New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)

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New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)
194 Washington Avenue Suite 400, Albany, NY 12210

Phone: (518) 436-0008 Fax: (518) 436-0044
Website: www.nyaprs.org Facebook: @NYAPRSAlbany

Services Provided: Peer Services, Systems Transformation, Community and Economic Development, Cultural Competence

Target Population: NYAPRS is dedicated to improving services and social conditions for people with psychiatric disabilities or diagnoses, and those with trauma-related conditions by promoting their recovery, rehabilitation, and rights so that all people can participate freely in the opportunities of society.

Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP)

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Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP)
3 Atrium Drive, Suite 205, Albany, NY 12205

Phone: (518) 434 1393
Website: http://www.mhepinc.org Facebook: @MentalHealthEmpowermentProject Services Provided:

Training and Technical Assistance Center offering training and skills building activities to people in recovery and mental health professional, and the community at large on the full range of topics that help people connect with their personal power and power of self-help.

Peer Networking Groups such as Grassroots Networking for peers to come together to disseminate information, share self-directed recovery tools, identify community resources and work together to identify and strategize issues related to systems advocacy.

Empowerment Exchange which offers strategies that will encourage current or former recipients of mental health services to find their personal power and use their unique voice.

Albany County Dual Recovery Specialists who assist in the development of self-help resources, provide education to support individual growth and further systems advocacy and education and collaboration with community service providers.

Equinox, Inc. Mental Health Services

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Equinox, Inc. Mental Health Services
95 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206

Phone: (518) 435-9931 Domestic Abuse Hotline: (518) 432-7865
Website: www.equinoxinc.org/page/mental–health–services–25.html
Facebook: @EquinoxAlbany

Purpose: To enable those living with mental illness to move forward on their paths to recovery, healing, and independence.

Programs Provided:

• residential programs
• individual therapy and group treatment
• medication therapy
• case management
• family resources
• vocational, social, and community connection

Capital Area Peer Services (CAPS)

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Capital Area Peer Services (CAPS)
354 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12208-2331

Phone: (518) 427-5056 Fax: (518) 427-5059
Website: www.nycaps.org Facebook: Capital Area Peer Service

Services Provided: Consumer Drop-in Center, Peer Support, CARELine (Consumer Alternative Recovery Empowerment Phone Line), Peer Advocacy, Supportive Residence Program

Albany County Department for Children, Youth, and Families: Children’s Mental Health Division

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Albany County Department for Children, Youth, and Families: Children’s Mental Health Division
Harold L. Joyce Albany County Office Building
112 State Street, Room 300, Albany, NY 12207 Facebook: Albany County DCYF

Website: www.albanycounty.com/Government/Departments/DepartmentforChildrenYouthandFamilies.aspx
Contact: Gail Geohagen-Pratt, Commissioner
Phone: (518) 447-7324 Fax: (518) 447-7578

Services Provided: Our diverse array of individualized treatment options includes crisis support, evaluation, on-going services, and community referrals. (See Below)

Children’s Mental Health Clinic
Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm; Wednesday evenings by appt.
Services Provided:

Crisis Intake:

• Emergency appointments for children (ages 5-18) in crisis (e.g., dangerous or Impulsive behavior, suicidal statements or gestures, threats to harm others.)
• Planned appointments to assess a child’s need for therapy or other community services  Psychiatric consultation and assessment
• Referral and access to crisis services including psychiatric hospitals, crisis residences, and other community supports. Service coordination and discharge planning provided
• Consultation regarding a wide range of circumstances that pose a potential challenge to a child’s mental health
• Linkage to respite services
• Outpatient Treatment:
• On-going outpatient therapy
• Psychiatric consultation and assessment
• Medication prescription & management

Population Served: Albany County Youth Ages 5-18 years old

Single Point of Access (SPOA) Services Provided:

• Aims to identify those children with the highest risk of placement in out-of-home settings and seeks to develop appropriate strategies to safely manage those children in their communities.
• Access to high-end case management services including WAIVER, Intensive Case Management,

Supportive Case Management and Community Transition Team  Access to Community Residences and Residential Treatment Facilities.

Case Management Services Services Provided:

• Intensive Case Management (ICM) services and Supportive Case Management (SCM) services are available for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances; who are at risk for hospitalization or out of home placement.
• Case managers provide crisis intervention/management and referral/linkage to community resources
• Case managers provide advocacy and support to assist families in obtaining services to safely maintain the child with their family in the community.

Child Forensic Services

Services Provided: Forensic psychologists conduct assessments and participate in consultation regarding children and families involved with Albany Family Court, Probation and child protective services.

Parent Partners

Services Provided: Parent Partners are available to offer support, education, and assistance to parents, whose children are being seen at the clinic, are involved in the SPOA process or receives case management services.

Albany Medical Center Psychiatry
43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208

Phone: (518) 262-5511
Website: www.amc.edu/patient/services/psychiatry/

Services Provided: Treatment for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, co-occurring substance abuse, and dependence, eating disorders, trauma, personality disorders, attention deficit disorders, adjustment disorders and others.