Access to Care (ATC)

Participants served by the Access to Care (ACT) program are individuals with serious and persistent mental illness or personality disorders, with severe functional impairments who have avoided or not responded well to traditional outpatient mental health care and psychiatric rehabilitation services. Persons served by ACT often have co-existing problems such as homelessness, substance abuse problems, or involvement with the justice system.

 The focus of the ACT program is to provide intensive case management to participants in need to access housing, substance use, mental health and medical services. Participants’ needs are assessed and followed through the development of a comprehensive action plan. This is a team treatment approach designed to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support to persons with serious and persistent mental illness.

Among the services the ACT teams provide are: case management, initial and ongoing assessments; psychiatric services; employment and housing assistance; family support and education; substance abuse services, and other services and supports critical to an individual's ability to live successfully in the community.

For more information or to make an appointment please contact Jennifer Wolfe, LMSW at (212) 226-6333 ext. 139 or email jennifer@leshrc.org