain on the right track in our concerted efforts to address the mental health crisis among children and adults.”
City & State’s inaugural Top Mental Health Care Providers features dozens of the elite mental health providers in New York. The list, which includes large and small providers from across the state, puts a spotlight on the innovative programs and standout services being offered to ensure that New Yorkers are able to thrive and successfully face challenges to their mental health.
Acacia Network
Overview: Acacia Network is one of the leading human services organizations in New York City, providing integrated, culturally competent and trauma-informed programs in the areas of health, housing, social services, economic development and cultural revitalization. Headquartered in the Bronx, our network comprises 100-plus affiliates and related entities that serve more than 150,000 individuals annually across four boroughs in New York City, Buffalo, Albany, Dunkirk, Rochester and Syracuse in the Upstate/Western New York region, as well as Maryland, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Puerto Rico.
Standout services: Acacia Network stands apart as a comprehensive, community-rooted provider serving over 150,000 individuals each year through integrated, culturally competent and trauma-informed care. Our whole-person approach allows every client to be seamlessly connected to the clinical, social, educational or supportive services they need. Because we are deeply embedded in vulnerable communities, we recognize the impact of past and ongoing trauma and design all services through a trauma-informed lens to ensure safety, respect and empowerment. This unique combination of integration, cultural humility and trauma-informed practice positions Acacia Network as a leader in delivering transformative, community-driven solutions.
Argus Community
Overview: Argus Community has been a cornerstone of evidence-based behavioral health and social services in New York for nearly six decades. Argus provides comprehensive residential and outpatient mental health, substance use, housing, vocational and supportive services to individuals and families across the five boroughs as well as Long Island. Our mission is to empower people to achieve stability, recovery and self-sufficiency through compassionate, person-centered care. With a multidisciplinary team and a network of integrated programs, Argus continues to lead in promoting health equity and community wellness across New York.
Standout services: What sets Argus Community apart is our deep connection to the communities we serve. Many of our staff have lived experience and share the cultural and social backgrounds of our clients, allowing us to deliver care with genuine empathy and respect. Argus provides fully integrated mental health and substance use services that are evidence-based, person-centered and accessible to all. No one is ever turned away. Our innovative, award-winning, holistic approach promotes recovery, resilience and long-term stability for individuals and families across New York.
BestSelf Behavioral Health
Overview: BestSelf Behavioral Health is the largest community-based behavioral health organization serving Western New York. It offers comprehensive services for mental health and substance use disorders. The organization serves over 40,000 individuals annually across more than 70 locations, focusing on trauma-informed care and person-centered treatment. BestSelf empowers everyone to be their best self.
Standout services: No matter your age, location in Western New York, or the challenges you face, BestSelf provides innovative, evidence-based care with compassion so you feel respected and hopeful. With multiple locations, we offer comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment, including Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics integrating behavioral and physical health. Our community-based services include education and vocational supports, mobile and school programs, homeless outreach and housing, and the BestResponse Intensive Crisis Stabilization Center for 24/7 immediate crisis care. The Scott Bieler Child Advocacy Center at BestSelf offers trauma-informed care for children and families affected by sexual abuse.
Center for Urban Community Services
Overview: CUCS helps people rise from poverty, exit homelessness and be healthy. We provide housing, mental health, primary care and wraparound support to 50,000 New Yorkers each year. Through our health care affiliate, Janian Medical Care, CUCS delivers integrated psychiatry, primary care and street medicine for people who have experienced homelessness or live with mental illness. At the heart of this work is a belief that recovery begins with trust and that the relationship is the treatment. In addition to operating at 86 sites citywide, Janian is dedicated to training the future generation of health care professionals to provide compassionate, person-centered care.
Standout services: Janian stands out by uniquely delivering psychiatric care across the full continuum of homelessness and housing in New York City. Our experienced and dedicated psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners operate outside traditional clinic settings, embedding care where people experiencing or recovering from homelessness live and receive services. This model ensures truly person-centered treatment that meets patients where they are, fostering trust and continuity even in the most challenging circumstances. Since its founding in 2007, Janian has grown from 4,000 to more than 38,000 patient encounters annually, reflecting both the reach and impact of this integrated, relationship-based approach to care.
DoSomething.org
Overview: For over three decades, DoSomething has been the leading hub for youth-centered leadership and service, equipping over 8 million young people (ages 13-25) worldwide to take action on issues they care about. Our work centers on member priorities, focusing on three pillars: safety and well-being – addressing youth mental health and digital well-being; equity and justice – advancing economic and racial justice; and climate impact – promoting environmental sustainability. We create inclusive pathways for young people to participate, practice and lead, recognizing community expression as a personal journey. DoSomething affirms that all forms of action are meaningful, offering diverse opportunities for youth to drive impact.
Standout services: DoSomething’s Camp Reboot program is a virtual mental health camp with peer-to-peer activities fostering self-care and support for young people facing mental health challenges. Annually, the program engages 100,000 young people nationwide and nearly 1,500 New Yorkers to date, enhancing mental health literacy, teaching stress and anxiety management, and equipping them to advocate for mental health care. Designed for progressive engagement, the program culminates with the Ember Collective, a service-learning component through which young advocates address the mental health concerns they find most critical, transforming their actions and creating a ripple effect for their peers and communities.
Erie County Medical Center
Overview: The ECMC Corp. was established as a New York state public benefit corporation and since 2004 has included an advanced academic medical center with 573 inpatient beds, on- and off-campus health centers, more than 30 outpatient specialty care services and a 390-bed long-term care facility. ECMC is Western New York’s only Level I adult trauma center, as well as a regional center for burn care, behavioral health services, transplantation, medical oncology, and head and neck cancer care, rehabilitation and a major teaching facility for the University at Buffalo.
Standout services: ECMC’s Regional Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health treats various psychiatric conditions. Here, our team partners with patients and their families to achieve improved quality of life and to support them through a variety of mental health and psychiatric disorders. We emphasize respect and care for the whole patient as key elements of our commitment to supporting better mental health. As the only Buffalo-area hospital offering a psychiatrist on staff in our emergency room 24/7, ECMC has the largest acute care psychiatric program in the region, serving adolescents, adults and seniors alike.
Family & Children’s Association
Overview: Founded in 1884, FCA has grown, evolved and responded to meet the needs of the region. Based in Garden City, we operate 13 locations across Long Island, serving more than 35,000 individuals each year, ranging in age from 2 to 102 – and everyone in between. Our mission is simple – to protect and strengthen Long Island’s most vulnerable families, children, seniors, individuals and communities. We offer support to all Long Islanders facing social, emotional or economic challenges with more than 60 comprehensive programs to meet their needs.
Standout services: FCA provides person-centered care and meets people where they are at. We strive to create open access with individuals and families by providing services in office, in homes, in the community and through telehealth. FCA provides holistic care providing not only counseling and medication management, but also peer support, case management, psychiatric rehabilitation services, employment support services and basic health care. Clients say, “If I need help, I go to FCA because everyone here is so kind, helpful and sees me for me. I can be real and authentic with what is happening in my life, and FCA supports me.”
Family Service League
Overview: Family Service League is a Long Island nonprofit dedicated to strengthening individuals, families and communities. Founded in 1926, FSL offers more than 60 programs across 20 locations, serving over 60,000 people each year. With a team of 700-plus compassionate professionals, we are guided by our mission to transform lives and communities through mental health, addiction, housing and essential human services. Together, we create a safety net of care that helps people heal, rebuild and thrive.
Standout services: FSL offers a continuum of mental health services, from crisis stabilization and outpatient therapy to care coordination and school-based counseling. This holistic model ensures clients receive the right level of support without falling through the cracks. We continually adapt to emerging community needs and develop crisis programs such as DASH (Diagnostic, Assessment and Stabilization Hub), demonstrating leadership and agility in the behavioral health field.
Greater Mental Health of New York
Overview: For nearly 80 years, Greater Mental Health of New York has promoted the mental and emotional well-being of individuals throughout Westchester and Rockland counties and beyond. Our wide array of behavioral health and substance use treatment services support people of all ages as they navigate their unique recovery journey. Through our robust direct care services, as well as our advocacy efforts and community education opportunities, Greater Mental Health is able to provide support to thousands of individuals and families in the Lower Hudson Valley each year, helping to build healthier, safer and more connected communities.
Standout services: What differentiates Greater Mental Health is our focus on mobile, community-based services. Over half of our services are delivered in homes, schools and places like libraries and community centers, reducing barriers to care, such as a lack of transportation or child care. Our mobile teams work with children, youth, families and adults, meeting them where they are – physically and emotionally. This approach fosters trust, provides deeper insight into client needs and enables rapid crisis response. Our mobile approach helps us get our neighbors what they need – from short-term engagements to serving those with the highest level of needs.
Independent Drivers Guild
Overview: The Independent Drivers Guild is the nation’s largest rideshare driver organization, representing 400,000 rideshare drivers, including over 100,000 in New York state alone. The Drivers Guild has led the nation in advancing benefits and protections for rideshare drivers, from fighting unfair app policies to securing critical benefits through New York’s groundbreaking Black Car Fund, including free vision, dental and health clinic visits for for-hire vehicle drivers. The Guild’s organizing victories have put billions of dollars in drivers’ pockets, including the nation’s first livable minimum wage for rideshare drivers. IDG is a nonprofit affiliate of the IAM Union, an AFL-CIO member.
Standout services: When a mental health crisis among New York’s for-hire vehicle drivers led to an epidemic of driver suicides across the city a few years ago, we knew we had to act. In response, the Independent Drivers Guild and our partner The Black Car Fund launched our Mental Health and Wellness Program for New York’s for-hire vehicle drivers. This innovative program destigmatizes mental health care and takes a holistic approach to wellness. Our multilingual team of licensed counselors provide free counseling, community outreach, case management services and classes to address and prevent crisis situations.
Institute for Community Living
Overview: The Institute for Community Living helps New Yorkers with behavioral health challenges live healthy, fulfilling lives through comprehensive, whole health services. With 128 programs across the five boroughs, ICL serves more than 12,000 people each year, providing housing, health care, recovery supports and mental health care for those with the most complex needs. Guided by a trauma-informed approach, ICL meets people where they are and partners with them to achieve their goals for wellness, stability and long-term recovery.
Standout services: ICL’s mental health programs stand out for their whole health approach, integrating housing, health care and behavioral health to promote long-term stability. Serving people with serious mental illness and complex challenges, ICL meets individuals wherever they are, from the streets to supportive or permanent housing, ensuring seamless, trauma-informed care. Its Intensive Mobile Treatment teams bring services directly to those most in need – offering medical care, meals and support in the field – to build trust and deliver flexible, person-centered treatment that helps people heal and thrive when other systems have failed them.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Overview: Jamaica Hospital, part of the MediSys Health Network, provides comprehensive mental health care for the most culturally and ethnically diverse community in the United States, including a Comprehensive Psychiatry Emergency Program with about 6,000 annual visits, two inpatient units with over 1,800 admissions annually and New York City’s only 24/7 mobile crisis team responding within two hours. At our sister institution, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, we complement these services with our complete substance use disorder and chemical dependency program.
Standout services: We offer integrated outpatient care through about 42,000 annual visits and specialized programs in psycho-oncology, obesity care and perinatal health. Committed to innovation and education, we train future professionals through psychiatry residency and addiction medicine fellowship programs. This excellence is sustained by the support from the hospital leadership and over $20.2 million in grants, funding critical initiatives like aging in place and critical time intervention post-discharge care management for up to nine months.
JASA
Overview: JASA serves 40,000 older New Yorkers and their families each year. We partner with seniors so they can age safely in their own homes, connected to the people, places and things that give them meaning. JASA operates 12 affordable housing properties, is a licensed home care agency and offers a breadth of integrative services citywide, spanning free legal services, health and mental health services, home-delivered meals, social programming at senior centers, and community trainings on elder abuse, peer health support, caregiver assistance and more.
Standout services: JASA is the premier agency for older adults, supporting people at different stages – from retirement to end of life. Our mental health team across 11 clinics and 10 satellite locations delivers services with care and compassion, walking with clients as they navigate life’s challenges. JASA is committed to serving the mental health needs of older adults – that’s why this year we began our ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) program. Through ACT, we are growing our commitment to treating people with severe mental illness and meeting them in their communities, whether at an apartment, a shelter or a correctional facility.
JCCA
Overview: We help abused, neglected and traumatized children heal physically and emotionally through compassionate, quality care. Our 37 programs include foster care, residential treatment facilities, mental health services, case management, education programs and special services for children who have been the victims of sexual abuse. We serve New York’s neediest and most vulnerable children and families to ensure that their safety, permanency and well-being leads to a life of stability and promise.
Standout services: We have a culture of excellence and are rigorous in our commitment to measurable outcomes. We set the highest standards in the field of child and family services, which has earned us a national reputation as a model and leader. Our deeply compassionate and caring staff does not give up on any child. It brings superior skill and expertise to heal New York’s most vulnerable children.
Lantern Community Services
Overview: Lantern Community Services’ shelter and supportive housing programs serve New Yorkers who have experienced homelessness and housing instability, including single adults, families with children and young adults who have aged out of foster care. Lantern’s 20 residences provide safe, affordable housing with integrated supports across four New York City boroughs. Located where residents live, our wraparound services are tailored to help individuals move forward from homelessness and build a foundation for lasting independence. Lantern staff connect residents to resources – both onsite and in the community – that promote health, recovery, food security, nutrition, skill-building, income stability, artistic expression and community connection.
Standout services: Lantern’s programming integrates person-centered, trauma-informed case management and counseling with comprehensive wraparound supports, including health, food and nutrition, arts and culture, education and housing stability. We ground our service model in evidence-informed innovation – both adapting and pioneering promising practices that engage, support and empower New Yorkers on their journey from homelessness to stability. Lantern’s program innovations have elevated residents as peer leaders who engage, educate and support their neighbors and communities. These initiatives transform individual recovery into a foundation for community-driven resilience, ensuring our integrated services remain impactful, adaptable and equipped to foster lasting stability and wellness.
Maimonides Health
Overview: Maimonides Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry has served as the anchor of psychiatric care in southern Brooklyn, an area with more than 1 million people, since opening in 1968 as the first Community Mental Health Center in New York state. Maimonides is committed to enhancing patients’ emotional, physical and mental well-being in a supportive environment. The Department of Psychiatry conducts more than 5,000 emergency evaluations, 1,500 psychiatric hospitalizations and 80,000-plus outpatient visits annually. Specialty areas include emergency, addiction, child and adolescent, forensic, geriatric, LGBTQIA+, perinatal and public psychiatry, as well as neuropsychiatry.
Standout services: At Maimonides, we are passionate about expanding our capacity to meet the evolving needs of our community. In July 2025, we opened a new Psychiatric Emergency Department to meet the urgent behavioral health needs of Brooklynites, expanding the facility to nearly four times its previous space and creating a more welcoming environment with greater privacy for patients and families. Future developments include building southern Brooklyn’s first Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program and an Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. With these additions and our designation as a Stigma-Free Zone by NAMI, Maimonides is leading access to high-quality mental health care in Brooklyn.
New York City Children’s Center
Overview: The New York City Children’s Center offers services for children and adolescents ages 5-21 in the five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester. Operated by the state Office of Mental Health, the center has 92 inpatient beds between its Queens and Bronx locations, which collectively served 227 youths last year. The center also cared for 1,600 young people via 17 outpatient programs, including regular and intensive day treatment, mental health clinics, care coordination services and a crisis residence on its Brooklyn campus, which provides short-term care to young people in a homelike environment.
Standout services: New York City Children’s Center provides individualized, evidenced-based, outcome-driven behavioral health services aimed at building resiliency for young people. All services are culturally relevant and incorporate families as partners in the treatment process. NYCCC works with community partners at schools, hospitals and community providers to provide a continuum of mental health services for thousands of children and their families. The center also hosts the annual Lauretta Bender Conference in November and Children’s Mental Health Symposium in May. These events aim to strengthen provider knowledge and build awareness of community resources.
New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center
Overview: New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center is a leading nonprofit mental health organization dedicated to providing high-quality, culturally sensitive behavioral health services to children, adults and families across all five boroughs. With more than 700 employees and multiple state-of-the-art clinics, NYPCC offers comprehensive outpatient therapy both in-person and via telehealth, serving over 25,000 clients each year. Our mission is to remove barriers to care and foster emotional wellness in underserved communities through compassion, innovation and clinical excellence.
Standout services: NYPCC stands out for its commitment to accessibility, innovation and culturally sensitive, community-driven care. We combine evidence-based clinical practices with cutting-edge technology to expand access to therapy, including telehealth and multilingual services that meet clients where they are. Our team’s deep roots in the diverse communities we serve ensure treatment that is compassionate, inclusive and effective. Through robust staff development, data-driven quality improvement and partnerships with schools and community organizations, NYPCC continues to set the standard for equitable, culturally sensitive and person-centered mental health care in New York.
Northern Rivers Family of Services
Overview: Northern Rivers Family of Services is the parent organization to Northeast Parent & Child Society, Parsons Child & Family Center and Unlimited Potential, which serve more than 19,000 children, adults and families in more than 40 counties in New York state who struggle with abuse, neglect, trauma, mental health challenges, educational difficulties, career training and employment, and service navigation through an innovative continuum of home-, clinic-, school- and community-based services, vocational rehabilitation, supported employment and senior-supporting programs that provide person-centered, trauma-informed and innovative solutions to ensure clients live their best lives.
Standout services: Northern Rivers provides an array of mental health services designed to meet the complex needs of individuals throughout New York state. Our offerings for children and adults include community-based supportive programs, outpatient clinics, mobile crisis response teams, intensive in-home wraparound services for children and adults experiencing psychosis and persistent mental illness, short-term overnight crisis residential programs and a subclass inpatient psychiatric hospital for adolescents. We seamlessly integrate these different services to provide care for individuals and families as they work toward recovery.
Northside Center for Child Development
Overview: Northside Center for Child Development is an Article 31 outpatient mental health clinic dedicated to supporting children and families through comprehensive psychiatric, psychopharmacological and psychotherapy services. Our clinicians are trained in evidence-based models, such as CBT, COPE, KEY and Power Source. Northside offers programs including individual and family therapy, home-based crisis intervention, early childhood mental health, Project Care and youth groups. We also provide school-based mental health services in 23 New York City public schools. Through high-quality, outcome-driven care, Northside empowers children to overcome challenges, build resilience and reach their full potential.
Standout services: Northside stands at the intersection of education and behavioral health, continuing the legacy of its founders, Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark. Established in 1946 to provide accessible, high-quality mental health and educational services for African American, Black and Latinx children in New York City, Northside builds on the Clarks’ groundbreaking Black (and) white doll test, the first social science research used as evidence in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. Upholding their vision, Northside delivers clinical excellence and family-centered care, strengthening families, enhancing mental health and fostering economic mobility for future generations.
NYC Health + Hospitals
Overview: NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Our bedrock commitment is to provide the highest-quality services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. A robust network of outpatient, neighborhood-based primary and specialty care centers anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma centers, nursing homes, home care agency and MetroPlusHealth – all supported by 11 essential hospitals. Our diverse team of health care professionals – 46,000 strong – provide culturally responsive care to more than 1 million patients yearly across New York City.
Standout services: NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest provider of behavioral health care in New York City, delivering over 60% of all services citywide and caring for nearly 80,000 patients each year – including those with the most complex needs. Our mission to serve all New Yorkers demands more than commitment; it requires innovation at every level – from workforce development and recruitment to reimagining how care is delivered across crisis, inpatient and community settings. We’re proud to be setting the standard for what public behavioral health can be – advancing equity, access and recovery for every New Yorker, with no exceptions.
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
Overview: Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park, New York, is a leading provider of short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. An innovator in patient-centered health care and technology, the Institute is a leader in teaching and geriatric research. With its own medical team, Parker is nationally renowned as a skilled nursing facility and provider of community-based health care, encompassing home health care, medical house calls, palliative care and hospice. Parker is also home to Queens-Long Island Renal Institute, led by an interdisciplinary team of experienced nephrologists and dialysis registered nurses, renal social workers and registered renal dietitians.
Standout services: Parker Jewish Institute’s exceptional mental health program and services are designed to recognize that healing and recovery are not only emotional and psychological but also physical, and can impact overall health. Parker’s Hope and Healing initiative supports older adults – and their family caregivers – dealing with dementia and past trauma through person-centered, trauma-informed care. Parker’s broader community-based care model integrates psychosocial assessment and care coordination as well as additional support to address the mental health needs of older adults. This demonstrates a deep commitment to whole person wellness, dignity and support across the lifespan.
Partnership with Children
Overview: Partnership with Children is one of New York City’s leading providers of school-based mental health services. Founded in 1908, PWC strengthens the emotional, social and cognitive skills of more than 20,000 students and families each year across 40 public schools. Our team of master’s-level social workers and school-based staff provides trauma-informed counseling, community-based programming and healing-based arts education that help young people heal, learn and thrive. Through our comprehensive approach to mental health and wellness, PWC is building equitable, supportive school communities where every child feels safe, seen and ready to succeed.
Standout services: PWC’s model embeds full-time licensed clinical social workers directly inside schools – eliminating barriers to access and creating lasting systems of care. Our trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach integrates individual and group counseling, family outreach, wraparound support and healing-based arts to address root causes of stress and inequity. With decades of field experience and deep partnerships across the Department of Education and community organizations, PWC is setting a new standard for comprehensive, school-based mental health, where wellness is woven into the fabric of education, not treated as an afterthought.
Rising Ground
Overview: Rising Ground is a human services organization that supports individuals and families in New York City and lower Westchester County by providing the resources and skills needed to help them positively direct their lives. Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground envisions a future for New York where every child has an equal opportunity to succeed; where vulnerable individuals and families have the resources and support they need; where people with disabilities can access opportunity and fully participate in their communities; and where all are supported as they navigate life’s challenges and positively direct their lives.
Standout services: Rising Ground’s Article 31 mental health clinics in Queens provide community-based mental health services across the lifespan, including counseling services for children, individuals, couples and families alongside medication management. In addition to clinics in Jamaica and Far Rockaway, Rising Ground has five satellite clinics in public schools with a clinician based onsite. Clinicians live in the community and strive to ensure that the people they support not only have access to mental health services, but that they are seen and heard in the ways that are best for them.
SCO Family of Services
Overview: SCO Family of Services is a dynamic human services agency that helps 45,000 New Yorkers each year build a strong foundation for the future. Our mission is to empower children, families and adults through life-changing care, housing, education and behavioral health support – helping them to overcome challenges and to succeed. We envision a world where all New Yorkers thrive, and for 130 years, SCO has been strengthening families and communities across New York City and Long Island.
Standout services: SCO’s mental health programs stand out for their breadth, depth and commitment to meeting clients where they are. We provide tailored, trauma-informed care to individuals with diverse needs – in the community or residential settings. At our Madonna Heights campus, adolescent girls triumph over trauma, and women in recovery receive integrated support for mental health, substance use and care coordination. Our Family Service Clinic offers group and individual therapy for children, adults and families. We serve justice-involved youth and children in foster care and deliver behavioral health services like CFTSS and High Fidelity Wraparound to help youth remain safely at home.
Service Program for Older People
Overview: SPOP is the only agency in New York City that is entirely dedicated to community-based age-affirming mental health care for older adults. We provide individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry and social health care services to 1,000 clients each year. We listen without judgment and give older adults the skills, tools and supports to help them age with a greater sense of independence, dignity and connection to community.
Recognizing the need for workforce education, we have developed a training program focused on aging and mental health, specifically for those who work with an older population. We provide training to 1,000 adults annually.
Standout services: SPOP plays a unique role in the aging and mental health care landscape in New York City. Working in partnership with hospitals, medical providers and older adult centers, we reach out to the most vulnerable and isolated adults in the region and provide professional treatment that supports their overall health and well-being. Our staff have deep experience and expertise in the field and “understand the ropes of growing older,” as one client said. We offer a supportive environment where adults ranging in age from 55 to 95 are able to work toward their mental health goals.
Services for the UnderServed
Overview: Founded in 1978, Services for the UnderServed, or S:US, works with tens of thousands of individuals and families throughout New York City and Long Island to create pathways to rich and productive lives by offering housing, shelter, treatment and recovery services, employment and skills-building, therapeutic horticulture, food security, crisis programming and eviction prevention services. By delivering high-quality services that address the complex circumstances of each person, S:US transforms lives, improves communities and helps break the cycle of poverty for future generations.
Standout services: Services for the UnderServed stands out for its holistic, person-centered approach to mental health care. S:US’ programs meet individuals where they are – whether at home, in shelters or on the streets – offering mobile treatment teams, outpatient clinics, crisis respite centers and peer-led support. S:US integrates housing, employment and wellness services to address the full spectrum of recovery. With a commitment to cultural responsiveness, informed choice and dignity, S:US empowers people to lead meaningful lives. S:US’ innovative models, like Wellness Works (as well as) Home and Community Based Services, reflect a deep dedication to breaking barriers and transforming mental health care in New York.
Spectrum Health & Human Services
Overview: Spectrum Health & Human Services provides comprehensive behavioral health care across Western New York, addressing clinical and social needs from Buffalo’s urban core to its rural communities. Beyond our traditional outpatient services, we believe in meeting people where they are; offering licensed programs embedded within schools, homeless shelters and medical offices to provide care in trusted community settings. The Buffalo Hope COMHPS team promotes emotional wellness through senior centers, schools and community events, while our Mobile Therapy Unit reaches individuals in remote areas of Wyoming and Allegany counties. Our housing, care coordination and reentry programs foster hope, stability and recovery.
Standout services: We live our mission to build a community where behavioral health care is accessible, inclusive and free from stigma. Beyond our seven Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, we embed services where people already feel connected, like the Buffalo City Mission and the Boys & Girls Club and other spaces, to bring care directly to those who need it most. Since 2020, our annual Not One More: Stand Together to End Overdose event has united providers, families and community members in prevention and remembrance of those lost. We produce a monthly podcast and free webinars which amplify diverse community voices.
The Bridge
Overview: The Bridge is a leading behavioral health nonprofit whose mission is to change lives by providing help, hope and opportunity to the most vulnerable New Yorkers. Through our integrated network of programs, The Bridge provides mental health and substance use treatment, supportive housing and community-based services to adults living with serious mental illness and/or substance use, many of whom were formerly homeless. We build and operate supportive housing, with over 1,500 units in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn. Serving over 5,000 clients annually, The Bridge is dedicated to helping our clients on a path to maintain wellness and independence.
Standout services: The Bridge has a continuum of services to meet the needs of people facing some of the most intractable behavioral health issues. Over 900 skilled staff members deliver specialized services, meeting our clients where they are in their recovery. We have developed many innovative programs, including Aging Services. This program was the first of its kind in New York City to use mobile teams to deliver services to older adults, allowing them to stay in their homes and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and institutionalization. With compassion and commitment, we help thousands of New Yorkers find stability, purpose and a place to call home.
The Jewish Board
Overview: For over 150 years, The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services has been empowering New Yorkers through innovative, high-quality, evidence-based mental health, housing and social services. With compassion and expertise guiding our work, our 2,000 dedicated staff serve over 35,000 people of all ages across the five boroughs. From individual and group counseling, preventive services for families, residential services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, supportive housing for people with mental health challenges and much more, The Jewish Board connects New Yorkers from all backgrounds with the care they need, when they need it.
Standout services: The Jewish Board’s programs are well-run and clinically outstanding, pairing operational excellence with proven models like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy and other evidence-based practices. We’re investing in our staff through our pioneering Social Work Residency, now in its third year, our Learning Department that helps us maintain clinical excellence and our Six Sigma projects that equip our staff to deliver the highest standard of care. We’re also expanding access to services through our network of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, telehealth and school partnerships, and by delivering targeted services to communities across New York City.
United Hospice
Overview: United Hospice has served seriously ill patients and families in Rockland and Orange counties with distinction and excellence for nearly 40 years. Every day, our multidisciplinary team achieves our mission to honor life, give care and provide comfort to those who need us most when time matters most. We are trusted by our community because the values that guide us reflect the values of those we serve.
Standout services: In our interdisciplinary model, our team members’ specialties and skills are recognized and staff work hand in hand to recognize how we can best assist. Our counseling staff extends its skills and expertise outward from the patient to the family and to the community at large. We offer expertise and highly specialized skill and knowledge of grief and bereavement to those who need us in our community. We work with everyone from children who have lost a parent with our Healing Hearts program to the spouse who has lost a partner of 50 years.
Urban Health Plan
Overview: Urban Health Plan Inc. is a nationally recognized, Joint Commission-accredited and Federally Qualified Health Center network providing comprehensive primary, behavioral and dental care to more than 89,000 New Yorkers annually. As one of the largest health center systems in New York state, with sites across the Bronx, Queens and Harlem, UHP delivers integrated, culturally responsive and affordable services that address both medical and social drivers of health. Guided by a mission to improve health outcomes and quality of life, UHP continues to expand access to exceptional care for underserved communities.
Standout services: Urban Health Plan’s Mental Health Program is distinguished by its comprehensive, collaborative and person-centered approach to care. Its multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists, counselors, primary care providers and case managers provides culturally responsive services that integrate mental health and primary care. Through compassion, creativity and community partnerships, UHP helps individuals and families build resilience and achieve lasting wellness. As an ACGME-accredited sponsoring institution, UHP will launch its community psychiatry residency in July 2026 to prepare the next generation of mental health professionals.
Vibrant Emotional Health
Overview: Vibrant Emotional Health is a leading nonprofit dedicated to helping people achieve emotional well-being through high-quality services and accessible care. Serving millions annually, Vibrant employs nearly 1,000 staff nationwide, with headquarters in New York City. As the administrator of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Vibrant provides a centralized, lifesaving entry point for those in mental health distress. Beyond crisis intervention, Vibrant offers specialized services in suicide prevention, disaster response, and youth and family support, ensuring that every individual can access compassionate, effective mental health support.
Standout services: Vibrant Emotional Health stands out for its nationwide clinical excellence, innovative models and integrated technology, ensuring high-quality mental health care across all 50 states. Our seamless network connects people to compassionate support through phone, text, chat, video and in-person care, removing barriers to continuous, personalized help. With expansive referral pathways and strong partnerships, we guide individuals to the right resources when, where and how they need them most. We place mental health at the center of whole person care, recognizing that emotional well-being is inseparable from physical and social health. Without mental health, there is no health.
VNS Health Behavioral Health
Overview: VNS Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations. Innovating in health care for more than 130 years, the organization helps people live, age and heal where they feel most comfortable – in their homes and communities. VNS Health offers a full range of home health care services, solutions and health plans designed to simplify the health care experience and meet the diverse and complex needs of those they serve across New York state. On any given day, 11,000-plus team members deliver compassionate care, unparalleled expertise, solutions and resources to 73,000-plus patients, health plan members and clients.
Standout services: VNS Health meets people where they are – offering individualized, compassionate support for behavioral health conditions for the past 40 years. Services include short- and long-term care delivered in the home and community, along with holistic care coordination that supports the whole person. Programs serve children, adults and seniors, including youth at risk of suicide, people in acute crisis and individuals with complex and chronic mental health and substance use conditions. An Integrated Mental Health and Substance Use Clinic was recently launched in the South Bronx, providing accessible whole person mental health and substance use treatment supporting the entire continuum of care.
Volunteers of America-Greater New York
Overview: Volunteers of America-Greater New York is an anti-poverty organization with a rich 129-year legacy of serving individuals and families in need. Our vision is to end homelessness in the New York area by providing innovative housing, health and wealth-building services to our neighbors who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Through 70-plus programs located in New York City, northern New Jersey and Westchester, we deliver services to more than 35,000 adults and children annually.
Standout services: The instability and trauma of homelessness can exacerbate health conditions, which is why it’s said that “housing is health care.” Once in stable housing, our clients can focus on their health and begin to address the barriers that previously prevented them from accessing reliable, high-quality health care. At VOA-GNY, our case managers and social workers meet clients where they’re at, using a trauma-informed approach to connect them to the health resources they need, including mental health services. We’ve integrated this support into our housing programs by embedding licensed social workers within these sites. We are also working to elevate clinical standards citywide.
WellLife Network
Overview: WellLife Network is a nonprofit organization delivering essential services in behavioral health, developmental disabilities, residential care, substance use, family services, vocational training and care management. With a team of 1,500 employees serving more than 25,000 individuals annually across over 70 facilities and 117 programs in Long Island and New York City, WellLife operates with compassion, resilience and responsibility. WellLife’s clients are not only recipients of its care, but collaborators who serve as the inspiration behind the organization’s growth. Under CEO Sherry Tucker’s leadership, winner of City & State’s 2024 Responsible 100 Awards, WellLife has cultivated a culture of inclusion, transparency and innovation.
Standout services: Depth and breadth of their personalization make WellLife Network’s services stand out. Every treatment plan is tailored to the individual’s unique circumstances, strengths and goals. WellLife’s clinicians and support teams adapt services to individual needs, from therapy and medication management to skill-building, vocational training and wellness supports. Their person-centered approach is grounded in dignity, inclusion and empowerment, helping individuals not only manage symptoms but also build meaningful, independent lives in their communities. By focusing on the whole person and delivering flexible, evidence-based care, WellLife helps people thrive.
YMCA of Greater New York
Overview: The YMCA of Greater New York’s Counseling Service offers hope to individuals and families whose lives have been impacted by substance use. Since 1980, we have provided the Staten Island community with comprehensive prevention, treatment and recovery services that promote the development of spirit, mind and body. Our state-licensed outpatient programs include addiction treatment services for adults and teens, prevention services for the community and counseling services for youth whose lives have been impacted by a family member’s addiction.
Standout services: The YMCA of Greater New York’s Counseling Service takes a multifaceted approach to programs and service delivery. The Y aims to provide support to all, regardless of where each person is on their journey. The Y is committed to providing customized care based on each person’s goals and utilizes a range of clinical methodologies to develop plans that meet the specific needs and motivations of each participant. The Y works with partners on community prevention initiatives, delivers evidence-based social (and) emotional learning programs to youth and works with those seeking recovery and their loved ones.
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