Foundation Integrated Services Strategies and Projects

Foundation Strategies

NYSHealth seeks to address the barriers to integrated care for mental health and substance use disorders by supporting efforts at clinical delivery sites throughout all phases of the recovery process, including identifying, diagnosing, and treating both conditions simultaneously. The Foundation aims to play a key role in ensuring that there is “no wrong door” for people seeking care in either the mental health or substance use systems of care, and that integrated services are continuous and seamless for people receiving care.

NYSHealth set its strategy in tandem with State leaders—including the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)—that identified the integration of services for co-occurring disorders as a statewide reform priority.

Foundation Projects

NYSHealth committed $3.6 million to establish a Center of Excellence for the Integration of Care (CEIC) to improve care for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. CEIC’s chief objectives are to (1) implement best practices in integrated screening, assessment, and treatment plans for New York State’s 526 licensed mental health facilities and the 697 certified substance abuse outpatient treatment centers, and (2) provide these sites with support to deliver and sustain integrated care.

CEIC is overseen by the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI).