Community Partners

NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated academic health care delivery systems. MCMH has a long-standing Transitions of Care partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian that covers Inpatient programs at their New York City and Westchester campuses, Emergency Departments, Ambulatory Care Network, Specialty Care departments, and the Integrated Mental Health Program within the Columbia University Medical Center. This partnership holds a mutual commitment to facilitate warm hand-offs and maintain continuous coordination of care around shared patients.

MCMH maintains a strong referral partnership with Mount Sinai to expand timely and secure access to behavioral health services for community patients who are referred from Mount Sinai's primary care practices. MCMH and Mount Sinai have regular leadership meetings to ensure that the partnership is working smoothly and effectively for community patients.

MCMH shares a vibrant referral partnership with Ryan Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Through this partnership, MCMH ensures that individuals have seamless access to integrated primary healthcare at one of Ryan Health's various locations in NYC. At the same time, Ryan Health identifies patients in need of behavioral health services and makes warm hand-off referrals to MCMH.

The Recovery Center of MCMH's CCBHC shares a long-standing collaborative partnership with NADAP to support patients with employment readiness and workforce development services. Through this partnership, eligible patients are connected to vocational training, job readiness programs, and employment opportunities to promote long-term recovery and community integration.

The Care Management Program of MCMH's CCBHC collaborates closely with ACMH (a New York City Health Home) to connect eligible Medicaid recipients, including HARP members, to comprehensive and long-term care management services. ACMH provides access to programs such as Health Home care management, Health Home Plus (HH+) for individuals with high-acuity needs, transitional housing, and other supportive services.

The Care Management Program of MCMH's CCBHC collaborates with BronxWorks to support various social determinants of health like housing and employment-related resources. Common supports from BronxWorks include assistance with rent arrears, applications for CityFHEPS rental vouchers, housing search support for apartments that accept CityFHEPS, in addition to vocational training, job readiness, and employment services.

MCMH has maintained a longstanding partnership with P.S. 163, The Alfred E. Smith School, a PK-5 elementary school on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Through an on-site satellite clinic, MCMH clinicians collaborate closely with school administrators, teachers, and support staff to deliver integrated, student-centered mental health services. This partnership enhances early identification and intervention, strengthens coordination between educational and mental health supports, and reduces barriers to accessing care.

MCMH shares a long-standing training agreement with Columbia University's School of Nursing wherein MCMH provides annual clinical placements for Doctoral Nurse Practitioner students within the walls of its CCBHC program. Columbia's Doctoral Nurse Practitioner students hone their skills through supervised practice in the areas of mental health and substance use while contributing to MCMH's mission for timely access to high quality behavioral health care for members of our community.

For over four decades, MCMH has shared a clinical training partnership with MITPP, an advanced training program for clinicians with diverse backgrounds seeking contemporary certification in Adult or Child psychoanalytic psychotherapy. MCMH provides clinical training opportunities for MITPP students, who sharpen clinical skills through supervised practice while supporting MCMH's mission to deliver accessible, high-quality behavioral health services to its community.